Do File Fish eat Acans

[OneTimer]

Acans were still looking bad after 50% water change, Coral dip -Etc

So I added a File fish five days ago- Could he be eating my acans

 

[chuck116]

I have heard that they will nip / eat corals not sure which ones . My friend had a file fish for aptasia control , when the aptasia was gone the fish started to eat some of his softies, etc. Sorry I dont know the exact corals.

 

[ryangrieder]

they are coral eaters but i think you would notice him nipping. when i had a camo filefish he would nip at corals...then leave them alone. never would fully eat a coral. when he nipped at them though he always left perfect circle nip marks so i knew it was him...

 

[Ryanr1212]

i dont think they would eat your acans... are you sure they didnt fall on any rics or yumas... thats what happened to me. file fish will eat aptasias.. they do freakin work on them too. i dont have one in my tank to this day cuz of that fish

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

I think they eat everything that has feathers or tenticals,thats what they nip at

 

[Lenny718]

What type of File fish is it?

 

[Bob 1000]

yess....

 

[tentacles]

I just gave my bristle tail away because I watched her go around and nip every one of my LPS corals, especially my acans, which don't seem to be recovering. She even ripped a tentacle off my torch coral, ate the skirts off some zoas, and nipped 2 brand new rics to the point that they have shriveled. They do a good job with the aiptasia, but once they destroy the population there's a pretty good chance that they'll go after something tentacle-y.

Also, I had to pull apart my rockwork to get the damn thing out. Slow moving fish seem to get really fast when they see that net...

 

[OneTimer]

I guess I have a File fish for sale- my acans are not really recovering- and I caught the File fish eating my xenia last night -