Matted Filefish Acreichthys tomentosus

[EmilyB]

Coming up on six months, and I love this fish ! He eats everything now including flake, and pushes the trigger aside to get it ! Just to be rid of that evil aiptasia is so awesome. Tank is covered this time.

[dreef]

"Fugly" is doing just fine with everyone,i luv him. Thank You. He loves his mysis,he gets PE,nothing but the best for him.,And can gobble them up in 2 bites greedily.He decimated every aptasia that i had,and they were starting to form colonies.Cant see a one too this day anywhere.No zoas in my tank or brains,so no worries.The acropora are only a place too sleep at night.He sleeps pointing his face down in the acro of his choice.

[EmilyB]

Just wanted to update, seems like covering the tank made all the difference. He's been here roughly a year and a half.

I could swear that this fish sheds. He gets a real yellow sheen, then disappears for a few days and I think he's dead. In fact, we are sure we found a floating yellow tail....

Then he reappears all shiny and new and back to brownish. Anyone seen anything like that?

[EmilyB]

So this guy was here for almost three years.

In the one week since he disappeared (and his skeleton reappeared on my urchin) the aiptasia has gone nuts.

I need another one asap. Any ideas where to get???

[EmilyB]

Found one at Gold today, thank goodness!

[Skimmerking]

well I might have to get one this Apatasia is ****ing me off it seems that I always get the crappy stuff \

red turf
bubble
Apatasia.
and even with starting out with brand new rock I have Apatasia

and you always see other with really nice rock all purple and clean

[mark]

good appetite and reasonably long lived, going to be looking myself.

[dreef]

I see my post is over 2 years old and "fugly" is still going strong,great fish..only he destroys duncans and mini maxi nems,oh well sps is where it's at anyway

[pinkreef]

I just got one yesterday. He's an interesting fish he ignores everybody and visa versa. havent seen him eat aptasia yet put he seems to eat pods. i have a duncans so i think i will take it out of the tank so he wont eat it. his colour changing is really neat! im calling him Matt

[mark]

got mine yesterday, picks at something in the coralline on the BB. Haven't seem him go after the Apatasia yet.