Oxymonacanthus longirostris pair enters a mixed reef environment

[Renton777]

That's a good deal. There was a pair on DD last week for over $250!

The $250 pair were Oxymonacanthus halli closely related, yet not often avaliable cousin of the Oxymonacanthus longirostris. I belive the were from the Red Sea.

Oxymonacanthus halli :

 

[Texsun]

The $250 pair were Oxymonacanthus halli closely related, yet not often avaliable cousin of the Oxymonacanthus longirostris. I belive the were from the Red Sea.

Didn't realize it and good to know. Thanks.

 

[small alien]

http://************.com/2012/05/22/oxymonacanthus-halli/

 

[small alien]

I guess RC won't let me post the link. There's a little article on reef builders about O. halli.

 

[small alien]

Renton, your pair looks great. Good luck with them. Do you feel the availability of coral as food will work against weening or keeping them weened onto prepared foods?

 

[Renton777]

divers den did the hard work of getting them to accept prepared foods. even though there is coral in my tank, the osff act like many of the other fish when I approach the tank. They may be the boldest of all the fish coming right up to to the glass when I am feeding.

I do not think having all the sps has effected their willingness to now accept other food. To my knowledge divers den did not feed them pellets but in my tank they have been eating them for the past week (which really has me excited). After feeding they continue to search the sand bed for left overs for a while before approaching any sps.

How is your trio doing small alien?

 

[small alien]

Thanks for asking, Renton. They are doing dandy. The initial female who is smaller than the pair is definitely holding her own. Probably good she was in the tank first. The pair is thriving and the male is finally putting on some weight. He came in quite skinny. There is chasing of both females by the male and sometimes the paired female chases the unpaired female. The pair is obviously still a pair. No real "trio" thing. But they all hang together-ish and are generally as peaceful as a pair.

 

[Renton777]

The orangespot filefish was the insperation for our fragswap shirt this year!

More about the swap: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2213992

My male/female pair continue to do very well. Nice and plump and very active!

 

[small alien]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet! :beer:

My trio are doing well. It's taken a long time to put weight on my male who came in from DD very skinny. I actually thought internal parasites for a while but the weight is coming on if slowly. It's been interesting to observe the behavior of the trio. The lone female was already established when I introduced the pair. The pair has remained a pair though I think the male would be willing to expand his prospects. Whenever he shows interest in the lone female, the other female puts a stop to it with a little chasing. All three are extremely peaceful. Aren't we so lucky to be able to keep a fish like O. longirostris. I still consider it a great honor to have them in my tank.

Cheers. :spin3:

 

[rssjsb]

I lost my male. I suspect my gigantea, but don't really have any evidence except that the anemone was moving around at night and could have gotten too close to where they normally slept.

I'm thinking of getting a pair next time I see one on DD to see if they would form a trio. Do you think that would work?

 

[small alien]

That's what I did and its going fine. How big is your tank? I recall a post from a professional aquarist who tended a 150 cube with two males and three females.

 

[small alien]

Feeding this evening.

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[rssjsb]

That's what I did and its going fine. How big is your tank? I recall a post from a professional aquarist who tended a 150 cube with two males and three females.

It's a 185 - 60x24x30.
Where do yours sleep? Mine wedges herself into a colony of branching acropora (not sure what species - plana maybe) every night just before lights out. Before I lost the male, the two of them would jostle a little for the best spot. Finally, the female would give up until he was settled, then take another spot in the same colony.

 

[small alien]

Sweet dimensions. I would definitely do it. Saw a pair up today.

Cute bedtime story.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

:inlove: So awesome! I love this tank!

 

[small alien]

Sorry I didn't answer your question about where mine sleep. Sometimes jammed into a largish colt coral. Or sometimes wedged into the silicon in the corner of the tank. :strange:

 

[small alien]

Thanks for taking a look, Sugar Magnolia!

 

[cnguyenl]

nice looking fish!

 

[Renton777]

Some pictures of my pair from this evening. They are doing very well and are nice and plump.

 

[Monkeyfish]

Female started eating mysis this morning. They're PE so they're fairly huge. She'd look around for smaller pieces or take bites from a larger one. Hooray!

Congrats! I find that they have an easier time eating the Hikari mysis which tends to be smaller.