Aiptasia Eating Filefish - Acreichthys tomentosus Size:SmallAiptasia Eating Filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) The Aiptasia Eating Filefish, Acreichthys tomentosus, is a small, camouflaged marine filefish best known for its usefulness in controlling Aiptasia pest anemones. Also sold as the Bristletail Filefish, Matted Filefish or Seagrass Filefish, this Indo West Pacific species has a mottled green, brown and cream body with the ability to blend into rockwork, algae, rubble and seagrass. It can be an excellent
but they may defend a chosen area of rockwork
Food should be allowed to reach the substrate
This shark is characterised by its slender body
Avoid housing with aggressive wrasses
especially for aquarists wanting a small bottom-dwelling fish with natural behaviour and plenty of character
Avoid housing with aggressive predators
including areas from southern Japan through to the Marquesan Islands and nearby tropical reef regions
Host anemones are optional
stunning example
and have a large blue-ringed ocellus near the caudal fin
Banded Cat Sharks are bottom-dwellers
It is best kept with other peaceful-to-semi-aggressive marine fish that will not be intimidated by an active damsel
