Just picked up this red tail filefish from my lfs. As you can see, I have mixed reef tank, 1 cleaner shrimp and no fish in my 28g nano.
Been having a fight with aptasia lately - they are winning the battle so far bc when I epoxy their hole or apply F-Aptasia...they find another darn hole to pop out of! Sooooo, chatting about it w lfs and he said this fish is my answer and is 100% reef safe.
I of course purchase him. Upon acclimation, I wanted to research just to be sure I was given correct info. As many times before from other lfs as well, info was incorrect and have learned many hard lessons. My thought was...if they love aptasia, they might love my RBTA'S and other corals too!
The 1st 5 articles on Google say def not reef safe!! I trust y'all on here more than Google so please share your thoughts. He's staying in the bag until I get some advice from you and perhaps returning him in the hour.
TIA
Been having a fight with aptasia lately - they are winning the battle so far bc when I epoxy their hole or apply F-Aptasia...they find another darn hole to pop out of! Sooooo, chatting about it w lfs and he said this fish is my answer and is 100% reef safe.
I of course purchase him. Upon acclimation, I wanted to research just to be sure I was given correct info. As many times before from other lfs as well, info was incorrect and have learned many hard lessons. My thought was...if they love aptasia, they might love my RBTA'S and other corals too!
The 1st 5 articles on Google say def not reef safe!! I trust y'all on here more than Google so please share your thoughts. He's staying in the bag until I get some advice from you and perhaps returning him in the hour.
TIA