moorish idol!

[amcarrig]

I'm sure that if you really wanted to, you could find a hobbiest in your area that would be better prepared to care for this fish. This is not what I would call responsible reefkeeping but it seems that all advice is falling on deaf ears. Oh well.

[lunatik_69]

I totally agree with amcarrig, whether the fish goes to deathco or you, the result is going to be the same. The only thing that might save that fish, is that your friend had it for 1 yr and hes used to the human "touch".

[nemo1991]

yeah, well i personally would jsut feel better about taking him in, rather then petco, and maybe trying to find someone with a 100 gallon + tank to keep it in, but at least for now it wont go into the crapyiest salt water ever ahha

[Bogie]

Good luck with the moorish idol, nemo.
If it's any consolation, I've got a leopard wrasse (also considered "expert only", but probably doesn't hold a candle to a moorish idol) and I got it to eat frozen food and for the first time today even accepted freeze-dried mysis shrimp. They were also considered very hard to get to feed, but I think I'm in the clear now.
Find out everything you can about what it's been eating and get the same food supply if at all possible (maybe take some of the LR and stuff from the tank to make it feel more at home.) Find out the lighting type and lighting schedule the fish was used to, water temp, alk, pH, and all other water conditions and try to replicate in your tank. Maybe it's even a good idea to adopt another fish that was in the tank with him, so he will have more familiarity. If you can't find someone more suited to take care of the moorish idol than you, than good luck with it. But I'm sure an aquarium or salt water fish store will be willing to take him, if you make some phone calls. Do the right thing.

[nemo1991]

yeah i have seen a couple at our local shop but they die alot ahha, so idk about that one, but i am also getting a blue tang from him and like 50 lb's of live rock, and all the food he moorish eats at his place, but i am going to contact some people about him and see if any one is suitable, i am absolutly positive there is,

[wildreef]

Originally Posted by omard

Probably worst thing about movie "Finding Nemo" - giving people idea that this fish can be kept in captivity and generating demand for them.

LOL, i agree Omard, think of how many anemones have gone to their deaths or the hippo ?
from over reacting / gung ho' people whom thought >
I had a fresh water tank' how hard can it be ?

[nemo1991]

hahha i agree too acctually, thats why i am going to find it a good home lol

[nemo1991]

ok so, i was gunna pick him up today, but i couldnt until tommorrow, so he jsut took him to deathco, while he was there, they didnt acclimate him and threw him right in to a tank like the size of the fish, and i guess he died while he was still there ( he was buying stuff for his other animals) so on the way out he saw they takin him outta the tank :/

[hugoman900]

oh my god! how could they? That's terrible!

I trust you could have kept him alive :/

[nemo1991]

yeah, at least ALOT longer then a half hour, ahah my acclimation would have been like 2 hours, but it was a really stupid desition on his part,