How often do you find a golden Fu-Manchu Lionfish?

[Raskal311]

Can an importer or another store tell me how hard it would be to get my hands on one? I’m looking for another gold or yellow Fu-Manchue Lionfish.

 

[IconicAquariums]

i've landed a couple of high color Fuzzys the last month. Never even seen a golden Fu before. got a pic?

 

[coralite1]

Aw what? no picture, that's weak sauce. Never seen a golden Fu Manchu but hoping you'll change that.

 

[Raskal311]

Maybe it isn’t a Fu Manchu, is there another type that comes in gold? I’ll take a picture of it when it comes out of the rocks.

 

[IconicAquariums]

yes, the fuzzy dwarfs come in bright yellow & bright red.

 

[IconicAquariums]

here's one from google

 

[Raskal311]

Thats it!!! Thanks.

 

[IconicAquariums]

not very common IMO. maybe 1 out of 40 is a high color like that.

 

[Heterodonut]

1 in 40, I'd take those odds. It sounds like a good collector that is specifically hunting for them should see at least one a day! Put me on the list for five!

 

[IconicAquariums]

so long you buy the other 195 it takes to get those :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

1 in 40, I'd take those odds. It sounds like a good collector that is specifically hunting for them should see at least one a day! Put me on the list for five!

Cherry items tend to be given out sparingly as Joe just pointed out. So even though a diver may get one daily you may not see one on every shipment. Buy enough and you may see two :lol:

 

[Raskal311]

Yeah I got this one because I came during a time when no LFS were there and caught them selling directly to half a dozen hobbyist. They saw how upset I was so they offered the lionfish as a peace offering. I couldn’t get that premo watermelon chalice out of them though.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah I got this one because I came during a time when no LFS were there and caught them selling directly to half a dozen hobbyist. They saw how upset I was so they offered the lionfish as a peace offering. I couldn’t get that premo watermelon chalice out of them though.

Guess you'll need to catch them again to get that watermelon then

 

[Raskal311]

Ohh trust me this isn't the first time and its not going to be the last; a month ago I came home with a free scoli.