Diver's Den Orange Spot Filefish

[rad1687]

Has anyone gotten a single or pair of these from Diver's Den lately? They claim that they are already weaned onto Ova and Enriched Brine Shrimp, so I have been tempted to try one out in my 90 gallon mixed reef. I would love to here of anyone's experiences with this fish. Thanks!

rad

 

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I've had a pair from DD for six months and they're doing great. They took frozen ova within 24 hours of going into my quarantine tank and now they eat a broad range of frozen and prepared foods.

If you're going to try this, I would strongly advise a QT period to get them settled and eating before you put them in your display tank.

What kind of corals do you have? Mine have destroyed some corals in my tank. I would be worried about any bushy SPS or LPS. When I released them from the acclimation box in my DT, they made a beeline for anything with polyps, including my leathers and all my SPS. They killed two small colonies of SPS, but now pretty much leave everything alone. I do not have LPS in my tank but others have reported them being eaten by their spotted files.

Hope this helps.

 

[rad1687]

Thanks so much for your quick reply! I am most worried about my bushy red planet, but have lots of other SPS that I would not want to lose. I wonder if it would be possible to cover the corals with an empty strawberry container or something until the OSFF were settled in the display after QT?

 

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Well, they only sampled all the coral the few minutes after they were released. Then they decided they loved my new millie colony. That's what they ate. They sleep in a couple of bigger colonies of branchy SPS that they don't otherwise seem to bother.