@Jay Hemdal are any of those 4 palatable to the moorish idol?
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Closer to Angels not tangs…I know moorish idols like the encrusting sponge and not the calciferous type. Also, silicate is a limiting element in the sponges development. I already have sponges growing, but not enough for my liking. Dosing silicates will surly boom the population of sponges.
But I’m not only going to rely on sponges. Moorish Idols are closely related to tangs, so I’d assume he’d enjoy spirulina mysis shrimp as well.
The size and youthful age of your Moorish Idol make him quite an interesting fish, so that should help him in a way, I've never heard of the dosage of silicates for sowing sponges or something like that, do you have more information about it?Ok. My current plan is to put him in observation tank for 2-4 weeks. I’ll see how he does.
Update! I got the picture and the stats.
It’s a moorish idol from Indonesia. 3.5”.
Here is the photo.
Live Aquaria said it was eating mysis and brine shrimp.
Edit: will that stringy part on the top get longer as he grows?
Update: LA said it will since it’s still a juvenile.
I do. Randy Holmes-Farly dosed silicates in his reef tank. There was a large increase in sponges.The size and youthful age of your Moorish Idol make him quite an interesting fish, so that should help him in a way, I've never heard of the dosage of silicates for sowing sponges or something like that, do you have more information about it?
In a new system i'm going to guess its not the sponges that will go boom with a population explosion. Know what else thrives off high silicate levels? Starts with a DDosing silicates will surly boom the population of sponges.
I am expecting a diatom bloom.In a new system i'm going to guess its not the sponges that will go boom with a population explosion. Know what else thrives off high silicate levels? Starts with a D
I'd suggest what @Jay Hemdal said, with prophylactics treatment being ideal or buying from a supplier that properly and fully quarantines (such as TSM Aquatics). It has been working out quite well!@4FordFamily
Will an observation period for 2-4 weeks be ideal? I cannot risk my DT getting infected with ich.
I have some random zoas around my tank that the idol is fairly indifferent towards.I’ve been considering one for my 500g reef. What have people’s experiences been with coral? I’ve heard zoanthids immediately get devoured. Any other corals in particular?
Beautiful fish, how do you get copper resistant bacteria? Supposedly cupramine does not affect the bacterial colony, something that I doubted a lot after placing it in a hospital tank that had ceramic rings as a biofilter, and after miraculously my API ammonia test showed 0 ppm several weeks ago, my ammonia rose to 1 ppm using cupramine inside the tank where a damsel felt deeply stressed, I'm sure a delicate fish would have died almost immediately.I received the moorish idol!
I can’t express how beautiful this fish is. Everyone in my family went crazy. It is officially my favorite fish I have and definitely my show fish.
He was delivered around 11:30 am. My copper was 2.00ppm and I added him after a quick acclimation. My first attempt at feeding was with blackworms was around 12:30pm. I didn’t expect him to eat any because he was brand new. He didn’t eat.
Around 3:10pm I fed spirulina brine shrimp. This fish ATE! He was an very good eater! Maybe even a little aggressive at it! I then added this sponge blend into the tank.
I have a light HOB which is perfect. It isn’t very efficient at removing food particles. So basically my moorish idol will have access to food for pretty much an hour before they eat them all/filter catches them.
I plan to feed very much. I don’t care about ammonia. I had seachem matrix cycling with copper to make copper resistant nitrifying bacteria. I also have sand in the tank. Plus I’m on top of my husbandry.
I started feeding my DT pretty nicely. Plus with my silicates dosing. At this rate there’s nothing stopping me!
I have the moorish idol and a new Naso in the same tank. I think having a passive dither fish can help the moorish idol settle quicker.
I will set up my observation tanks soon because 14 days will fly! I’m VERY happy with this Divers Den purchase.