Bristle Tail/Aiptasia Eating filefish

[chris]

Anyone any experience keeping these in a reef tank?

We have had one in the shop for a few months, and I'm bored of zapping aiptasia with lemon juice.

It was very secretive in the shop tanks, but spends almost all day on display in my home tank, and changes colour to suit the background.

It has been nicknamed 'Fugly' by Claire, but we both kinda like him/her.

Chris

[steve]

they usually eat aips only if you stop feeding them
the down side to that is that thay may then turn on your corals
not 100% reef safe in my experiance but a great fish thats full of personality

[chris]

No chance of starving it - its in with the tangs in the feeding frenzy :-)

[steve]

eating aips yet ??

[chris]

No, they are growing!

I feed quite a lot to make sure my Mandarins get their fair share, and the filefish swims in with the tangs at feeding time. It ain't going hungry anytime soon!