moorish idol

While both of these species are very popular in the aquarium trade due to they’re contrasting colors, graceful fins, and popularity in movies and TV shows, there’s definitely a few differences between them. Moorish idols are notorious for being picky eaters, and being aggressive in reef tanks...

My first try at marine, 2 year old mixed reef with my guest star Gill. Before the idol police go after me, I have had him for 18months in this tank, he is loving life and is the boss of the tank. Given people have limited success and I’m 18months in please spare me the bigger tank lecture

270gal tank - So we have a resident Moorish Idol of about 2 months I think. We attempted to school by adding two more. The original is relentlessly attacking the two new Moorish Idols who are larger. We’ve moved the bully to the 93g tank and the purple tang is now attacking the Moorish. Is it...

I need help diagnosing what disease my idol has. Ive never seen this disease before but im thinking its either a virus or parasite. It started as this for a few days : And has progressed to this overnight two days ago : Visually it reminds me of stress spots on a powder brown tang but more...

I don’t plan on getting one but I’m curious if people have had more success keeping moorish idols? I’ve been seeing a good amount of them at lfs recently and made me wonder.

I have had a coral beauty angel for about 2 weeks and the idol for exactly 1 week, my coral beauty got beat up pretty bad when he first got in the tank by my tomani tang. I noticed the white scrape looking things on his face and top fin about 4 days ago, and they have been getting slightly worse...

I just added sps coral to a tank that had no coral and 10x turnover at maybe 3000 gallons per hour. My fish have been in there for a year now. Moorish idol, Queen angel, and 5 tangs. I just put in 2 mp 40s that I plan on running around 100% to get the flow I need. The fish are not use to this...

I just added sps coral to a tank that had no coral and 10x turnover at maybe 3000 gallons per hour. My fish have been in there for a year now. Moorish idol, Queen angel, and 5 tangs. I just put in 2 mp 40s that i plan on running around 100% to get the low I need. The fish are not use to this...

Hello, i am once again attempting to keep moorish idols and regal angels after ive lost my previous ones to my velvet outbreak almost 2 years ago, from lack of observation in qt of an orangeshoulder tang. I broke down the tank and restarted with new rock. i have finished quarantining my regal...

Hey everyone, just wanted to know whether anyone has experienced this before, and if its normal? I’m just concerned because my powder blue had similar black marks 2-3 weeks before dying of an unknown cause (which would eventually end up killing half my fish: tangs and angels). I ended up...

Hey everyone, just wanted to know whether anyone has experienced this before, and if its normal? I’m just concerned because my powder blue had similar marks 2-3 weeks before dying of an unknown cause. I’ve had the Moorish Idol for almost a week now, but his been eating well and has showed no...

Hello All, I noticed my moorish idol with a white spot on his eye on Sunday. By Monday afternoon the whole eye was covered with grey/white haze. I got him last week from an LFS that do TTM and prazi + bacterial treatment. I've read some other threads that one eye usually means damage rather...

Hello everyone. I have 3 moorish idols In my 450 gal that after 3 days 2 of them have started to eat the frozen food. Does anyone have any advice on feedings and also any long term success. The only posts I have been able to find are close to 5 yrs out of date and hoping the 2-4 year average...

This tank was filled up in August of 2017. It's had it's trials but I believe I've figured out a good maintenance regiment to keep it stable and thriving. Red Sea Max Series. Equipment: 4 XR30 Gen 4 Pros Radions; However the first 2 years of growth I have to give AI hydra 32s credit for...

Hey everyone, so i bought an idol , ( lol yes i know) iv had him for a week now but on the first night my purple tang gave him a hard time and it looks like the idols lost its streamer,( i think the idol has run into the gyre pump ) there are i think 3 tiny spines exposed all of which are about...

I had a rough week with my QT this week and lost some fish to a gram negative bacterial infection. All is good now and remaining fish are in treatment with NFG and doing better. Figured I would share a happy story since the disease forum can be a rough place to be sometimes. Some of you...

So I am off to college this summer (UTampa), and I am housing on campus. However the limit is 10 gallons, but I need to take my snowflake eel with me as he is very close to me (had him since childhood, now a massive 29 inches). He lives in a 40g breeder, but I obviously can't bring the tank. But...

So this coral seems to be one of the three or four favorites that my humungous moorish idol is constantly biting throughout the day.... but i pulled it and dipped it due to so many weird death paterns. Part of it is for sure due to being completely shaded by itself i believe but other parts...