any one have any luck keeping one of these alive and getting it to eat once it arrives. thanks ryan
moorish idol
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Covey
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I am going to try. Here is a real good thread with a bunch of Idol owners.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=607477&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
Talk to PaulB he has kept them for years.
Not impossible not easy.
I have only had it for a week so far but it is starting to eat.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=607477&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
Talk to PaulB he has kept them for years.
Not impossible not easy.
I have only had it for a week so far but it is starting to eat.
leeweber85
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I don't think the problem is them not eating.... they just need a certain element to live longer than a few months/years. (live sponges or a life partner have been some theories)
Great looking fish Covey, I wish you the best with it. I've always wanted to try keeping one.
Great looking fish Covey, I wish you the best with it. I've always wanted to try keeping one.
It is a fish that I tried to keep. It lacks something in their diet in my opinion. I fed it nearly 20 foods plus spongey diet that I raised in a sepearte tank. The thing was fat and very active and healthy. I woke up one morning and it was simply dead. I feel as though these fish belong in the oceon until someone much smarter than I can figure out what they truly need.
Fishy1
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I had one in my 120 for about 3 months and it started eating my zoos
I gave it to a friend who has a 300 gallon FO/anemone tank and he is still doing great (been about 5 months now). He eats everything offered including new life spectrum pellets and bananas. He's fat and sassy and I'm hopeful that he'll live a long long time.......time will tell.
~Janey~
I gave it to a friend who has a 300 gallon FO/anemone tank and he is still doing great (been about 5 months now). He eats everything offered including new life spectrum pellets and bananas. He's fat and sassy and I'm hopeful that he'll live a long long time.......time will tell. ~Janey~
Covey
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For the hobby to progess someone got to push the limits. 15 years ago there where like a 12 big sps keepers in the country and most of there stuff would have been consider pretty bland for our day. Now there are thousands. There are many things that LFS wisdom would still tell you is impossible that people do on this forum with ease. SPS, non-photosenthic coral, SW fish breeding, cold water reefs all it takes is a group of people willing to try. Add the power of the forums and a lot gets done.
To me it seems the food has progress quite a bit in the last 5 years. everthing doesn't need to be soaked in Selco or other AA's because alot of the high end fish is quite balanced.
Its a gamble but I am hoping that I can contribute.
That and if the Idol makes it a year or two he will get a much larger tank to swim in.
To me it seems the food has progress quite a bit in the last 5 years. everthing doesn't need to be soaked in Selco or other AA's because alot of the high end fish is quite balanced.
Its a gamble but I am hoping that I can contribute.
That and if the Idol makes it a year or two he will get a much larger tank to swim in.
I had mine over the course of six months in the last year feeding the most advanced diets I could find, and will honestly say that they do belong in the ocean. I will be happy to send you information that suggests that fresh sponge is what they are lacking. Starving an animal to the point of sudden death has got to be a terrible way to die and I can't imagine in all fairness that the fish deserves that treatment. I did however learn a lot about the fish so if you want the information I did get I can send it to your email address.
On the off chance I won't get flamed for the nemo reference, the plastic fish, the... oh, what the he## bring on the comments.
Here is a picture of my son's MI that he is quite proud of. Keep in mind this is a compromise since he keeps crying every time we visit the LFS and I won't buy more fish. The last one was a green mandarin goby -- in a 12g, I don't think so. At least I don't have to feed this MI as it sounds wayyyy over my head. What's really funny is the clown keeps trying to attack it through the glass.
http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r52/whome_album/?action=view¤t=100_2885b.jpg
Here is a picture of my son's MI that he is quite proud of. Keep in mind this is a compromise since he keeps crying every time we visit the LFS and I won't buy more fish. The last one was a green mandarin goby -- in a 12g, I don't think so. At least I don't have to feed this MI as it sounds wayyyy over my head. What's really funny is the clown keeps trying to attack it through the glass.
http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r52/whome_album/?action=view¤t=100_2885b.jpg
