Copperband Butterfly vs FIle fish

[Deezill]

Ok so I went and got a Filefish yesterday. He is not very attractive but hey, if he eats this aptasia I swear I will think he is the most gorgeous fish I own :)

 

[JumboShrimp]

These are the 2 ‘babies’ back when they were in a little holding tank. I now have 3 Filefish in a 90-gallon, and of course ask, ‘What is aptasia?’ (Lol)

 

[amiguel6510]

@Deezill what ended up working out for you? The berghia or the filefish?? Is your aiptasia problem gone/under control?

 

[Deezill]

@Deezill what ended up working out for you? The berghia or the filefish?? Is your aiptasia problem gone/under control?

nope still have aptasia have more now and I have not seen the bergia since I put them in the tank. The filefish does not touch the aptasia. I got a bum filefish. I said i was not going to really stress about it as I am purchasing gear for my 210. I just use any of the 2 year old rock from the 150 because its all plagued. I put a block of Marine pure in my sump and I hope I can seed that good enough for 8 weeks for bacteria. So yeah I will be starting over with a bigger tank.

 

[amiguel6510]

nope still have aptasia have more now and I have not seen the bergia since I put them in the tank. The filefish does not touch the aptasia. I got a bum filefish. I said i was not going to really stress about it as I am purchasing gear for my 210. I just use any of the 2 year old rock from the 150 because its all plagued. I put a block of Marine pure in my sump and I hope I can seed that good enough for 8 weeks for bacteria. So yeah I will be starting over with a bigger tank.

Oh man that sucks. I've been trying with various liquid aiptasia killers but they just won't diiiiiiiiiiiie lol. I may shoot my shot with the berghia. Good luck with your new tank!

 

[laverda]

I have tried berghia without any luck. My filefish has worked great and cleared up all my aptasia. Now I don’t worry if a frag has aptasia on it as it will be gone quickly. I will even put rocks in the tank with aptasia just to see them get eaten.

 

[Jay Crane]

I've tried all 3 choices. The Berghias worked in my sump. I already had peppermint shrimp in my DT which I assume eat the Berghias. The peppermint shrimp never touched the apt's. The copper banded seamed to eat only part of the Apt's which made them spread more. The file fish could not handle the flow in my tank. They are extremely a slow mover with not enough power to get out of the power heads. At the end of the day I just try to keep them in check. I've given up on trying to remove them. Just keep them in check.