Oxymonacanthus longirostris spawned

[Chad Vossen]

That's all the further I got. They didn't like live copepods as a first food. Will try again with rotifers when I find more larvae. I've had the adults for over a year, and recently moved them into a tank with hair algae. That did the trick.

 

[shifty51008]

Great job, love the pics. Arnt these mostly sps eaters though? Or is that mainly just the adults?

 

[Chad Vossen]

Great job, love the pics. Arnt these mostly sps eaters though? Or is that mainly just the adults?

They can be trained onto frozen food, and then onto pellets. Mine will actually eat New Life Spectrum Grow before touching frozen food.

The babies eat zooplankton just like any other larval fish. I need to get rotifers, since the live copepods were too fast for the new larvae.

In the wild, they normally eat SPS. In captivity, they'll pick at LPS as well. Some softies, but they seem to ignore most leathers.

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

:inlove:

 

[reefstew]

Good job!

 

[Luis A M]

Very nice Chad!And excellent pics!:thumbsup:
The first three show newly hatched prolarvae,while the others belong to one day old developing larvae.
I´m a fan of Oxy files.These beauties were not long ago,considered impossible to keep alive,and now we are breeding them!.This is the result of dedicated work of hobbyists and message boards where we can discuss our work with other fellow aquarists.
See what I´ve done here: http://www.marinebreeder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=191&t=6999

 

[Chad Vossen]

Spawning is regular now. I have a 500ml beaker full of larvae and working on finishing a larval tank for the fry.

 

[Bratyboy2]

How are the babies doing

 

[Chad Vossen]

Dealing with rotifer problems. Need to get that sorted out before trying again.

 

[Bratyboy2]

Keep us posted

 

[frombordeaux]

I adore these fishes and I begin a project of breeding I am going to follow your adventure with interest and I espere to be able to exchange with you on this sort(species) I live in France and the amateur breeders are a few and no professionel. I espere that shall arrive at you there