Moorish Idol success stories or failures

LargeAngels said:
I ALWAYS QT. Moorish idol was also QT'd. Ate flake, pellets and mysis shrimp in QT. Had really good water flow. I seem to have very good result with Omega One Marine flakes in a high water flow environment. Many of the more difficult classified tangs (Achilles, powder blue, etc.) have done really well on that as a first food source. Moorish idol was no different. He was treated with Cupramine and Prazipro after he started eating.
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I think strong flow also benefits them greatly as in the reefs they swim where the currents are strong and they do this for long distances. I got two MP 60s on one side making waves and the swim against it all day.


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I have DD getting me one so it should be eating and for the most part healthy. It will be several weeks but I will update on this thread and the MI primer thread when I receive it.
 
Once/If you get them to eat there are fairly hearty.

Flat out bad for a reef tank, will pick everything apart. Big eaters, generally love Mysis & clams.

Haven't had one in years because both my tanks are reefs. If I did a non-reef tank I would get 2 of them along with some other non-reef safe critters like Triggers, Wrasse & Angels.

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Moorish Idol success stories or failures

Good point Chris. Mine ate my acans...


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Mine is over a year, i only feed him a variety of pellets (spektrum, omega, forumla).

He was eating flakes at the store, brought him home fresh water dipped and went straight to QT treated with cupramine then prazi.

Good luck, my favorite fish.

Here he is when I first got him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElkssy44cw
 
I have had one now for a week from DD. It ate mysis and brine right out of the bag. Also eats pellets and flake. Currently is in Chloroquine phosphate and getting ready to go thru a clout treatment. Residing in a 125 QT with a Tunze 6305 for flow, fish seems happy and is eating well so fingers crossed
 
I had one for about 7 months a few years ago. Got him at LFS and he ate everything; feeding was never a problem. With no warning he lost his ability to swim upright , turned very dark and was dead within a day. No idea what happened.

I am very interested in hearing about your corallivore butterflies...
 
Pretty sure that Philip Sherman kept his Idol "Gill" for a long time. He collected his himself and did not quarantine, I think his success came from decorating the tank with lots of fake plants and cheesy ornaments.
Unfortunately his fish (Including "Gill") escaped to the ocean in bags and can still be spotted today (15 years later) attempting to free themselves!
My theory is they do very well in bags with no feeding, equipment or any maintenance.
At least that's what "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory" has lead me to believe.
 
ReefTeacher said:
I had one for about 7 months a few years ago. Got him at LFS and he ate everything; feeding was never a problem. With no warning he lost his ability to swim upright , turned very dark and was dead within a day. No idea what happened.

I am very interested in hearing about your corallivore butterflies...
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Don't currently have any corallivores and I have only attempted 2. The Arabian I got a few years back would eat clams on the half shell and I had been mixing in soaked pellets I would make into a mush and put on the empty clam shells. the Arabian ate that but not with gusto and eventually died when I went out of town for 3 days and someone else was feeding the fish. I had a tiny (1-1.5") Lavartus that would eat prepared foods well, but I lost it when I went on vacation for 7 days and my controller for the heaters failed. I will attempt another one when I can devote all of my time to just that fish and force feed everyday if need be.
 
Dmorty217 said:
I have had one now for a week from DD. It ate mysis and brine right out of the bag. Also eats pellets and flake. Currently is in Chloroquine phosphate and getting ready to go thru a clout treatment. Residing in a 125 QT with a Tunze 6305 for flow, fish seems happy and is eating well so fingers crossed
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Good to hear, good luck!
 
Joke said:
Pretty sure that Philip Sherman kept his Idol "Gill" for a long time. He collected his himself and did not quarantine, I think his success came from decorating the tank with lots of fake plants and cheesy ornaments.
Unfortunately his fish (Including "Gill") escaped to the ocean in bags and can still be spotted today (15 years later) attempting to free themselves!
My theory is they do very well in bags with no feeding, equipment or any maintenance.
At least that's what "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory" has lead me to believe.
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For the win


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