How to SUCCESSFULLY keep orange spotted file fish - Oxymonacanthus longirostris care guide

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Let’s delve in to the care of a species who has been for the longest time given an unfair reputation of being impossible to keep - Oxymonacanthus longirostris.
I’ll go over finding the right specimen, weaning on to prepared aquarium foods, generall feeding and other requirements.
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27 июл 2024

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@PinkPoosi_ 10 месяцев назад

Helfrichi firefish would look cool in this tank. These filefish are def a dream fish of mine. Can't wait to get some in the future.

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

That’s something I’ve been considering. Just need a lid for the tank before taking the plunge.

@ppsthlm 9 месяцев назад

What stunning fish!! Great job keeping them alive. Lots of food for thought in this video. Thanks man🙂

@viking_reefing 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! It’s been a journey of learning that’s for sure.

@queencityreefs 9 месяцев назад

Amazing! Kuddos to you for doing everything you could to get them to successfully eat. Great job! Thanks for sharing 👌💯✌️

@viking_reefing 9 месяцев назад

Thanks dude! It’s been a journey for sure haha

@Alex_Correa 10 месяцев назад

Very nice! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! My pleasure:)

@Razgriz218 9 месяцев назад

Very pretty fish and you did a good job with these guys!! 😎😎

@viking_reefing 9 месяцев назад

I think so too! And thanks :)

@ReefUnderTheRoof 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful fish! 🙌

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

Thank you very much!

@angelnieves6087 4 месяца назад

What torches are those? Then tilefish are awesome! Wow great job bro

@viking_reefing 4 месяца назад

Those are holy grail, torch of the gods and hellfire :)

@pedrotorres3951 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! Please consider making another vídeo about the spotted gobies on the same aquarium.

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

Sure thing. Firstly I need to keep ‘em for a bit so that I know what I’m talking about and I can call it a success:)

@PhiCongDoan7587 5 месяцев назад

I agree as well!

@crappycrawler 10 месяцев назад

Hello! I have been keeping Oxymonacanthus for more than three years, they can be fattened for artemia and weaned from eating acropores. They can safely live in a mixed reef, in a soft reef. And there are corals both hard and soft to which they are completely indifferent

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

Funnily enough my guys hardly look at frozen foods. I try every day but they just go “where the hell are the pellets dude” 🤣

@Fred5612 6 месяцев назад

Hey! I have succesfully kept these fish in the past. However, I can't find fhe Panta polyp pellets online anymore. Where did you get them?

@sundr1v3r77 8 месяцев назад

That is amazing.. I was wondering if this applies to other fish like butteflies and Moorish idol..!

@viking_reefing 8 месяцев назад

Idols are fairly easy to feed, their challenge is different. This would definitely work with coralivore butterflies though.

@jbide7178 9 месяцев назад

I kept one for a cpl yes feeding it clams, oysters, and other shellfish from grocery store. It was a ravenous clam eater. Including tridacnas, w is how I discovered they WD eat shellfish.

@viking_reefing 9 месяцев назад

Damn! That’s one way to find out lol. I’ve planned some clams for this tank…we’ll see how that works out.

@jbide7178 9 месяцев назад

😂@@viking_reefing

@orange422 10 месяцев назад

Nice video, maybe I missed it. How long are you taking care of them already?

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

Thanks. About 4 months :)

@bobbyknox9258 10 месяцев назад

They are cool fish. What about some seahorses? Get some gorgonians. With it being a low flow reef

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

Indeed the are! Actually not a huge fan of sea horses. I will however get an assortment of pipefish and some gorgonians :)

@briankavanagh7191 10 месяцев назад

Viking will you be putting any other shy fish in the Nyos?

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

That's the plan! I also have a pair of twin spot gobies in there and I’ll be getting some pipefish and basslets soonish :)

@danielfallon5131 9 месяцев назад

I have ecotech g6 15 pros,what is your light schedule cause my tank is blue and I like your tank cause you don’t just see blue?

@viking_reefing 9 месяцев назад

Well as we don’t have the same lights my direct schedule won’t help much but I run my whites at 65-100% throughout the day :)

@teddychung8959 6 месяцев назад

Do you know the type of sps they like to pick at??

@viking_reefing 6 месяцев назад

Basically all acros

@cristianpiccinno3241 10 месяцев назад

Can you make some Videos with the other fish in this tank?

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, that’s on the docket :)

@grantgussie8768 9 месяцев назад

What is mastic? Around here mastic refers to the crystalized sap of the mastic tree (an evergreen). It is ridiculously expensive and I doubt that a filefish would eat it. Is that what you used?

@viking_reefing 9 месяцев назад

It’s “masstick” ;)

@johnjr47 5 месяцев назад

Beautiful Tank, what is the dimension of this tank and gallon ?

@viking_reefing 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! It’s an Nyos opus 300 pro :)

@johnjr47 5 месяцев назад

@@viking_reefing thanks

@jasonk2947 9 месяцев назад

I ordered 4 (along with 10 other fish) and 3 arrived dead. All the other fish look good. I do not recommend ordering this fish online

@viking_reefing 9 месяцев назад

No, definitely not. However, I wouldn’t recommend buying fish that you can’t inspect in person at all if you can help it. Just sounds risky to me

@michelhaineault6654 7 месяцев назад

Do they eat hatch brine shrimp ? Merci

@viking_reefing 7 месяцев назад

No idea really, never tried. But it should be a potential option.

@domingo-7 9 месяцев назад

You need a natural 🌊sea to keep it 😅.. Just kidding 😁

@viking_reefing 9 месяцев назад

Haha sure thing ;)

@CoralReefkid 10 месяцев назад

Man these are cool. I’m only watching to learn something, I never plan on actually keeping these because I have acropora in every tank I own haha

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

They are actually completely fine in a well stocked acro tank :)

@CoralReefkid 9 месяцев назад

@@viking_reefing maybe one day! I’m still tempted over a copper band butterfly first.. especially after you say “there’s no such thing as impossible keep fish” Truly inspiring and motivating

@6jdhd 10 месяцев назад

Ok so you just got some unhealthy fish. Because orange spotted file fish are farley easy to keep. I had mine eatting flake food and brine shrimp.

@viking_reefing 10 месяцев назад

I’d say you are mistaken in that based on most people’s experience with them..if you are referring to oxymonacanthus longirostris. The success rate with this species is extremely low. However, it’s great that you got a pair that were super easy but that’s not the norm.

@MW-ut3dk 10 месяцев назад

@@viking_reefingYeah I kinda agree with you based on what everyone,especially respected shops and experts, have said consistently… do I detect a 🧌?

@6jdhd 10 месяцев назад

@viking_reefing in my experience, had no problem with them. Had them for years. This was when I first started in the hobby over 20 years ago. The only other issue is that there not reef safe