orange spot filefish success ?

shrimpchips · #1 09-16-2009, 06:43 AM

A friend has one in their DT - they trained it to eat frozen by starting with brine shrimp, then mixing in mysis slowly, eventually making it all mysis/frozen.

Oh, and it doesn't eat polyps apparently - possibly feeding on slime, but definitely doesn't eat polyps.

Veng68 · #2 09-16-2009, 07:27 AM

Matt Peterson (sp?) has an article on his successful breeding of that fish. It's either in the latest issue of Coral Mag or that new mag "Reef Life".

Cheers,
Vic

Abbyreefer · #3 09-16-2009, 03:51 PM

The store did let me know it ate corals however I have a FOWLR. I started off the same way. Feeding brine at 1st and then mixng in mysis and no eats pretty uch anything frozen I put into the tank. SO far this is my favorite fish. Love the way it sleeps. Vertically with its back tail completely limped over.

Snaz · #4 09-16-2009, 04:03 PM

Coincidentally · #5 09-16-2009, 05:18 PM

Gorgeous fish, did you get it here in abby?

Abbyreefer · #6 09-16-2009, 08:07 PM

Hate to say it but I got him from big als. My wife wanted to check out Ikea so while she was doing that I checked out Big als and Jl's and ended up with a fish and she ended up with a dresser, light, stuffed animals and decoration for our new addition (baby) next year.

Coincidentally · #7 09-16-2009, 08:51 PM

Well I love Ikea and the fish stores so I would not have missed out on either.
As long as the fish is healthy....shouldn't matter where it came from just that it now has a loving home.