Beautiful, Mean and Expensive - Fish NOT Girl

[kimha]

I just visited a few local fish stores and bought home a few fish. I think they are a bit over priced, but I just couldn't leave the store without them. They are kinda shy at the moment and the only way to lure them out from hiding is to turn off all lights. I had to put on my Owl Night vision binocular to see where they are, then snap a few pics with flash on. So their colors didn't look right with flash on. Comments welcome

Blue line trigger 7 inches $179 plus tax. its blue lines didn't show up in pic with flash. Not sure why it is so expensive compare to other trigger fish? Eat like a pig even in a new environment. Lookk at her belly, it wasn't there when I first got it.

Imperator Angel 6 inches $125 plus tax. Blue color starts changing into yellow at the top. Quite a beauty in person. Flash took away his blue/yellow.

Red Sea Regal Angel 7" $175 plus tax. This guy is extremely shy. Just wouldn't come out of his new hiding place.

Moorish Idol Trio 4 to 5 inches - 3 for $125 plus tax. Very interesting looking fish.

I heard Regal angel and Moorish Idol are very hard to keep. If you have experience keeping them in captivity, please let me know how you do it. I am not sure what type of food these guys like to eat. I have Ocean Nutrition formula two (dry and frozen), frozen Mysis shrymp, Spirulina flake, frozen mussels, seaweed algae. But they are not eating at the moment

 

[Pufferpunk]

Where'd you buy these guys at? What size tank are they in? That's quite a bioload to be adding all at once.

 

[Douglas LEHMAN]

Hello
Kimha, please tell me the trigger is in an aquarium by himself!!!
The Morish Idols should have been left at the LFS!

 

[kimha]

I got them from 4 different places. Park Ridge, Skokie, Downers Grove and Arlington Heights. They are in my new 300g tank with total water volume of 300+40refugium + 30g sump = 370g. Most of the water came from existing established tanks with 500lbs of LiveRock and 400lbs of livesand. I hope the bioload wouldn't be a problem as it look quite empty with these fish in it.

 

[paininthewrasse]

It is ALOT to add alllllll at once.. everything should be done slowly in this hobby.

The moorish idols will not last in captivity, and that trigger is goign to end up beating everyone up..

 

[paininthewrasse]

Were the moorish idols $125 ea or 125 for all 3?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Bubba the 2nd!

 

[kimha]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8604731#post8604731 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Douglas LEHMAN
Hello
Kimha, please tell me the trigger is in an aquarium by himself!!!
The Morish Idols should have been left at the LFS!

the trigger is in the 300g with the rest of angel fishes at the moment. I remember your advice on the undulated trigger, and will put the trigger in a separate tank as soon as I can catch him. He is quite slow at the moment to cause any damage I think. I purposely fed him lots of food to buy some time.

About the Moorish Idol, I saw them in the LFS for over 2 weeks before I bought them. I was thinking if the LFS can keep them alive, why couldn't I? right now they are in the 40g refugium with lots of plants, sponge, Chaeto. I hope they will eat and stay alive.

 

[kimha]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8604770#post8604770 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by paininthewrasse
Were the moorish idols $125 ea or 125 for all 3?

$125 for all 3. They were listed as $49 ea.

 

[Douglas LEHMAN]

Hello
Unfortunately it will take longer than two weeks for them to starve to death. I would see about returning them!

 

[kimha]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8604771#post8604771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
Bubba the 2nd!

Who has Bubba the 1st?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Doug--meanest fish I've ever seen--lives alone! I'd do more research into the fish you're buying.

 

[eddiebfl]

Here's a great link for the Regal Angel. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=758598

Good luck.

 

[jumboshrimp18]

Beautiful, Mean and Expensive --you got that right. Good luck--hope they all adapt. Have to say that they are 3 fish I would love to have. Let us know how they settle in. Good luck.

 

[Tank102a]

wow, nice fish good luck

 

[eddiebfl]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8604893#post8604893 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
Doug--meanest fish I've ever seen--lives alone! I'd do more research into the fish you're buying.

I second that motion! I saw Bubba eat a long spined urchin and it didnt take him long to devour it!

BTW becareful putting your hand in the tank you could lose a finger or two

 

[mhurley]

Moorish Idols has the single most dismal record of survival in this hobby. We simply do not know what they eat and they end up starving. I've tried to keep them twice and lost them both times. You should see if they can be returned. On the other hand, the handful of success stories I've read about them more commonly includes them being kept in multiples.

But the trigger...mean, mean, mean and will harass the incredibly peaceful Idols.

 

[zoebeaglezoe]

I am just repeating what has already been said that trigger should be kept on its own not in a community tank.

you should try to take it back where you got it from or sell it even for less than you paid for it.

 

[BradL.]

That Emperor is going to be a beautiful fish when his colors finish changing. Ive always wanted one. Hey how about a couple full tank shots? Good luck.

 

[Illuminati]

Moorish Idol thread

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=607477