Orange spot filefish

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  1. ncfishguy

    ncfishguy Astrea Snail

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    Anybody have any luck with them
     
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  2. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    Difficult to keep long term. Need large colonies of SPS for food. Difficult to get to accept prepared foods. Difficult to keep on prepared foods. Better kept in the ocean in my opinion.
     
    FaceOfDeceit, Aug 20, 2015
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  3. Va Reef

    Va Reef Giant Squid

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    Liveaquaria/divers den has pairs occasionally that accept frozen, if you really want one I recommend one of those.

    Still a difficult fish, does better in a mature system with lots of acros as mentioned above.

    Greg and Renee from lionfish lair have plenty of experience getting these guys to take frozen/prepared. Including cramming frozen food on to dying acropora colonies, in hopes the fish will discover the food while searching for polyps to eat.
     
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