chrisstie
Premium Member
I wanted to post here about some success I've had with a predator that made my pest anemones disappear. I hadn't had them for a year but over the last few months one must have hitchhiked in from somewhere and started spreading.
At the same time I found a really cool filefish on LiveAquaria and low and behold, they are hunters of pest anemones, I had to give it a try.
Acreichthys tomentosus went into my tank and shortly after my pests disappeared. He has tasted some of my corals but doesn't really eat them. I think it was more of a grazing action and his tiny mouth probably promoted coral growth more than doing damage. He accepts mysis and formula 2 flakes and really makes a show of his colors based on his mood or location in the tank.
He's a little camera shy but I lucked out while taking a picture of my clown, here he is
He also goes by leatherjacket or Bristletail or seagrass filefish. He's so very interesting maybe it will help those of you who have large scale pest anemone problems. The good news is he hasn't bothered my clown's BTA, the bad news is you probably couldn't add him to a tank that you already have a filefish in. There are few reef safe ones though.
At the same time I found a really cool filefish on LiveAquaria and low and behold, they are hunters of pest anemones, I had to give it a try.
Acreichthys tomentosus went into my tank and shortly after my pests disappeared. He has tasted some of my corals but doesn't really eat them. I think it was more of a grazing action and his tiny mouth probably promoted coral growth more than doing damage. He accepts mysis and formula 2 flakes and really makes a show of his colors based on his mood or location in the tank.
He's a little camera shy but I lucked out while taking a picture of my clown, here he is
He also goes by leatherjacket or Bristletail or seagrass filefish. He's so very interesting maybe it will help those of you who have large scale pest anemone problems. The good news is he hasn't bothered my clown's BTA, the bad news is you probably couldn't add him to a tank that you already have a filefish in. There are few reef safe ones though.
