What has been your experience with Matted Filefish & SPS

[DogueDeBordeaux]

How has the Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) been with your sps corals?
I have searched a few forums, and only found a few with problems with sps.
I would like to get some more recent experience with this fish. They seem like a safer bet than angels.
I am having a few aiptasia get to the DT from my sumps that contain sponges, pods, and other life. I really do not want to disturb the LR in my sumps. I would like to just keep my DT free of aiptasia.
I have only tried the CBB. He has ate a few small ones, and I have kalked a few. So, he has ate them, but not all of them.
I am really not having a problem, but want to avoid one too. Right now, I can only spot one in my 300g DT.

If I do have a problem with the matted filefish, how hard are they to catch?
I have heard they were easy, slow swimming fish.
It would not be much of a concern if it is easy to catch.

 

[albano]

I have/had multiple filefish that were not a problem with SPS... they are usually very easy to catch, I have 'loaned' them out to many friends... you wil probably never actually see them eat the aiptasia, but the aiptasia will disappear, although they do sometimes quit eating aiptasia and it may be time for another.

Still an interesting fish that can change color and attracts attention.

 

[NegroModelo]

My lfs had one he just ate zoas and Lps

 

[rlpardue]

My LFS added one to an utterly gorgeous SPS display tank - apparently it started nipping SPS and he was trying to remove it but it actually nipped a freshly-glued SPS frag and managed to GLUE ITS OWN MOUTH SHUT lol. I saw its mouth plugged up with glue. So it starved to death...kind of sad and kind of funny. Meh.

It's possible though that the fish was misidentified as a Tomentosus - I hear this happens a lot.