Matted Filefish Acreichthys tomentosus

EmilyB · #1 09-20-2009, 05:54 AM

Holy aipatasia eater !!

Got a small guy and he eats mysis as well. My tank was infested with huge aips, and there isn't even one small visible.

Don't know what else they eat, no worse than my butterfly.

Delphinus · #2 09-20-2009, 06:20 AM

Really? Hahahaha my guy has yet to touch one. Colby even was over helping me out a couple weeks ago (tank disaster

) and he noticed that the tank mine is in is aiptasia hell, he was all "well I guess he isn't doing his job..". What is with me and always getting the ones that don't do what they're supposed to? <sigh...>

At least yours is working out as hoped for. That's awesome.

nanmer · #3 09-20-2009, 06:35 AM

Where are they available in Calgary? I am willing to do just about anything to help me win the aiptasia war!!

fishoholic · #4 09-20-2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Really? Hahahaha my guy has yet to touch one. Colby even was over helping me out a couple weeks ago (tank disaster

) and he noticed that the tank mine is in is aiptasia hell, he was all "well I guess he isn't doing his job..". What is with me and always getting the ones that don't do what they're supposed to? <sigh...>

At least yours is working out as hoped for. That's awesome.

Poor Tony, you need to tell your fish to smarten up!

Delphinus · #5 09-20-2009, 05:44 PM

Elite in the south regularly has a few in stock. Think I saw some on Friday. I haven't really seen them at any other store. But I don't get out much to the north end so maybe YMMV..

EmilyB · #6 09-20-2009, 11:07 PM

I got mine from Red Coral. They were already eating aiptasia (and mysis) there. It took him a few weeks to make an impact, but I am very pleased.

Does yours look like this Tony?

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...62&pcatid=2562

Delphinus · #7 09-21-2009, 12:33 AM

Yep..

EmilyB · #8 09-21-2009, 05:06 AM

You should write a book Tony...

Delphinus · #9 10-05-2009, 05:58 AM

Mine must have read the email he got from yours, Deb. In the last week and a half, all of a sudden the aiptasia are disappearing. Not 100% yet but they used to be everywhere, now I have to look for them. And the filefish has gotten bigger. Had him 6 months easily, not a single aiptasia eaten, then this thread comes along and .... poof. So, uh, thanks for asking your fish to tell my fish where it's at.

EmilyB · #10 10-05-2009, 06:06 AM

Sweet !! It does take a while for the little ones to get going I'm thinking. Do you think we will have a problem when they don't have any more aip to eat?