Filefish eat mushrooms and palys?

[Reef Pilot]

I have been unsuccessful in in clearing my liverock of mushrooms and palys. Can't scrape them off, as they just shrink into tiny holes and come back out when I am not looking... Used to think they were pretty, but consider them a scourge now. They keep invading my SPS and taking up room where I could otherwise place other more desirable corals.

I don't need the filefish for aiptasia, as my Pearlscales take care of that. But they don't do anything for my mushrooms and palys plague.

If the filefish do eat the mushrooms and palys, was thinking of rotating liverock through my QT, and hopefully the filefish will clean them off.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

On my second filefish (had one for years) and never seen them go after any corals, just aiptasia.

[input80]

Our filefish will eat zoas (I still don't know the difference between zoas & palys though lol), I still see lots of mushrooms in the tank it is in tho. Oh and ours eats majanos too , I know that's not what you asked Walter.

[mark]

mine doesn't touch mushrooms or palys though wish would (at least the mushrooms)

[Reef Pilot]

Or are there other fish that eat mushrooms and palys (similar but bigger than zoas, Ian) like maybe another butterfly fish? Again, this is for my QT tank, not by DT.

[zoapaly]

My Filefish never touch zoa's , mushroom also big polyps he hate it

[hillbillyreefer]

I wish mine would, he cleaned up the aiptasia but hasn't touched the ugly palys (or anything else)in his tank.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Or are there other fish that eat mushrooms and palys (similar but bigger than zoas, Ian) like maybe another butterfly fish? Again, this is for my QT tank, not by DT.

Dogface puffer , I watched one destroy anything that lives lol including aiptasia mojanoes pallys and red mushrooms all chewed to the rock

[dino]

My puffer ate all my green hair algae

[Borderjumper]

My filefish eat leathers.. No clue if they would eat mushrooms