Matted Filefish

Duke4Life · Nov 9, 2015

What are the cons to these fish? Once eating prepared food, do they still mow down aiptasia?

Let's hear it ya'll

vic5hands · Nov 9, 2015

Mine is at its best behavior. Does not bother any coral and eats it's Mysis.

Duke4Life · Nov 9, 2015

vic5hands said:
Mine is at its best behavior. Does not bother any coral and eats it's Mysis.

Did you have him eating mysis before he took out your aiptasia?

vic5hands · Nov 9, 2015

No . Once in the tank he took over and has been eating Aiptasia ever since.

vic5hands · Nov 9, 2015

Doing quite well

Duke4Life · Nov 9, 2015

vic5hands said:
Doing quite well

Just saw your tank in your thread. Time to check the LFSs

vic5hands · Nov 9, 2015

Cannot see anything out of the ordinary

Eckolancer · Nov 9, 2015

Do you have any zoas?

vic5hands · Nov 9, 2015

Yes. I checked and found no problems. There are two types of Aiptasia brown and green. I have the green type. Mostly in the sand bed. Between my File fish and my copper band butterfly I have it under control. Thanks

Duke4Life · Nov 9, 2015

@vic5hands this fish the more I look into fits 2 different categories for me: likes aiptasia and is a bit of an oddity/different. Thanks for the info needed to make a decision.

NanoReefer16 · Nov 10, 2015

Got one a few weeks ago and he never touched the apstasia and started nipping my zoas so he went into the toilet very quick!

nbagnardi · Nov 10, 2015

I was just looking at these, just like flame angels and coral beauties I guess they're a hit or miss. Bluezoo did a nice little write up on them as well. I'm just going to suck it up and get a dozen or so berghi nudi's and wait it out.

hotnickz07 · Nov 11, 2015

I have one and he has decimated my aiptasia population to nill. Dude/Girl whatever the sex maybe , is a stud. He eats mysis and brine frozen. Havent seen him nip at anything.

NanoReefer16 · Nov 11, 2015

Yea from everything else I've read, Berghia's are the way to go. They may take a little time to build population but once they do, they decimate apstasia's! Luckily I only need three to take care of my problem.

jimbau · Nov 11, 2015

My file fish wiped out my aiptasia and is an interesting addition to the tank but he does like to go after shrimp, small snails and hermit crabs. He also picks at and eventually eats starfish. So you may need to watch your cleanup crew but you won't have an aiptasia problem.

eatbreakfast · Nov 12, 2015

Some specimens don't eat aiptasia, but most do. I have about half of the specimens nip zoas, fleshy brain vorals, duncans and clams.

cjsreefaus · Nov 12, 2015

Acreichthys tomentosus i had meant to be an aipstasia killer but seemed to like the frozen more than anything else. Seems to be hit and miss with some sp.was a nice fish though never ate coral.