Aptasia Filefish - Protecting Coral

[texhorns98]

Anyone have an idea about protecting a coral in your tank? This little guy seems to have an appetite for my prized rainbow acan, and I can't have that! I have some bird netting and some egg crate I can use.

OR, Rit...would it be possible to have you house my acan until this guy is done? Then I would probably bring him back up to you. He nips a little at some zoas, but nothing noticeable.

 

[texhorns98]

I'll give that a try! Fish are funny...I have a melanarus that never touches my corals. At least not that I ever see!

 

[texhorns98]

Thanks Rit! I'm sure other sponsors might do the same, but this is the reason I only buy from you. That, and you're the closest to me. I actually took one of the billion Gladware containers we have from deli meats and poked a bunch of holes in it. We'll see if she comes back out as she's been retracted ever since about an hour after I put the file fish in there. Rit, this is the same acan we bought from you and split up a while ago. It has nearly 20 heads now...from three!

 

[texhorns98]

I thought this coral was just retracted, but I'm starting to think the little ******* ate all the tissue! Totally bummed...

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The gray part is stoney...

 

[atmercure]

had a file fish that did the same thing. went after my acan and wesso in a bad way. took it out for a couple weeks and fed well. put it back in and was back at it within 2 hrs. sorry to hear it. would be great to be able to keep these fish in a reef tank

 

[texhorns98]

Even worse, I made a little Tupperware cage to protect that acan. The flippin fish managed to LIMBO underneath a tiny open space and get inside the housing! Meanwhile he hasn't touched a single aptasia and has mowed through another LPS

 

[atmercure]

texhorns98;777410 wrote: Even worse, I made a little Tupperware cage to protect that acan. The flippin fish managed to LIMBO underneath a tiny open space and get inside the housing! Meanwhile he hasn't touched a single aptasia and has mowed through another LPS

did u get it out? good thing is that it is an easy fish to catch. mine went after the aptasia first been then resorted to the lps

 

[texhorns98]

Wow, this fish is either brave or stupid! Even when it was inside the tupperware, it barely flexed when I went to move him! I DID notice one thing though about this animal. When it's obviously stressed it has tiny little spines much like a puffer fish. All over it's body. Little a-hole still has eaten my favorite coral. Rit, I have used pickling lime paste when I had one or two. But I have probably 50-75 now and some are in spots I can't reach.

Oh, I forgot...I'm pretty sure he also killed my fire shrimp. TBD...

 

[texhorns98]

Oh and Rit, you DID pull this one from one of your frag tanks. But I think think it must have been one without acans! This was that one we got from you, that Randy split up.

 

[KrisDeitz]

texhorns98;777446 wrote: Oh and Rit, you DID pull this one from one of your frag tanks. But I think think it must have been one without acans! This was that one we got from you, that Randy split up.

Yeah I still have my Mini colony too!

Great piece

Ill share if yours dies

 

[texhorns98]

Thanks Kris.

Mine had grown to about 15 or so heads. How's your's doing? I know you've been through some garbage lately...

 

[KrisDeitz]

texhorns98;777448 wrote: Thanks Kris.

Mine had grown to about 15 or so heads. How's your's doing? I know you've been through some garbage lately...

Sadly I have about 6 heads from about 10. I had a Chalice Acan War. My Chalice won Lol But i will gladly Cut a head or two off for you.

 

[texhorns98]

Last night before the lights went out, I went to check on everything. I saw a big aptasia I've been watching and went to curse this little guy. Then I looked over at the aptasia "garden" I used to have (a patch of about 15) and the whole thing was GONE!

Little dude is gonna have a belly ache after all that!

 

[texhorns98]

Yeah, I'm still going to need to find him a new home or bring him back up to you. Wouldn't be fair to sump him.