wat is these fish?

[yongtuck]

I bought these 2 fish at ah beng. attracted by the anthenna on the fish.

Any body any idea what the name of this fish?

[Digiman]

I bought these 2 fish at ah beng. attracted by the anthenna on the fish.

Any body any idea what the name of this fish?

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (orange spot filefish)

An obligate SPS eater. It should die within weeks in your tank unless there is enough SPS to sustain its diet.

[yongtuck]

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (orange spot filefish)

An obligate SPS eater. It should die within weeks in your tank unless there is enough SPS to sustain its diet.

beside SPS, does it eat pellet? or brine ?

[yongtuck]

beside SPS, does it eat pellet? or brine ?

ah beng told mi can feed them frozen shrimp? is it true?

[Terryz_]

Sighz, Another case of buying without research and buying just becos it looks interesting and nice...

It is a obligated SPS feeder, not a fish for beginner and even for expert reefer, they have great difficulty in getting them to feed on mysis and homemade food...

It will died shortly due to starvation..

Even with SPS, it is not confirm they will feed and without a sustainable amount of SPS, they are impossible to keep alive..

Edited June 17, 2011 by Terryz_

[yongtuck]

Sighz, Another case of buying without research and buying just becos it looks interesting and nice...

It is a obligated SPS feeder, not a fish for beginner and even for expert reefer, they have great difficulty in getting them to feed on mysis and homemade food...

It will died shortly due to starvation..

Even with SPS, it is not confirm they will feed and without a sustainable amount of SPS, they are impossible to keep alive..

Thks for the advice.i will do something to the fish

[yikai]

do what?

there's nothing you can do to it.

the only thing you should be doing is stop buying fish at your whim and fancy and do research before buying.

[vinccc2009]

http://www.aquariumdomain.com/viewSpeciesMarine.php?id=177

Take a look at the link above to understand more on this fish.

[yongtuck]

http://www.aquariumdomain.com/viewSpeciesMarine.php?id=177

Take a look at the link above to understand more on this fish.

heng ah, throw in one quarter cube frozen brine, both fish complete it.

[Terryz_]

This claim without any video is useless... It is impossible to get them to feed on any kind of food without any training...

[yikai]

the chances of that happening is almost as close as the earth plummeting into jupiter in the next 5 minutes.

congrats. hope the fish lives with you till a long time

do update the progress of the fish.

[Terryz_]

the chances of that happening is almost as close as the earth plummeting into jupiter in the next 5 minutes.

congrats. hope the fish lives with you till a long time

do update the progress of the fish.

:lol:

[Slimymadness]

good luck dude. always research before buying!

on another note, it is a pity that LFS only cared about money making and not instilling proper husbandry methods of fishes to newbies....if only ah beng had stressed that it is a difficult fish to keep alive...but i guess making a sale is better than none...

[yikai]

ah beng probably doesn't know either.

not all LFS know what they're selling.

in fact, majority of them do not know about obligate coral eating fishes.

as buyers it is out responsibility to learn.

[Digiman]

I only know of one case where an orange spot filefish survives for two years after weaning on to mysis shrimp.

However most if not all die within weeks even if they do eat some brine shrimp or mysis. They are just "pretending" they are eating, but actually never enough to keep them alive.

It's ok, this will be a lesson learnt as for all new reefers and you will not buy the fish again after they die.

[Joeteng]

This is a sad case, if this species is difficult to keep, they shouldnt have bring in at the first place.

[yikai]

LFS bring in because people buy.

that's the sad truth.

u want LFS to stop bringing in? simple. stop buying.

no point blaming lfs for bringing in, or blaming reefers for buying.

it's related.

so just do more research before buying ANYTHING.

[iskay]

when the buying stops, the dying can too.

[superior1]

I kept orange spot file fish twice, died twice.

There's no way, those fishes will accept frozen food or pallet.

God bless those fishes...

Definitely will do research b4 buying fishes again

thxs.

[M3Morph]

There are cases where they do survive. One breeder has even managed to get them to breed. Of course, he is not a "normal" hobbyist but a guru in marine fish.

Cheers

[FuEl]

You need to mash frozen food on SPS skeleton to initiate feeding response. Apparently the breeder who bred them has managed to wean them off completely from SPS. However, this takes a lot of patience. This species has been successfully bred and raised past the larval stage without any coral as part of the diet.

[Jameshong]

There are cases where they do survive. One breeder has even managed to get them to breed. Of course, he is not a "normal" hobbyist but a guru in marine fish.

Cheers

You need to mash frozen food on SPS skeleton to initiate feeding response. Apparently the breeder who bred them has managed to wean them off completely from SPS. However, this takes a lot of patience. This species has been successfully bred and raised past the larval stage without any coral as part of the diet.

Good to know someone in the world can do it !