Orange Spotted File Fish

[reeffirstaid]

I have a pair of the notoriously tough to keep Orange Spotted File Fish. I have had my pair for about 8 months and when I got them they were eating frozen fare quite well. I feed them a diet of Nutra Mar Ova and Rod's reef fish blend both soaked in Garlic Power and Vita Chem. My question is this. For the past 8 months I have kept the file fish in a 12 gallon Nano-Cube with one of my clownfish breeding pairs. They have done well here as the clownfish don't give them an overly aggressive time when feeding. I would like to move them over to my Red Sea Max which is a mixed reef with the following animals.

Various soft corals and LPS corals
Various sea stars, hermits - etc.
Kaudern's Cardinalfish (1)
Red Mandarin Dragonet (1)
Black Photon Perc Pair
Percula Perc Pair
Falco's Hawkfish
Copperband Butterfly (Temp tenant to weed out aiptasia outbreak, then he goes back to fish only tank)

Do you think the filefish would be alright with this stocking list. They are aggressive feeders and I can't see anyone else in the tank bothering them too much. I just imagine they will eat the eggs the next time my clowns lay some.

 

[Ace25]

I would worry about the Falco hawkfish the most. I had one of those with clowns and a pseudochromis (known for being very mean). The hawkfish killed the pseudochromis and tore up the fins of all the other fish in the tank. The hawkfish went back to the LFS.

I have a pair of those filefish in my 75G with about a dozen other fish, but all the other fish are peaceful and pay no attention to the filefish. The most aggressive fish I have in that tank is a Starry Blenny, and it only goes after my hand anytime it is in the tank. It leaves everyone else alone.

 

[wysiwyg]

you should be fine the hawkfish might be a problem. filefish are also known aptasia eaters

 

[Ace25]

filefish are also known aptasia eaters

Never heard or seen an Orange Spot filefish eat aiptasia.

 

[EcoFrags]

me either they only like to munch on my sps polyps lol i had a pair for a little while in a guys tank that i serviced and i was over there twice a week putting in new colonies that i'd grow for the guy out of a frag tank...never once did they help me with his aiptasia problem