Filefish are they reef safe??

[Stevel]

Aptasia eating file fish are these guys reef safe? I have hammers and torches along with leathers and montipora. Any help greatly appreciated

 

[VB313]

Ehh you gotta watch them I had one but for aptasia never touched it but loved my plays and zoas had better luck with a peppermint shrimp for aptasia

 

[Stevel]

Ehh you gotta watch them I had one but for aptasia never touched it but loved my plays and zoas had better luck with a peppermint shrimp for aptasia

Thanks I will get more peppermint shrimp . I have three already plus two blood shrimp and one cleaner shrimp. So how handy should I put in a 92 gallon tank ??

 

[locito277]

Mines is well behaved. I keep palys, hammers, clams, anemones, inverts and one aptasia he won’t touch lol. I do feed the tank well so maybe he prefers gourmet over stinging gelatin lol

 

[Baby Ray]

If you want a filefish just for the look and not for the aptasia eating, get an ORA white spotted filefish. They rarely peck at corals and they have great personalities. I had one and it never pecked at any corals

 

[Stevel]

Mines is well behaved. I keep palys, hammers, clams, anemones, inverts and one aptasia he won’t touch lol. I do feed the tank well so maybe he prefers gourmet over stinging gelatin lol

I’m kinda scared because I read in a book they are not reed safe so unless I get a ton of folks saying it will not bother my coral I will have to pass.

 

[Blknovass]

Had one for about 24 hours and it ate almost $300 worth of zoas. NEVER AGAIN!

 

[Stevel]

Had one for about 24 hours and it ate almost $300 worth of zoas. NEVER AGAIN!

Thanks

 

[locito277]

I’m kinda scared because I read in a book they are not reed safe so unless I get a ton of folks saying it will not bother my coral I will have to pass.

Better safe than sorry