anyone ever hear of an orange spotted tilefish???

[agoutihead]

im pretty sure thats what it was called at my lfs... it was very cool looking... had a beak like a hawknose... it was super colorful.... with like "orange tiles" i think... anyone know of a picture of one of these??/ or if their reef safe???

 

[carshark]

i searched and searched for a pic of one, all i found was an orange spotted Filefish, never heard of one tilefish....

 

[agoutihead]

wait... maybe it was a filefish... do you have a pic???

 

[dogstar]

This is the OS Filefish , pic is from fishbase
IMO Most Tilefish and this Filefish are very hard to keep. See what its trying to eat???

 

[agoutihead]

yeah.. thats it... the one i seen in person was a bit different...... maybe just cause of the calairty of the pic.... but these are not reef safe huh??

 

[ophiura]

In general they have a very poor survival record....

 

[fmelindy]

I think they feed exclusively on acropora polyps. So not just difficult but expensive to keep as well.