Filefish Sucking On Polyps? wtf

[Cade]

I just witnessed my 2" filefish sucking on one of my sps corals polyps for about 30 seconds...? He just sat there with the polyp in his mouth...

I will check in a while and see if there is any damage, he is well fed.

Anyone see this behavior before? Should I sell the poor little guy?

Here is a picture of the type of coral he was sucking on..(thanks for the pic Wayne)

[Aquattro]

I've heard about it. I just added one last week, took one nip at the closest SPS and never went back.

[Cade]

Ive had him for 2 months and haven't seen him do this, but I haven't really been watching him either.

[Borderjumper]

File fish are evil. It was sucking the soul out of your coral.

[Aquattro]

This is my 5th one, and no coral eating from any of them so far.

[FWC]

What species is it ??

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by FWC

What species is it ??

Brownish greeny spikey guys..

[Aquattro]

Acreichthys tomentosus

[Cade]

Originally Posted by FWC

What species is it ??

Matted Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus)

[FWC]

Odd....

Perhaps he was reverting to child like ways

But in reality ,its a filefish. They just do odd things sometimes.