Does your aiptasia eating filefish actually eat aiptasia?

[Brian’sBrain]

Like the title says. Does your captive bred aiptasia eating filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) actually eat aiptasia?

 

[PatW]

I think mine eats small aptasia but does not seem to go for the big ones.

 

[Garf]

Like the title says. Does your captive bred aiptasia eating filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) actually eat aiptasia?

Mine certainly attacks all of them and keeps them invisible. However, he got into the overflow a while ago (presumably when I was cleaning the weir combs) and liked it in there. After a few days, all those Aiptasia that were invisible, bloomed. It looked like they were just biding there time, hidden away.
Now the filefish is back in the display, Aiptasia are not to be seen.