Aptasia eating file fish are beautiful.

[jay1976]

Just wanted hear from anyone that have aptasia eating file fish what different colours tou have your aptasia file display.mine goes from a olive green colour to yellow that looks like he has been spray painted with a lace pattern .Tonight he was black with cobalt blue streeks and spots.excuse the poor picture but I think you will get the idea of the cobalt blue stripes and spots.

 

[X-37B]

I will be getting one for my new system. Here is one from my old 120.

 

[Jillianh]

Just wanted hear from anyone that have aptasia eating file fish what different colours tou have your aptasia file display.mine goes from a olive green colour to yellow that looks like he has been spray painted with a lace pattern .Tonight he was black with cobalt blue streeks and spots.excuse the poor picture but I think you will get the idea of the cobalt blue stripes and spots.

Beautiful!

 

[Lavey29]

It seems like they can camouflage themselves depending on conditions.

 

[Idech]

Mine changes colors a lot but it’s not adapting well. It spends a lot of its time glass surfing.

 

[Formulator]

I had to kick mine back to the LFS. Although I owe it a great thanks for ridding my tank of a nasty aptaisia infestation, when those were gone it went after my zoas and bubble tip anemone. Unfortunately the anemone was completely lost.

 

[Idech]

I had to kick mine back to the LFS. Although I owe it a great thanks for ridding my tank of a nasty aptaisia infestation, when those were gone it went after my zoas and bubble tip anemone. Unfortunately the anemone was completely lost.

Mine eats frozen. I have no aiptasia in my tank. At least that I can see.

 

[jay1976]

When mine came in to the tank it was getting beaten up by my six line wrasse,he is the boss of the tank after only five months and is an absolute pig.He killed an Abalone in twenty minutes he kills all my snails ,he constantly tries to kill my hermit crabs and my lawnmower blenny hates him,he also steals most of the food from all other tank mates.he often beats up my prized elegance coral and in general is a psychopath,but he is beautiful so he gets a pass.

 

[jay1976]

Mine changes colors a lot but it’s not adapting well. It spends a lot of its time glass surfing.

Mine used to do that at the beginning,think it was stress related from being very small and getting beaten up by the six line wrasse.But 5 months later he is at least 5 times the size he was because steals all the food and kills everything,he eats most of the aptasia as well only have three or four large aptasia in a 150 gallon that I can see.Perhaps his too big to get to them. When he came in he was about 3 cm long by 2 cm high now he is about 15 cm long by 12 high. Doesn't surf the glass at all.

 

[Idech]

When he came in he was about 3 cm long by 2 cm high now he is about 15 cm long by 12 high. Doesn't surf the glass at all.

Are you serious ? I did my research and never saw they could get that big ! Do you have a picture next to another fish ?

 

[jay1976]

Will try get one tonight

 

[jay1976]

Are you serious ? I did my research and never saw they could get that big ! Do you have a picture next to another fish ?

Best I could get won't sit still,the stripes o the right are about 10.5 cm

 

[Idech]

Best I could get won't sit still,the stripes o the right are about 10.5 cm

Thanks, I like your tank too !

 

[RCalabrese13]

I know I’m late to the party, but I wanted to share my monster of a filefish…I actually think it’s a Planehead filefish, but not sure. It was sold to me as an Aiptasia eating filefish, but I started doing a little research when it got so big. Thats the side pane of a standard Aqueon 75 gallon, for scale. I’m estimating he’s about 7-8” long, and is def the boss of the tank. Very well behaved overall though. I’ve had him about 3 years now.

 

[RCalabrese13]

I know I’m late to the party, but I wanted to share my monster of a filefish…I actually think it’s a panhandle filefish, but not sure. It was sold to me as an Aiptasia eating filefish, but I started doing a little research when it got so big. Thats the side pain of a standard Aqueon 75 gallon, for scale. I’m estimating he’s about 7-8” long, and is def the boss of the tank. Very well behaved overall though. I’ve had him about 3 years now.

Correction - Planehead Filefish, not Panhandle. My fault.

 

[topjimmy]

Just wanted hear from anyone that have aptasia eating file fish what different colours tou have your aptasia file display.mine goes from a olive green colour to yellow that looks like he has been spray painted with a lace pattern .Tonight he was black with cobalt blue streeks and spots.excuse the poor picture but I think you will get the idea of the cobalt blue stripes and spots.

I really liked mine, until he ate all of the aptasia and decided acans were just as good.