Filefish Lovers Thread

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Question for filefish owners - has anyone kept the whitespotted pygmy filefish? Rudarius ercodes

 

[Dierks]

Question for filefish owners - has anyone kept the whitespotted pygmy filefish? Rudarius ercodes

I have had a lot of filefish come through but I cant say I have worked with this guy! I hope someone has as it would be awesome to hear about their temperaments.

 

[Sharkie_Conch]

One of our original fish was a file!! Charlie the Unicorn was a favorite in our house...until he took a liking to our hammers and torches. Never saw him eat aiptasia but we didn't ever have much of it either. We banished him to our 25g and he ruled that tank for months. Came back from a week long scuba vacation and he was dying not sure what happened.

He was by far one of the highlights for anyone who watched our videos or visited our house. I'd get another, but don't want to risk the coral munching again. Maybe down the line with a more mature reef!!

 

[clarimore]

One of our original fish was a file!! Charlie the Unicorn was a favorite in our house...until he took a liking to our hammers and torches. Never saw him eat aiptasia but we didn't ever have much of it either. We banished him to our 25g and he ruled that tank for months. Came back from a week long scuba vacation and he was dying not sure what happened.

He was by far one of the highlights for anyone who watched our videos or visited our house. I'd get another, but don't want to risk the coral munching again. Maybe down the line with a more mature reef!!

did yiura ever just start plumping up?? mine is super fat

 

[ReeferHD]

Question for filefish owners - has anyone kept the whitespotted pygmy filefish? Rudarius ercodes

I had a pair for a while, super hardy and entertaining. They would eat mysis and pellets, unfortunately I lost them in a velvet outbreak.

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

I had a pair for a while, super hardy and entertaining. They would eat mysis and pellets, unfortunately I lost them in a velvet outbreak.

Thank you for your info!!! Been eyeballing.

 

[Budman93]

Every other type of fish seems to have a "Lovers" thread... Why not our poor little Filefish friends? They are one of the most used utility fish in our hobby and get along with just about everyone on the reef. (Unless you are an invert!)

There are some really cool filefish out there, do you have one? I will get us started with the most common and obvious:

The Matted Filefish or Aiptasia Easting Filefish!

cool fish! I just got a pygmy one today and he’s awesome. Made a little gorgonian garden in the corner of the tank and hes already sleeping in them. They sure are small though. Could probably have gotten another one.

 

[PatW]

There is a beautiful Caribbean file fish. It gets a max of maybe 3”. It is a pale mottled color with gold filigree.

 

[fishybizzness]

This is the type I catch locally. They're great for aptasia control up until they get to be about 2 inches then they take a liking to zoas, duncans and other softies. I usually swap them out for a super small one at that point.