Any Moorish Idols owners?

[haitian_reefer]

I’ve had mine for 3 months now. I feed it predominantly NLS 4x a day via automatic feeder.

 

[Miami Reef]

I’ve had mine for 3 months now. I feed it predominantly NLS 4x a day via automatic feeder.

Is it eating well?

 

[haitian_reefer]

Is it eating well?

It’s the most aggressive eater in my tank and I have 3 tangs.

 

[Miami Reef]

It’s the most aggressive eater in my tank and I have 3 tangs.

Ok. I NEED to know what tangs you have. I want to attempt this in my tank. I’ve been researching them a lot.

I also have 3 tangs. Blue, bristletooth, and lieutenant.

 

[haitian_reefer]

I have the following:

2x Picasso clowns
1 yellow eye Kole Tang
1 Magnificent Foxface
1 Blonde Naso
2 Bangai Cardinals
1 Blue Streak cleaner wrass
1 Copperband
1 Goldrim Tang

 

[Doctorgori]

how’s that Idol doing? update ?

 

[haitian_reefer]

how’s that Idol doing? update ?

Doing great! Eats everything I put in the tank.

 

[i cant think]

Doing great! Eats everything I put in the tank.

Great news! :)

 

[haitian_reefer]

Forgot to include a pic

 

[i cant think]

Forgot to include a pic

Okay I get this is about that moorish but the Marginalis is beautiful! Wish I had waited for a small one and not gone for the same size but in a CBB.

 

[TheDuude]

Can you tell us about how you acquired your idol? I have been more than curious for a while. LFS near me brings them in on occasion and they do a full quarantine and get them eating before they will sell them. They have one in a 140-gallon display they state has been in there for just over 2 years eating mostly pellets and doing great. I wonder about the long-term effects of a diet lacking diversity.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Can you tell us about how you acquired your idol? I have been more than curious for a while. LFS near me brings them in on occasion and they do a full quarantine and get them eating before they will sell them. They have one in a 140-gallon display they state has been in there for just over 2 years eating mostly pellets and doing great. I wonder about the long-term effects of a diet lacking diversity.

Honestly if you get a healthy specimen that eats, they quickly learn to eat just about anything you add. A diet of mixed pellets, frozen, and nori will keep them healthy longterm. They just need to be fed constantly or they'll stop growing and waste away. These fish need to be fed 3-4x daily at a minimum, preferably with nori to graze on between meals. They have an extremely fast metabolism. Only fish with faster metabolism I've kept include Purple queen anthias (Pseudanthias tuka) and belted ribbon wrasse (Stethojulis balteata).

 

[haitian_reefer]

Honestly if you get a healthy specimen that eats, they quickly learn to eat just about anything you add. A diet of mixed pellets, frozen, and nori will keep them healthy longterm. They just need to be fed constantly or they'll stop growing and waste away. These fish need to be fed 3-4x daily at a minimum, preferably with nori to graze on between meals. They have an extremely fast metabolism. Only fish with faster metabolism I've kept include Purple queen anthias (Pseudanthias tuka) and belted ribbon wrasse (Stethojulis balteata).

Great info! A healthy specimen is definitely give you a good start.

 

[haitian_reefer]

Okay I get this is about that moorish but the Marginalis is beautiful! Wish I had waited for a small one and not gone for the same size but in a CBB.

FYI - They're not reef friendly. Mine picks on my scoly from time to time.