- Location
- Rockville Centre, NY
I have heard filefish are great with apistatia especially the matte filefish... has anyone had luck keeping these in a reef without them moving on to corals when they are done with apistatia?
How bout shrimp instead and not worry about corals later
Actually, many ppl have reported that Pep. shrimp will eat some corals, (xenia, and 'octo' corals, I think) when the aptasia is gone.How bout shrimp instead and not worry about corals later
Actually, many ppl have reported that Pep. shrimp will eat some corals, (xenia, and 'octo' corals, I think) when the aptasia is gone.
I have a pair of bristletail filefish from Dom (DOTR) and they have cleared all my tanks of aptasia/majanos, in DAYS...have not bothered any corals, that I've noticed, although a previous one was 'suspected' of eating some zoas...and are presently on loan to a couple of friends to clear their tanks
They have been in my 450g tank for months, without any aptasia to eat, but immediately cleared my friends 180g, as soon as it was placed in it.
Caribbean Peps are the ones that work...but I don't think that they eat majanos. IMO these filefish are the best for aptasia/majano control.... and didn't touch apistatia. I have read only peppermints from a certain area eat them.
how big is your tank.if you have aggressive eaters in your tank once you see the aiptasia is gone your filefish will starve.your other fish ill not give him a chance.and once you give him to someone else you will see aiptasia coming back.trust me i bought one when i had my 50 and it did a great job but could not keep up with the other fish for food and died and they all started coming back.
I have almost 70 fish in my 450g DT...the 2 filefish are doing fine...filefish ...it did a great job but could not keep up with the other fish for food and died ...
Meaning.g stock the tank with shrimp so they eat those instead??? Hoping to hear from someone that has made it work with them by getting a filefish on to a captive diet. Just scared that with some acros a recommended as a diet while acclimating
just give it a little time before he really eats anything but you will see the differance