File fish reef safe?
- Thread starter GurpM
- Start date
- Location
- The Big City
it's a spotted file fish and it's not reef safe. it basically eat sps polyps.
- Location
- The Big City
The Green file or Bristletail file will eat them but you need to be careful as some will also eat zoas.
+1 fortunately mine ate the aptasia first, but then started on the zoas!
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
i have had 2 green filefish.what i havent read about them is after they have nothing left to eat that will sustain him it will die.sure it will eat mysis and cyclopeeze but i dont believe it can survive for a long period of time eating those foods.both mine lasted 6 months almost to the day and then poof gone
There's a thread on RC http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1695421 about these fish. It seems people are having success weaning them onto a variety of prepared foods, but no one has yet kept them alive for longer than 14 months. Possibly due to nutritional deficiency.
- Location
- Montclair, NJ
I've kept these filefish for years just eating mysis and pellets. They are real hardy fish. I have a thread on here somewhere showing the pairs I have laying eggs.
- Location
- Montclair, NJ
Do you still have this filefish? If you wanted to trade for the Bristletail Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) let me know.
Looking for a MASCOT, Dom?
- Location
- Montclair, NJ
:lol2: I used to have a pair but haven't got any new OSFF because I was waiting for my systems to mature to work with these guys again. I'm ready and figured since he wanted an aptaisia eater why not trade :biggrin: That is very observant of you though :wink1:
Very sharp. It's funny how easy it is to miss.
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