Moorish Idol

I had had one for over a year and it was doing very well, but it was one of 5 fish I lost when we evacuated for Charlie. :mad: I recently picked up two that I was told were eating pellets but they didn't eat pellets for me and were perty skinney, I lost one right away, before I managed to pick up some clams and mussles. The other is now eating out of my hand and is showing improvement but it's still too early to tell how it'll do. I'll be moving some sponge into the quanenteen tank with in the next day or so. I'm doing in line quarenteen in an established 80 gallon tank with UV on the out going water before it returns to the 400 gallon system.
 
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I had had one for over a year and it was doing very well, but it was one of 5 fish I lost when we evacuated for Charlie. :mad: I recently picked up two that I was told were eating pellets but they didn't eat pellets for me and were perty skinney, I lost one right away, before I managed to pick up some clams and mussles. The other is now eating out of my hand and is showing improvement but it's still too early to tell how it'll do. I'll be moving some sponge into the quanenteen tank with in the next day or so. I'm doing in line quarenteen in an established 80 gallon tank with UV on the out going water before it returns to the 400 gallon system.

He was bigger than the other three that was at the LFS.
he also was the only one eating pellets..
i told my wife its worth the extra few $$ because hes eating real good.

first week and half he would eat nothing.. than all of a sudden hes pushing every other fish out of the way :) for food !
 
What a great tank! Very nice video too, shows the strong flow, seems the fish like to swim against the current, I love all those fish, can you post a list of what you have in there?

Is the Idol picking at anything on the reef? Are there any frozen sponges sold as food in the Asian markets? Do you have a refugium to grow sponges? Are you feeding any blended green human foods, such as peas?

When are you hosting a meeting, can we each put in a pinch of food when you do?
 
:) dont make my head swell too much..
im running a fish only at the moment so cant comment on the coral picking
i have a
blue face angel
emperor angel
coral beauty angel
regal angel
yellow tang
powder blue tang
purple tang
blue hippo regal tang Dori
vlamingi tang
pink tail trigger
sargassum trigger
clown trigger
6 nemos and marlins (oscelaris)
and 1 moorish idol
and two pink anthias
i think thats it on fish.
just a small typical bioload
 
I have 9 in a 40, adding 20 sump, so that is 1 per 8 gallons, with softies

21 medium size fish in a 220 is about one fish per ten gallons â€"œ just about the right rule of thumb for saltwater, don’t forget though they will double, who is oldest?

Do you have a hospital/QT ready to go? UV?
 
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I had one in my reef tank and he started eating my clams.i had to take him out. how did i get him out you ask? funny story.my 5 inch maxima clamped down on him and wouldn'T LET GO!!!!!! LOL U HAD TO SEE IT
 
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