Pervagor melanocephalus experience

[Moort82]

Hi, anyone kept these? if so how did you find them? not overly interested in whether they are coral safe, more invert safe with things like full size brittlestars. Don't have any shrimp of small cuc as there is a valentine puffer in there growing up, so expected things would get decimated anyway.
Would it be fair to consider them as similar in care to the supposedly "aiptasia eating" files?

TIA

 

[Myles]

I've kept P. janthinosoma with medium and large serpents and P. spilosoma with a large brittle star-both long term without issues.
Myles

 

[Moort82]

Thanks Myles,

you actually reminded me I kept P. janthinosoma with a good sized brittlestar (with no issue) as well when I had sea horses. Completely forgot about that until your post. Man I must be getting old.

 

[Myles]

I would guess that P. melanocephalus would be pretty comparable to the P.jantinosoma. I had no problems with mine except when I added new shrimp or crabs. Even these were fine once they were in and acclimated to the new surroundings.
Myles