aiptasia eating filefish

  1. G

    Aiptasia control

    I have a pretty bad aiptasia infestation in my 90 gallon display tank. I first tried aiptasia x, but i overdid the amount at once spiked the Ph and irritated my coral. I tried again using a smaller amount, but the Ph spike still took out my big birdsnest coral. I have on two occasions added...
  2. J

    Is this a matted filefish aka aiptasia eating filefish?

    Aiptasia took over my tank after a crash 10 days ago after the corals died. Now i only have a candy cane and one small colony of favites. Aiptasia for some reason grew so fast and big during the crash. Thinking of adding a aiptasia eating filefish to clear the aiptasia before i add corals. When...
  3. nanoman95

    Stocking ideas and experience with filefish?

    Hey guys Struggling to stock my tank as everything I like seems to have an aggressive streak! I loved the royal gramma but my friends has beat up his whole tank which is deterring me. The guy at the LFS suggested an Aiptasia eating filefish, does anyone have any experience with these? I have...
  4. T

    Filefish Recently added! Extreme hiding.

    Alrighty, been working on my 45 AIO to get it under control lately getting rid of algae and other nonsense. Parameters for the tank are fine for the most part other than high phosphates (tank was neglected by a person for 3 months when I took it over with 0 maintenance. Bought a filefish to...
  5. Lady of Babylon

    Looks like my filefish is entertaining its self with the cleaned wave pump flow

    I cleaned the wave pump the previous day, seems the filefish discovered it while hunting jellyfish in my tank and made a little game of it. He’s fine to my knowledge, but keeps to the back of my tank where the jellyfish like to settle and nest the most. I am amused at its amusement.
  6. royaltanks

    Copperband butterfly fish: What you need to know?

    Copperband butterfly fish: What you need to know? Welcome back to the Royaltanks blog, I'm Marco and today we will tackl about a controversial topic: the maintenance in the aquarium of Chelmon rostratus. This magnificent butterfly fish, called Copperband, is a fish of peaceful nature...
  7. Biota_Marine

    Livestock Got Aiptasia? Check out our Aiptasia eating filefish chowing down!

    Hey Y'all We know hobbyists want Matted filefish that eat already Aiptasia, so we feed our matted filefish aiptasia and hydroids weekly so they can recognize them in your tanks. Check out the GoPro video below. If you have a huge Aiptasia problem I recommend a few of these guys with our...
  8. Brooks1997

    Why is everybody dying?

    Sorry for the long post but some opinions would be helpful in figuring this out. The past 2 weeks my fish have unexpectedly died. I have 2 ideas why but information online is conflicting. My aquarium; 90 gallons, 20 Gallon sump, its about 4 months old. I had a 75 gallon and upgraded to this...
  9. Jimmyneptune

    Aiptasia Eating Filefish and Bubble Tip Anemone

    Aiptasia Eating Filefish and Bubble Tip Anemone I have been cleaning up a frag tank of mine and I have an aptasia problem. I previously had success with an Aiptasia Eating Filefish but traded him to another reefer once I got a fixed the problem. I got rid of him because he was eating my soft...
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