Quoyi parrotfish reef safe?

[anbosu]

Well, they aggregate in the wild but I don't know if that's predictive of captive behavior.

When I've seen them in the Caribbean it's usually with the same species of parrot. Of course, who knows what that translates to in a closed system.

 

[tcmfish]

So has anyone kept multiple parrotfish in the same tank? We have the S. rivulatus, now properly Id'ed, and apparently when we had three they bickered, I was wondering what people thought of adding a quoyi in with it.

 

[AcroporAddict]

BTW, have you checked out HBH spirulina pellets? No other pellet food makes my MI's dorsal filament grow faster, and from the research I've done, it has the highest spirulina content of any pellet/flake food. My quoyi loves them too.

You guys should check out Hikari Seaweed Extreme floating pellets. They are 67% seaweed. I've been feeding it to my Quoys and my tangs for months. Beats the heck out of Nori sheets for ease of use.

 

[SDguy]

Interesting! I desprise nori sheets. I'll have to try some of these pellets. Happen to know where I can find the ingredients list?

 

[AcroporAddict]

Interesting! I desprise nori sheets. I'll have to try some of these pellets. Happen to know where I can find the ingredients list?

Taken from Drs Foster & Smith website. Copper sulfate is an ingredient........interesting. My 6 tangs and the other fish in the tank love the stuff.

Ingredients
Dried Seaweed Meal, Wheat Flour, Fish Meal, Krill Meal, Cuttlefish Meal, DHA Oil, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Sucrose Polyesters, Sodium Alginate, Brewers Dried Yeast, Lecithin, Clam Extract, DL-Methionine, Astaxanthin, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Stabilized Vitamin C), Inositol, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Vitamin A Oil, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Niacin, Menadione Sodium Bisulfate Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Ferrous Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Cobalt Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate and Selenium Yeast.


Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 33.0% min.
Crude Fat 5.0% min.
Crude Fiber 4.0% max.
Moisture 10.0% max.
Ash 17% max.
Phosphorous 0.5% min.

 

[Dmorty217]

There is a Quoyi male coming up for sale on DD today, thought I would mention this since I'm not in a position to get one at the moment. Whoever ends up buying him please post some pics when you get him!

 

[Rea17]

*drool*

Wait a minute, I already have one. Coral_lagoon, your time has come! Post pictures!!

 

[Dmorty217]

There is a Quoyi male coming up for sale on DD today, thought I would mention this since I'm not in a position to get one at the moment. Whoever ends up buying him please post some pics when you get him!

Ok who got the initial phase 4" beauty?

 

[beachbreak]

Well??? Who got him?

 

[SDguy]

Ooo, dinky little guy... not in love with the slightly sunken in stomach either. get that fish dewormed and fed ASAP!

 

[coral_lagoon]

*drool*

Wait a minute, I already have one. Coral_lagoon, your time has come! Post pictures!!

Ha lol!
No it wasn't me. Maybe I will get lucky next time..

 

[Jasanden]

how much did this one go for?

 

[Rea17]

Ooo, dinky little guy... not in love with the slightly sunken in stomach either. get that fish dewormed and fed ASAP!

I didn't wanna say it but those were my thoughts as well :/ this one was $150 and 4.5"

 

[Dmorty217]

DD has them grossly overpriced IMO, the 6" beauty I missed out on 2 months ago was only 80$ whoever got him some prazipro and quality food will go along way

 

[Rea17]

Maybe, but they are still selling instantly after DD updates. Fish are going to be worth what people will pay for them... I am still smitten with my parrot. He was the most expensive so far but totally worth it.

 

[coral_lagoon]

I hope Live Aquaria starts stocking this fish more. A flood of them would be great. Saturate the demand..

 

[Dmorty217]

It would be nice if more would pop up for sale. For whatever reason they aren't collected very much, but with a beautiful the fish is you would think they would be collected more often

 

[Dmorty217]

So I have located a 6" Quoyi and will be pulling the trigger and not sleeping on this one since 4 months ago I missed out and have been waiting ever since. I know there have been some on DD but I didn't want to spend the 200$ If all goes to plan I will be updating with some pics on Tuesday. Those of you who have one what kind of algae food do you feed yours?

 

[SDguy]

So I have located a 6" Quoyi and will be pulling the trigger and not sleeping on this one since 4 months ago I missed out and have been waiting ever since. I know there have been some on DD but I didn't want to spend the 200$ If all goes to plan I will be updating with some pics on Tuesday. Those of you who have one what kind of algae food do you feed yours?

How much are you paying for it? I paid $150 for a ~8-9" specimen from one of the least expensive LFS around me...

Mine was quite carnivorous at first. Still is. But also eats algae, and loves spirulina pellets.

 

[Dmorty217]

121.00 shipped if I lived in S California I could of picked it up and paid 40$ less.