Captive bred idols?
- Thread starter DLBerlin
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A very difficult species to even keep alive. Most public aquariums dont maintain them for long.
IMO they shouldnt even be offered for sale. Along with one species of Batfish, there are other similar species that are able to live a life in captivity,
We have a lot of species that are better off left in the ocean. Down the road when feeding them and meeting other needs is better defined perhaps they will be captive bred and raised but its not happening now.
A very difficult species to even keep alive. Most public aquariums dont maintain them for long.
IMO they shouldnt even be offered for sale. Along with one species of Batfish, there are other similar species that are able to live a life in captivity,
We have a lot of species that are better off left in the ocean. Down the road when feeding them and meeting other needs is better defined perhaps they will be captive bred and raised but its not happening now.
Didnt think so-theres an LFS in my area claiming to be able to get a bunch of captive bred Idols. I'd never heard of captive raised much less bred.
http://www.michiganreefers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=286922#post286922
http://www.michiganreefers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=286922#post286922
David M
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So what does "captive raised" mean anyway? How is that different from "tank acclimated" or some other vague label?
FWIW there is some anecdotal evidence that MI's benefit from natural sunlight, this is a fish that has always fascinated me and I have kept two for well over 18 months each. Both were lost to equipment failures, not poor health. They are the first to go in a low oxygen situation so if power fails they are toast.
Anyway FWIW at The Aquarium in Long Beach they have several of them, huge and healthy looking, in an outdoor pool featuring small sharks. The pool gets several hours of direct sunlight each day. I spoke to an aquarist there and he told me they never were able to keep idols very well until they tried the outdoor pool where they seem to thrive. Most likely it is something in the algae resulting from the natural sunlight but it's not impossible that they directly synthesize some key factor because of it. Just interesting to note that my old reef where I kept them got about 2 hours direct sun each day.
Agreed they should be left alone, not at all suitable for most hobbyists. One thing is they need to be kept in a reef environment but will terrorize it :eek1: I have not heard of anyone successfully keeping one in a FOWLR. I let mine eat whatever they wanted, oh you like candycane? That's OK, here, have another. There are plenty of corals they won't eat but you spend a lot of money finding out which they are
FWIW there is some anecdotal evidence that MI's benefit from natural sunlight, this is a fish that has always fascinated me and I have kept two for well over 18 months each. Both were lost to equipment failures, not poor health. They are the first to go in a low oxygen situation so if power fails they are toast.
Anyway FWIW at The Aquarium in Long Beach they have several of them, huge and healthy looking, in an outdoor pool featuring small sharks. The pool gets several hours of direct sunlight each day. I spoke to an aquarist there and he told me they never were able to keep idols very well until they tried the outdoor pool where they seem to thrive. Most likely it is something in the algae resulting from the natural sunlight but it's not impossible that they directly synthesize some key factor because of it. Just interesting to note that my old reef where I kept them got about 2 hours direct sun each day.
Agreed they should be left alone, not at all suitable for most hobbyists. One thing is they need to be kept in a reef environment but will terrorize it :eek1: I have not heard of anyone successfully keeping one in a FOWLR. I let mine eat whatever they wanted, oh you like candycane? That's OK, here, have another. There are plenty of corals they won't eat but you spend a lot of money finding out which they are
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