File fish- nosing a round

[amygetsalife]

This is Poe, an Aptasia eating file fish, who of course doesn't care much for aptasia. He has a nice appetite for certain colors of RFAs.
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I did observe him eat a bristle worm last week. I don't really remember his mouth looking like that of a cow then but it caught my attention a few days ago.


A Google image search didn't result in other file fish with such a wide nose. Slightly asymmetrical.

Does this look normal? Could this be from bristles from eating a bristle worm? He's eating fine. If it looks abnormal, is there anything to be done?

Or does he just have an unfortunate snoot? If only I could convince him to nibble on our last few aptasia survivors.

 

[amygetsalife]

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[amygetsalife]

Sorry, the video isn't playing for me after loading, but his snoot is pretty clear in the photo.

 

[MikeyZo]

Just curious what happened with Poe?

 

[fish_collector]

That's common with file fish, one of mine will get like that and then it disappears after a few days. Jay Hemdal once suggested it was a bacterial infection.