After receiving my order from biota im sad to say my radial filefish has been a disaster, a massacre really.
Now i know there wasn't a guarantee that he wouldn't nip corals however i was assured the radial files were not observed to do anything more than to hold onto soft corals. Being a captive-bred fish i was willing to make that investment but actually, this captive file is worse than any aptasia eating filefish i have witnessed. Im sad to say i must get rid of him, although I'm fond of him and his personality. My filefish has been eating, not nipping, eating my hammers, zoas, toadstool, gorg, and worst of all he's eaten much of my GONI. Its been over a week and my tank is miserable to look at, everything is closed and upset it feels my tank is slowly dying. Not sure I would trust it again, however it seems I may be an anomaly and this may not represent the general quality of biota fish but according to what i was told or reasonably promised that i could expect this is every way is the opposite, especially since this is my favorite fish and i did in fact save for what i thought was my best chance to keep one, and I must say I'm really sad, heartbroken and disappointed.
(Very unsure what to do now, he must go, however finding a tank recipient who would not mind a fish with his demeanor is unlikely, and my local fish stores are not places that assure me that he will be treated as i wish for him to)
Now i know there wasn't a guarantee that he wouldn't nip corals however i was assured the radial files were not observed to do anything more than to hold onto soft corals. Being a captive-bred fish i was willing to make that investment but actually, this captive file is worse than any aptasia eating filefish i have witnessed. Im sad to say i must get rid of him, although I'm fond of him and his personality. My filefish has been eating, not nipping, eating my hammers, zoas, toadstool, gorg, and worst of all he's eaten much of my GONI. Its been over a week and my tank is miserable to look at, everything is closed and upset it feels my tank is slowly dying. Not sure I would trust it again, however it seems I may be an anomaly and this may not represent the general quality of biota fish but according to what i was told or reasonably promised that i could expect this is every way is the opposite, especially since this is my favorite fish and i did in fact save for what i thought was my best chance to keep one, and I must say I'm really sad, heartbroken and disappointed.
(Very unsure what to do now, he must go, however finding a tank recipient who would not mind a fish with his demeanor is unlikely, and my local fish stores are not places that assure me that he will be treated as i wish for him to)