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Old 09-16-2009, 03:32 AM
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I picked up a gorgeous orange spot filefish last week and I'm curious what everyone/anyones success has been with this fish ? It's eating frozen like crazy and seems to be doing well. Just curious if anyone has any tips they can share... He's a pic not of mine but off google which looks identical to the one I bought.
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Old 09-16-2009, 03:36 AM
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Is your new fish in a reef tank?
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Old 09-16-2009, 03:44 AM
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you got an orange spot eating frozen????
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Wow, eating frozen--that's impressive!
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I would love to get one, but I hate to part with my SPS's polyps
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[quote=Abbyreefer;448219]I picked up a gorgeous orange spot filefish last week and I'm curious what everyone/anyones success has been with this fish ? It's eating frozen like crazy and seems to be doing well. Just curious if anyone has any tips they can share... He's a pic not of mine but off google which looks identical to the one I bought.

Did the LFS tell you that they eat coral polyps?
If not you better scoop her up and take her back to the LFS for a full credit.
I am surprised you can find them in LFSs for sale anymore.
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I agree, very beautiful, but if you have coral not a good thing... The only reef safe filefish is a emerald green one. I had one, but he eventually died, I think he was bullied
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Very beautiful. where did you get it ?
If its not reef safe, it would be nice for my fowlr

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I picked up a gorgeous orange spot filefish last week and I'm curious what everyone/anyones success has been with this fish ? It's eating frozen like crazy and seems to be doing well. Just curious if anyone has any tips they can share... He's a pic not of mine but off google which looks identical to the one I bought.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um%3D1
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A friend has one in their DT - they trained it to eat frozen by starting with brine shrimp, then mixing in mysis slowly, eventually making it all mysis/frozen.

Oh, and it doesn't eat polyps apparently - possibly feeding on slime, but definitely doesn't eat polyps.
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Old 09-16-2009, 07:27 AM
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Matt Peterson (sp?) has an article on his successful breeding of that fish. It's either in the latest issue of Coral Mag or that new mag "Reef Life".

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