Oxymonacanthus longirostris pair enters a mixed reef environment

Well put, Seahorsedreams.

I would never pass up an opportunity to keep another specimen of this more awesome of reef fishes. It's weird not to have one in my tank. I think after almost two years of OSFF keeping, I kind of associated part of my sense of self with that species of fish. I feel like something is missing in my life. At the same time, I kind of feel like I had my time with them to a degree. I don't know that I'll seek one out. But if one finds me.
 
My OSFF is my favorite fish. I consider it my greatest accomplishment to date in this hobby. I wouldn't be without one for very long either. I will be so bummed when she's gone.
 
Just bought a female from DD

Just bought a female from DD

I happened to check my email at the right time and snag this female today. She should be here Thursday. :crazy1:

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I put her straight into the DT. She's eating prawn roe and SA pellets soaked and smooshed. Her body weight on arrival was very good. She's kind of little. Here's a couple pics.

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She doesn't take any guff. The yellow coris has been bugging her a little but she takes it in stride like most files. Now to find another male. I want to get a pair to spawn. That is my goal.
 
okay let me start over NEED YOUR HELP GUYS, i have had one for a bit over 3 weeks and barely got it to eat. here are the best non altered photos the first one at night time while it was sleeping. this is the one im hoping and thinking is a male ??????, it is still in the 2.5 inch range but the white spots are not that noticable and his fins do seem to be alot more orange on them than just clear.
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here during normal lights and just looking at him you cant tell of any white spots
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NEXT we have one that i picked up today, it is eating very well actually and has been at the local store for over a week, and eating since then, its mac certified and came in eating so dont know why its so skinny still. anyways what stand out is the top dorsal part actually splits into 2 !!! is that something anyone has seen before ???? and this is the one i think and hope is female. what do you thing ????
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The first one is a male. Not sure on the 2nd. Both look VERY skinny. Try feeding them live black worms, nutramar ova, cyclopeeze and Ocean Nutrition frozen formula foods - break these up into little bits. You can also try smooshing the ON foods onto dead acro skeletons.
 
I think it's likely you have a male and female. The orange is pretty obvious. The dorsal is cool. Good luck with them.
 
Monkeyfish said:
The first one is a male. Not sure on the 2nd. Both look VERY skinny. Try feeding them live black worms, nutramar ova, cyclopeeze and Ocean Nutrition frozen formula foods - break these up into little bits. You can also try smooshing the ON foods onto dead acro skeletons.
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I think it's likely you have a male and female. The orange is pretty obvious. The dorsal is cool. Good luck with them.
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The male isnt as skinny anymore, but like i said i barely got him to eat out of the water column 3 days ago. hes eating nutramar ova, loves rods food, and i mix in sometimes some elos pellets soaked in the nutramar ova. so he should fatten up to full potential soon i hope. How many feedings a day is best ??? which food is most nutritious out of the one you mention ?

the female is very skinny for sure, but had been eating right when she got to the fish store a week ago out of the water column. i just got her yesterday. so ill fatten her up as best i can for now.

Thanks for the help guys, if anyone has more info to chime in on it would be very welcome, i read for hours and hours before purchasing the first one, when i got him to eat i knew i needed a pair.

what a amazing fish !!!
 
What do you guys think about adding a Pseudalutarius nasicornis to my tank (180 softy reef) which already has an OSFF and a Tassled?
 
That fish is super groovy!!!

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I had a Pervagor melanocephalus for a while like in the video. Great fish but a bit of a pacer. It eventually was just so distracting. But a beautiful fish.

I absolutely love the Tetraodontiformes in general. I have my female OSFF and also a matted file and a blue spotted toby in my reef. All of them are so awesome. A great contrast to wrasses. I love the swimming style and outlandish looks of all of them. They do limit your coral choices some but I'm okay with that.

Regarding whether that Rhino guy would work with your other fish, my feeling is as long as they're a different genus, files don't pay much attention to each other. I have no experience with that species.

I hope you get it!!! :wildone:
 
Some day I'd love to have a boxfish of some kind. Maybe Whitley's. Especially a m/f pair. That would be amazing.

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Or, god forbid, a Tetrosomus gibbosus. Now that's a crazy fish.

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I will mention as an aside, the Tetraodontiformes are the most derived order of fishes. They have a unique set of morphological characters that appeared very recently on the evolutionary scene including reduction or loss of some fins, fusion of many skull bones and their four part teeth that give the order it's name. They include the puffers, tobies, files, triggers, boxfishes, cowfishes and others.

Awesome! :)small
 
Pair coming up on DD today. Should I try a trio? I've always thought that would be awesome. But I think I'll wait to stumble across a male in an LFS. Maybe even a wild caught one I can train.
 
I've had a tetrosomus gibbosus for a year. He was introduced shortly after the OSFF. Great fish. Always out and about.
 
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