Aiptasia eating filefish pecking at rock flower anemone

[ScottyD36]

So I have a Aiptasia eating file fish in my 40 gallon tank. Its never picked at any of the rock flower anemones. I got a shipment of a few this past week. My file fish be lined to one of the more colorful ones and decided to start pecking at it. I moved the rock flower anemone to other side of the tank thinking this would help and once again the Filefish found it and started pecking at it. This morning I woke up the anemone completely destroyed and ripped apart. As of right now it hasn't touched any other flower anemone but I am monitoring the situation Does anyone have any suggestion on how to deter it from pecking at the anemone. I know its just one of those things that can happen. I am trying to avoid rehoming my filefish or having to move my rock flower anemone to other tank.

 

[Ulee]

File fish aren't reef safe. They are better suited in fish only systems..no corals.

 

[Isopod80]

Alot of people have found out the hard way with these fish. As long as the fish and anemone are in the tank together, there's nothing you can do to stop it. The fish is behaving normally.