Free ORA Aiptasia-Eating Filefish

[FOURSTARS]

Just received this fish and he decided that my Duncan is tastier the the aiptasia. He now Lives in my sump. I live in Sterling and will meet in Fort Morgan to make sure this guy has a good home.

 

[JuanGutz]

Not sure if I should give the guy a chance or not. I don’t care about my Duncan and just want my Aiptasia gone but have more expensive corals I don’t want a to loose. Just ordered Berghia nudibranch too.

 

[FOURSTARS]

He’s has been convicted a of attempted murder, so I understand your misgivings. Cool fish, maybe best for a fowler tank or SPS tank. The thing with file fish is they only turn to AIptasia if you starve them a bit, and there’s not a better meal close by. I ordered 5 peppermint shrimp from algea barn to repalce him.

 

[JuanGutz]

Yeah I agree, I see how the nudibranch do first but maybe @scchase would be interested? Bit of a drive for him though.

 

[scchase]

Too far a drive for me for at least the next 3 weeks or I would be all over it, my last one I rotated finally got stupid and got itself caught in a pump.

 

[SynDen]

Yeah I agree, I see how the nudibranch do first but maybe @scchase would be interested? Bit of a drive for him though.

Nudis work great. They do take quite a while before you see them make progress, but steadily they get the job done. My tank was covered when I added them in several months ago and they have eliminated about 3/4 of them so far. They even get the ones that are deep in the rocks that my former file fish couldnt even get

 

[FOURSTARS]

Right now he's happy picking off the pods in my sump. If I drive to Denver soon I'll let you guys know. I thought about nudi's but to cheap.. plus it's only a reefer 250 so pretty easy to keep up.