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OXYMONACANTHUS LONGIROSTRIS or Fish lima



Latin name
OXYMONACANTHUS LONGIROSTRIS
Common name
Fish lima
Dimensions
Maximum 12 cm.
Values of the water
Temp. 28/30 Densit 1018/1022 PH 8.4
 

Splendid fish pertaining to the family of the Monacantidi, present in the oceans Indiano and Pacific, much colorful, but timid one, a lot indicated and decorative in an Aquarius of invertebrates.
 
Body from the shape much characteristic to lima: romboidale, a lot lengthened and flattened, with a small mouth in relatively small top to a musetto tubular, fins, the dorsal fin, moved to the height of the eye, equipped of the system of typical block of the Balistidi; the tail fin appears always sluice nearly.


The most colorful livery, deep green or turchese, with large orange or yellow spots, arranged along horizontal lines; to times on the present tail fin a black point.
 
A lot demanding as far as the conditions chemistries of the water and for the feeding, probably in nature nutre of polipi of coral of the sort Acropora; adviced against much for the neophyte.


 
Nutre nearly exclusively of mangime dept freeze, artemia and chironomus, than unfortunately it only collects many slowly, to times dry in grains or frozen-dry chip ax mangime.
 
To arrange in small Aquarius with much madrepore as hiding places and a wide space on in order swimming, in company of equally calm fish and invertebrates.

 

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