File fish eating crabs or shrimp????

[Jam]

Has anyone ever heard of file fish eating crabs or shrimp! We lost our porcelain crab and huge cleaner shrimp we have had for 2 years. Someone ate them. And file fish is newest in tank :( super bummed about our cleaner shrimp he was huge!!!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Yes. I had one become a murder fish too. After the shrimps were gone it went after the crabs and then scooter blenny.

 

[drawman]

What kind of filefish?

 

[Jam]

Yes. I had one become a murder fish too. After the shrimps were gone it went after the crabs and then scooter blenny.

Oh my no way!

 

[Jam]

What kind of filefish?

Matted file

 

[94Roarge]

Yeah matted filefish love any and all inverts [emoji14] mine ate any brittle star arms that came out, my stromb eyes and I feed it shrimp regularly which it mows down. The only thing it hasn't eaten is a big CBS which I am surprised about, but the CBS is very defensive. Mine hasn't eaten any hermits yet though. Yet.

 

[94Roarge]

Actually, mine hasn't touched my porcelain crabs, do you have the anenome kind?

 

[Jam]

Actually, mine hasn't touched my porcelain crabs, do you have the anenome kind?

Yes when we got the porcelain it was hosting a bubble The bubble past but we had the porcelain crab for a long time after, until the file fish with added dunt dunt dunnnnnn

 

[Jam]

Yeah matted filefish love any and all inverts [emoji14] mine ate any brittle star arms that came out, my stromb eyes and I feed it shrimp regularly which it mows down. The only thing it hasn't eaten is a big CBS which I am surprised about, but the CBS is very defensive. Mine hasn't eaten any hermits yet though. Yet.

Bummer :/

 

[94Roarge]

Bummer :/

Imo they are totally worth it, I love the persobality. But I fear it's greedyness will one day be the end of it aha

 

[94Roarge]

Yes when we got the porcelain it was hosting a bubble The bubble past but we had the porcelain crab for a long time after, until the file fish with added dunt dunt dunnnnnn

Darn [emoji14] Mine are in a condy, so that's probably all that is keeping them safe [emoji28]

 

[94Roarge]

Scrap that, mine isn't a Matted file. It was sent as a Southern pygmy, but wasn't. I thought it was a matted file, but now it has just kept growing I have found it's better ID being Monacanthus chinensis [emoji14]