Ever see something on Diver's Den....

[Bruce Spiegelman]

... and pull the trigger without thought before someone else can nab it.

Ya think he'll do well in the Nem tank?

 

[Kremis]

Yes. just give places to sleep

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Yes. just give places to sleep

Pvc?

 

[tankguy]

AC had those. Just don’t want it to eat all my acros

 

[jorahx4]

what is it? its cool looking for sure!

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

AC had those. Just don’t want it to eat all my acros

I've wanted one, but didn't want to risk getting one and not being able to convert it to prepared foods. This way I have some protection. Plus I can always find browned-out acros if necessary. That's what the club is for No acros in with the Nems anyway.

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

what is it? its cool looking for sure!

Orange spotted filefish

 

[jorahx4]

it eats coral? do all file fish?

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

it eats coral? do all file fish?

A lot of fish are corallavores. Aptasia eating filefish will eat aptasia and a when they are done often enough soft corals. Orange spots graze on Acros though the word is they don't actually eat the coral itself but the mucus and occasional polyp.

 

[jorahx4]

A lot of fish are corallavores. Aptasia eating filefish will eat aptasia and a when they are done often enough soft corals. Orange spots graze on Acros though the word is they don't actually eat the coral itself but the mucus and occasional polyp.

learn something new every day.

 

[euod]

It does well on frozen mysis but you may need to start with live brine shrimp first

 

[Kensington Reefer]

one of the most difficult aspects of our hobby...
NOT buying a new fish
way back when I had a store, this was the time to encourage the purchase of a new aquarium book
It won't die and you don't have to feed it!

 

[Kremis]

I think they prefer coral skeleton for sleeping, when I had my pair they would always sleep in a big dead digitata skeleton I had in there for them. feeding shouldnt be a problem divers den trains all their orange spots

 

[rygh]

I thought those often died when they did not have enough Acropora to eat. Hard to get them to eat other food.
Does not seem like the best plan.
Pretty fish though.

 

[Kremis]

I thought those often died when they did not have enough Acropora to eat. Hard to get them to eat other food.
Does not seem like the best plan.
Pretty fish though.

liveaquaria dd has them trained onto frozen feeding isnt an issue when purchased from there. other places yes they are hard to train

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

I think they prefer coral skeleton for sleeping, when I had my pair they would always sleep in a big dead digitata skeleton I had in there for them. feeding shouldnt be a problem divers den trains all their orange spots

That's the hope and the only reason I grabbed him.

 

[Coral reefer]

liveaquaria dd has them trained onto frozen feeding isnt an issue when purchased from there. other places yes they are hard to train

Yes, but what about long term nutrition? I don’t think any prepares foods have ground up acros in them...

 

[Kremis]

Yes, but what about long term nutrition? I don’t think any prepares foods have ground up acros in them...

there is a lto of debate about if the filefish are eating acros, the mucus from acros, or crustaceans from the acros, but I know that there have been several long term sucess stories after these fish are weaned onto frozen

 

[jestersix]

Awesome fish...I had one way back that ate frozen foods and lived for about 4 years, sadly lost in a tank crash. From DD I'm thinking it will be fine.

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Yes, but what about long term nutrition? I don’t think any prepares foods have ground up acros in them...

There have been some necropsy's done on wild Orange-Spotted that explored stomach contents. The take-away seems to be they are not actually eating the acros themselves.