Trying a Rock Beauty

[MrTuskfish]

The acclimation went fine with it, it was eating swimming around normally not acting out of the norm and then the stripes showed up.

I guess I use acclimation two ways; 1) is just the transfer from shipping bag to the QT and the first few weeks go well there. 2.) means that the fish has been around a while (at least a few months) and is doing well. This is the time when when many difficult fish fail. There are several fish (M. Idols come to mind) that look good but never eat well. They can easily take over a month to croak.

 

[jaa1456]

I guess I use acclimation two ways; 1) is just the transfer from shipping bag to the QT and the first few weeks go well there. 2.) means that the fish has been around a while (at least a few months) and is doing well. This is the time when when many difficult fish fail. There are several fish (M. Idols come to mind) that look good but never eat well. They can easily take over a month to croak.

My moorish idol is approaching 5 years now, I wish the rock beauty would have made it.

 

[pinnatus]

My moorish idol is approaching 5 years now, I wish the rock beauty would have made it.

Great success with your Idol. Mine is right at 4 years.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Great success with your Idol. Mine is right at 4 years.

With Idols, I think its all about getting them to eat. I just have a gut feeling that its something else with Rock Beauties, I don't know what that is, though.
I had two Idols for almost 10 years when Katrina got them. Since relocating, I've had 2 for about 7 years. I did lose s few before finding more willing fish. I can remember having one for 6+ weeks and it never ate anything; and folks worry about feeding the fish when they're gone for a weekend.

 

[SDguy]

Managed to snap a couple decent shots of mine. Slow growing for a Holacanthus IME...

 

[pinnatus]

Peter, I don't know if I have said it before, but you have excellent taste in fish selection! Love the Rock Beauty, the Quoyi and the Semi!



I asked my LFS to see if they could find a Quoyi. He has not found one so far.

 

[SDguy]

Thanks Ken... yeah, this quoyi I bought was the first one I'd ever seen... ever! And it's been a few years since I started doing this :lol:

 

[Monkeyfish]

Slightly off topic... to those with Moorish Idols - Are you feeding any type of sponge (other than ON Angel Formula) or just offering a variety of foods?

I've always wanted one of these fish, but have been hesitant to try one since being told that they depend on an enzyme found in certain sponges to digest/absorb nutrtion from what they eat.

 

[SDguy]

Slightly off topic... to those with Moorish Idols - Are you feeding any type of sponge (other than ON Angel Formula) or just offering a variety of foods?

I've always wanted one of these fish, but have been hesitant to try one since being told that they depend on an enzyme found in certain sponges to digest/absorb nutrtion from what they eat.

I'm gonna call doodoo on that Many angelfish are well known to mainly eat sponge/tunicates, yet they can be kept for 20, even 40 years! Moorish idols, IMO, are just sensitive fish, and people like to blame failure on diet.

 

[pinnatus]

Slightly off topic... to those with Moorish Idols - Are you feeding any type of sponge (other than ON Angel Formula) or just offering a variety of foods?

I've always wanted one of these fish, but have been hesitant to try one since being told that they depend on an enzyme found in certain sponges to digest/absorb nutrtion from what they eat.

Mine is 4 + years old. I have never fed it sponge unless it was in maybe Rod's food. Mostly I feed it NLS pellets. Also, it does need greens, like Nori.

 

[Monkeyfish]

Good to know. Maybe I'll give it a go after my P. rubrizonatus gets out of QT. (only have one QT tank).