New Life Spectrum Marine Fish formula. Lately I have been mixing that and Formula 2 pellets together. However, if I get new fish or just because, now and then I might add frozen or nori or other things to its diet. But the main food it gets is plain old pellets.
Salt, I usually use instant ocean.
Flow, I have a mag 18 that does the main circulation, an MP10 on one end wall, a Koralia 40 and an maxijet 120 on the other end wall.
I am a relatively lazy tank owner. I don't do a lot of water changes, I clean the glass and feed the fish 2X a day. But I have been keeping marine fish for 40 years, and I watch my fish closely. I can tell when they are not acting right pretty quickly. I wish I could tell you what has been the secret of keeping this fish, but I can't. I don't feed sponge or anything else that people say you must do with an Idol. It has survived tank issues when other fish haven't. It may just be that I got an exceptional specimen. I can tell you that Nori definitely helps the streamer fin grow, especially if algae is in short supply in the tank. I can also tell you that you need to feed very often when the fish is young or new, as it does not seem to be able to hold much food.
