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Old 01-26-2012, 08:35 PM
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So the darn filefish hasn't touched a single aiptasia. Does it sometimes take time or can I safely assume he's just going to be a freeloader?
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One of mine never ate it when I was looking, but after a while, I noticed it gone. My other one eats it like a pig!
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mine took somewhere between 3 and 5 weeks to get going, that was when I noticed some missing majanos and aiptasia.
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Some take a bit of time. Mine took a few weeks in the old tank
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So the darn filefish hasn't touched a single aiptasia. Does it sometimes take time or can I safely assume he's just going to be a freeloader?
Mine took a couple of weeks for me to notice, because I had anywhere from 500 to 1000 of them. He took care of them all!!!! It was fun to watch him as he hunted them down! I love this guy!!
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Sounds like I've nothing to worry about yet then thx guys.

He loves mysis and I am feeding the tank a lot of it twice a day because I don't have the maculiceps or the female squarespot on pellets yet. Both of these fish love the mysis as well which makes for a nice safety net before they sample the pellets. Female looks to be close... she watches her pig of a male gobble them down. Once I'm feeding less mysis maybe it'll force mr weirdo to look a little closer at those aiptasia.
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So the darn filefish hasn't touched a single aiptasia. Does it sometimes take time or can I safely assume he's just going to be a freeloader?
Brett sorry man he is only following his Master lol
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Polyps have been retracted on my large green with orange tips formosa for 2 days. It's normally my shaggiest coral by a long shot. I was tickled pink when I watched the filefish nipping at the polyps repeatedly for a few minutes just now.

Catching this fish could be fun. I blame Brad for this
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Because you're so tall?
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