Oxymonacanthus longirostris pair enters a mixed reef environment

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[small alien]

And that orange tail I mentioned

 

[Outerbank]

Awesome fish!!!

 

[small alien]

They are awesome! Thanks for looking. I truly feel blessed to be able to keep them and observe them first hand. :rollface:

 

[Monkeyfish]

The OSFF looks nice and healthy (as do all the rest in the pics). Glad you're having such great success with this fish.

 

[small alien]

Thanks! One of the funnest things about having these fish is sharing them with this wonderful community of total nerds.:bounce3::lolspin::bounce2:

 

[small alien]

Inspired by Uhuru's update in Renee's thread, here are my pair now at the 6 month mark in my care and doing great. Active, peaceful, disease-free and eating more different foods than any other fish in my tank, though still no mysis or brine. Pics to follow.

 

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[Monkeyfish]

Beautiful fish! Have they done any damage to the corals in the tank?

 

[small alien]

I removed a red lobo and two fungia sp. They were picking at. The polyps of my montipora spongodes are always retracted and I've seen them nip at it but its growing nicely. No damage to polyps or softies or leathers or gorgonians. Never touched any of my nems either. Awesome fish. I feel very priveledged to keep them. Trying to get a little vid up.

 

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[small alien]

sorry about the stomach turning camera work. and please do enjoy the part where i knock something off the table near the end.

 

[seahorsedreams]

They look awesome in there. Congrats.

Now.... where's my Dramamine.....

 

[small alien]

Next time I'll use my signature 360 degree vertical rotation shot.

 

[eskymick]

Great video. Awesome fish!! Congratulations.

 

[small alien]

Thanks, eskymick!

 

[twiggyb]

Mine's still just a baby, I wonder how long it'll take for him to grow up to the size of everyone elses?

 

[small alien]

How big is yours, twiggyb? Do you have any pics?

Love that shot in your avatar.

 

[twiggyb]

Pulled out a ruler, and I'd say he's not even an 1 1/2" yet. There's pics of him on this thread somewhere.