Filefish

[PIOTR]

Does anyone have any luck with aiptasia eating filefish(Acreichthys tomentosus). I'm looking for one.

 

[albano]

Does anyone have any luck with aiptasia eating filefish(Acreichthys tomentosus). I'm looking for one.

I had one from Dom, at Diamonds of the reef....did a great job, used it in 3 different tanks and frag tank
only lasted about a year, after aptasia was gone, he had a hard time competing for food against the other fish...
I am going to get another ASAP from DOTR

 

[Master Shake]

they do a great job at eating aptasia but also do a great job at eating corals. I work at total aquariums and customers bring them back for eating their corals, one of my buddies got one to eat his aptasia, it ate them then acquired a taste for all of his acans

 

[PIOTR]

I can move my acans frogspan and my zoes to my doughters tank. Softies I only have kenya trees and xenids and they are becoming a problem on their own so I do not worrry about them. The rest is all sps. do not thing filefish will eat them. I will want to get one that was behaving good in someones tank.

 

[dynamictank]

I have a butterfly that eats it in my overflow I also have the matted filefish male n 4 peppermints nothing ate them but the butterfly.

 

[prattreef]

I have had great success with them eradicating aiptasia. They will sometimes nip at other stuff, particularly zoanthids, but I have never seen them show any interest in sps whatsoever beyond clinging onto the tip of a branch at night when sleeping--which is harmless. I term them an acceptable risk in most situations and they are pretty easy to catch if need be.

 

[tonep]

I got some peppermint shrimps and they seam to be eating the aiptasia. Almost all are gone except by where the clowns sleep in the colt coral. I think the clowns are keeping the shrimp away from there home.

 

[PIOTR]

I have had great success with them eradicating aiptasia. They will sometimes nip at other stuff, particularly zoanthids, but I have never seen them show any interest in sps whatsoever beyond clinging onto the tip of a branch at night when sleeping--which is harmless. I term them an acceptable risk in most situations and they are pretty easy to catch if need be.

Would you think Randy that I'm safe geting a new one from a wendor or would you recommend going with a specimen that is known to eat anem in someone elses tank?

 

[polywise]

matted file fish will do the job - in the past mine also ate brine shrimp.

 

[ALEXEY70]

Had about 40-60 Aiptasia in my 72 gal, than bought 4 peppermint shrimps- nothing changed. Bought Copperband butterfly fish and in 3 weeks no sign of aiptasia. :splitspin

 

[jerl77]

Copperband butterfly fish did it for me over 100 of them gone in a month have not seen them yet and he is doing great and does not pick at the corals at all

 

[PIOTR]

Copperband butterfly fish did it for me over 100 of them gone in a month have not seen them yet and he is doing great and does not pick at the corals at all

Is copperband now eating with all other fish or is it to shy. My fish they eat like pigs it is like tournament who will get most of food.