New addition

[danny zubot]

I've always wanted to try one of these and since my SPS problem was taken care of a while ago I decided to give it a try.
Orange spotted file fish:

I saw him feed at the LFS so hopefully all goes well.

[Aquattro]

nice fish, good luck with him!

[Delphinus]

Neat. You should post the name of the fish though! Got a species ID?

[muck]

Good luck with him Danny! What is he eating btw...
I hope he does well for you.

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Harlequin Filefish or Orange Spotted Filefish in the aquarium interest. The most commonly offered member of the family... and rarely alive for more than a week in captivity. In the wild almost only eats Acropora polyps.

http://www.tmc-ltd.co.uk/fish-invert...filefishes.asp

This species is found on coral reefs, where it feeds on coral polyps.

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fi...sh/olongir.htm

[Invigor]

orange spotted filefish: Cantherhines pullus.

[muck]

Originally Posted by Invigor

orange spotted filefish: Cantherhines pullus.

There are many filefish that have the common name "Orange Spotted Filefish". If you search on the name you provided you will find that is not the correct one. See my post just above.

[danny zubot]

Last night at the LFS I saw it eat brine shrimp of all things. I know they usualy eat SPS polyps but I'm hoping to get lucky with this one. He can munch on my digitata, I don't mind.

[Willow]

i watched one starve to death at my lfs, it nibbled on some sps but basically didnt eat for 3 weeks and died.

[Invigor]

Originally Posted by muck

There are many filefish that have the common name "Orange Spotted Filefish". If you search on the name you provided you will find that is not the correct one. See my post just above.

i just pasted the first thing google gave me :P

[danny zubot]

Well, he eats fine. I just hope he doesn't eat the whole digitata at once because thats the only sps I have right now. Swims around lots and plays with the clown, seems to have adjusted well.