Show off your tilefish!

[Fishingandreefing]

Remove the garlic if you can, it will never get fish feeding as it’s too much of a deterrent.

Use frozen as well, it’s incredibly difficult to get fish feeding on dry foods straight away.

Ah though garlic helps. Will get some mysis later and see.

 

[izzyishh]

Ah though garlic helps. Will get some mysis later and see.

LRS fish food was my go to for my old tiles. Which tiles did you get? I'm going to be sourcing some skunks here soon

 

[Fishingandreefing]

LRS fish food was my go to for my old tiles. Which tiles did you get? I'm going to be sourcing some skunks here soon

Blue face. I got some brine shrimps but still don’t touch them

 

[Fishingandreefing]

Blue face. I got some brine shrimps but still don’t touch them

So now one started to eat a bit of my diy food but the other one still not. Should I try live food? Or should I wait a couple more days. It’s being almost two weeks, still swimming front and center with the second one.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

My LFS are out or don’t carry live brine shrimp. I forced fed him with some shrimp paste not sure if that went into the stomach since I don’t have a super small or not knowing will hurt him. Still swimming around, what’s my next approach

 

[Slocke]

My LFS are out or don’t carry live brine shrimp. I forced fed him with some shrimp paste not sure if that went into the stomach since I don’t have a super small or not knowing will hurt him. Still swimming around, what’s my next approach

This is probably a medic question
You should make a thread

 

[Slocke]

 

[Tcook]

Very healthy looking!

 

[Slocke]

Wait… when did the oreni enter the hobby? I see them all the time but according to this they were hardly even known of before 2018??

Hoplolatilus oreni, First Live Picture of this Gorgeous Tilefish | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Hoplolatilus oreni is a gorgeous, incredibly rare tilefish that was just photographed alive for the first time. Thanks to a tip from our South African friend Keith Baxter we were treated to a fish we’…

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[Tcook]

Wait… when did the oreni enter the hobby? I see them all the time but according to this they were hardly even known of before 2018??

Hoplolatilus oreni, First Live Picture of this Gorgeous Tilefish | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Hoplolatilus oreni is a gorgeous, incredibly rare tilefish that was just photographed alive for the first time. Thanks to a tip from our South African friend Keith Baxter we were treated to a fish we’…

reefbuilders.com

That doesn’t seem right. @i cant think has been yapping about them for years.

 

[i cant think]

Wait… when did the oreni enter the hobby? I see them all the time but according to this they were hardly even known of before 2018??

Hoplolatilus oreni, First Live Picture of this Gorgeous Tilefish | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Hoplolatilus oreni is a gorgeous, incredibly rare tilefish that was just photographed alive for the first time. Thanks to a tip from our South African friend Keith Baxter we were treated to a fish we’…

reefbuilders.com

2019 was the first ever pair in the hobby - still going strong too.

There’s now been the tiny baby orenis as previously it was the large adults.

 

[west co reefer]

My LFS are out or don’t carry live brine shrimp. I forced fed him with some shrimp paste not sure if that went into the stomach since I don’t have a super small or not knowing will hurt him. Still swimming around, what’s my next approach

I use an Avast Plank Autofeeder filled with Avast freeze dried food, mixed pellets, cut up dried seaweed for my tank. All my fish gather around the autofeeder at feeding time. All the fish seemed to have learned that whatever comes out is food. I guess from watching other fish darting for the food. The only one that prefers pecking at rocks instead is the flame angel. My skunk tilefish eats with gusto.

 

[Tcook]

Was only supposed to get water tested today.

 

[christinna77]

Was only supposed to get water tested today.

Blue jaws are beautiful! And that's how it is with them lol. I couldn't resist either and brought a skunk home some time ago myself.

 

[christinna77]

Posting another picture of Sushi, this poor guy has been through so much! Two separate quarantines (one when he arrived, another when the DT had to go fallow), overcame multiple parasites (ich and suspected flukes), tons of medications, and countless attempts to jump out (I swear my lid could be used in a maximum security facility now).

He even got stuck in my light mount bracket out of the water once (under the lid) - luckily I heard it and freed him before it was too late (and printed a 3D insert so he can't get stuck there again).

But now we're almost two weeks past the end of the fallow period, he's back in the DT and he's super happy again. He even loves when I pet him - hopefully I can record a good video of that soon. :)

 

[Tcook]

Posting another picture of Sushi, this poor guy has been through so much! Two separate quarantines (one when he arrived, another when the DT had to go fallow), overcame multiple parasites (ich and suspected flukes), tons of medications, and countless attempts to jump out (I swear my lid could be used in a maximum security facility now).

He even got stuck in my light mount bracket out of the water once (under the lid) - luckily I heard it and freed him before it was too late (and printed a 3D insert so he can't get stuck there again).

But now we're almost two weeks past the end of the fallow period, he's back in the DT and he's super happy again. He even loves when I pet him - hopefully I can record a good video of that soon. :)

Looks thick and healthy.

 

[christinna77]

Posting another picture of Sushi, this poor guy has been through so much! Two separate quarantines (one when he arrived, another when the DT had to go fallow), overcame multiple parasites (ich and suspected flukes), tons of medications, and countless attempts to jump out (I swear my lid could be used in a maximum security facility now).

He even got stuck in my light mount bracket out of the water once (under the lid) - luckily I heard it and freed him before it was too late (and printed a 3D insert so he can't get stuck there again).

But now we're almost two weeks past the end of the fallow period, he's back in the DT and he's super happy again. He even loves when I pet him - hopefully I can record a good video of that soon. :)

Looks thick and healthy.

Thank you, he's a fighter! I work from home, so he's fed small portions of frozen mix 4-5 times a day. He's very very active even at night, and constantly on the hunt.

 

[Boreas_SA]

Newest addition, a pair of these:

 

[christinna77]

Sushi had a rough night. My cleaner shrimp scared the heck out of him. I heard a splash and found him just sitting confused on the sand bed afterward. He's acting like nothing happened now.



Do your tilefish get easily spooked at night too?

 

[i cant think]

Sushi had a rough night. My cleaner shrimp scared the heck out of him. I heard a splash and found him just sitting confused on the sand bed afterward. He's acting like nothing happened now.



Do your tilefish get easily spooked at night too?

Mine used to get heavily spooked at night - it’s one of the reasons I had the camera on the tanks. And obviously, my skunk getting spooked by having a much larger tank led to his demise unfortunately.

But! Tilefish will hopefully be in my future again, we have a 3 foot peninsula display coming to the shop at some point and you bet my aim is to have a group of tilefish again.
Any thoughts which ones I should try again? Chlupatyi, Purpureus and Marcosi are all in the thought currently.