Moorish idol info wanted

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Gambusia
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Jan 2, 2007
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Hello,

THIS WAS NOT AN IMPULSE BUY.

I recieved my 4 1/2 inch moorish idol today from live aquaria divers den it is eating flakes, pellets and mysis and small pieces of regular wally world seafood counter frozen shrimp.

I have read and researched the "book material" on morish idols and thats not what iam looking for...the information iam looking for is actual sucess experience and your special tricks that you believe made the diffrence in sucess or failure,.

i have had mine for 8 3/4 hours and he is active just casually crusing the qt tank along with the 4 inch purple tang i got at the same time from the same place... he has been feed 2 times and chowed down both times... iam actually feeding the same flakes and pelets live aquaria was feeding him(happens to be my normal foods) but my mysis is a diffrent brand but he ate them well.. weather he ate some of the seaweed or not i dont know as i put it in just before i went out to mow the darn grass and most of it was gone when i came back in ..i am sure the tang ate some/most of it, but dont know if the moorish idol ate any or not.

Now the hard part to admit to... the kids done gone and named the poor fishy GILL.. i have avoided the nemo thing my clown is a GSM and i dont have a hippo tang


thanks for any input


THIS WAS NOT AN IMPULSE BUY
 
generally the best tip is to buy one that's nice and fat, eating a variety of foods..

as you've attained this.. a spacious tank with plenty of LR and not too agressive tankmates is suggested..

sorry that's were my idol knowlege ends
 
check the nose. a big reason for these swimming lolipops to die is damage from transport to the shop from the dealer.
 
It was eating at divers den before transport and ate the 1st time within an hour after acclumiation into the qt tank..infact it ate before the purple tang did from the same order...both are doing well as of now keeping fingers and toes crossed here..pics to follow next week when my new computer gets here(the one i have now wont reconise my cammera along with many other issues) no aparent nose/snout damage
 
i've read that one of the reasons they don't eat is flukes in the mouth so yours sounds really healthy good luck hope all goes well
 
excellent, a wonderful success story
 
3 days is much longer than some
 
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