Anyone have a leafy sea dragon?

[Andresnyc93]

That was an April fool's from @AlgaeBarn

Leafy Sea Dragons are not available from them.

Oh man, they got me good.

 

[Andresnyc93]

Well, gotta say this thread really had me going and I fell for their April Fool's joke. I've been wanting one since I first saw a picture in '87 or '88.

I was actually looking to purchase a tank and all

 

[Andresnyc93]

My buddy works at the Burch aquarium this are his baby's for last 5 years (obv they belong to aquarium but he has been feeding and looking after for quite a while)

Gorgeous species! Hope they actually become captive bred some day.

 

[jdiefenbaugh]

The $42 price tag should have been a dead giveaway. Last I knew, only 1 person in Australia was allowed to collect 1 gravid male, annually, to be re-released. I think price tag was around $5K when I was still working in the public aquarium field over 10 years ago. They're $100s/month to supply live mysids to feed, just very expensive to maintain.

 

[TaylorP78]

Algae barn now Carrie’s captive bred leafy sea dragons

 

[TaylorP78]

Gorgeous species! Hope they actually become captive bred some day.

They are right now from algae barn

 

[jdiefenbaugh]

They are right now from algae barn

That was an April fool's days prank.