Spawning orange spot filefish caught on video!

Mike de Jonge is a cool Dutch reefer having a particular preference in fish: filefish. In his 80-Gallon reef, he does not only keep a pair of Acreichthys radiatus that lays eggs, but he also manages to keep a pair…

Oxymonacanthus halli: LiveAquaria’s offers the Red Sea harlequin filefish

LiveAquaria produced and delivered, a fully conditioned specimen of the Red Sea “Harlequin” Filefish, Oxymonacanthus halli.  I cook dinner for my wife and son, go run some errands, and come home to a Facebook posting from Dr. Matt Wittenrich, waving…

Orange spot filefish is not impossible yet still very challenging to keep in captivity

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHgBMRzsdks[/youtube] The orange-spot filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris, is a very enigmatic reef fish which has been the envy of fishkeepers for decades. Once thought to be ‘impossible’ to keep, the orange-spot filefish now joins the growing list of marine…

Success with the Harlequin Filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris

We are pleased to present another inaugural post today on Reef Builders, this one is by Tim Morrissey, a fish breeding aquarist who is attending the Florida Institute of Technology where he studies reef fish ecology and reproduction. Harlequin filefish,…