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09-23-2005, 11:44 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
Posts: 1,181
|  NEW Moorish Idol
How lucky can a guy get! I just purchased a medium sizez M. Idol from my LFS for $90. It eats with gusto and is not shy. My purple tang tried to bully it at first but the M. Idol fought back and is now the Stud of the tank. It's eating formula 1 frozen a long with mysis shrimp, frozen plankton and brine shrimp. I would normally not have purchased such a fish but it was eating so
aggressively at the store. I wish I had a digital camera to post pic's.
Does anyone have any experience and advice on keeping this fish?  _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | 
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09-23-2005, 12:46 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Posts: 202
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 |  Re: NEW Moorish Idol
They are sensitive to Ammonia and PH swings ... neither of which should be a problem in a well cared for reef tank. Other than that, you've overcome the real challenge: keeping them fed. As long as he keeps eating you should be fine. Be sure to feed him often, rather than a lot. Congrats on finding a good one. Take good care of him! _________ -Mickey 175g Bowfront - 75g Refugium - 100g Sump - 3 Phoenix 14k 250W MH - AquaC EV240 Skimmer - 240lbs Haitian Live Rock - 4" DSB - Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse - Azure Damsel - Banggia Cardinal - Firefish Goby - Blackcap Basslet - Purple Tang - Powder Brown Tang - Regal Tang - Green Manderin - 2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - 2 Peppermint Shrimp - 2 Emerald Crabs - Rose BTA - Orange Linkia - Tuxedo Urchin - Spiney Urchin (hitchhiker) | |
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09-23-2005, 02:32 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,451
  
| Re: NEW Moorish Idol
very cool i always wanted one _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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09-23-2005, 03:39 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
Posts: 1,181
| Re: NEW Moorish Idol
Thanks! It gets even better. I tried some freeze dried brine shrimp and formula pellet food. The M. Idol gobbles up the shrimp and will nibble on the pellets. I know I can't sustain it on freeze dried brine shrimp but it will sure help when I go on vacation for 7-10 days and use my automatic feeder. | |
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09-23-2005, 07:19 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: NEW Moorish Idol
Cool! Got Pics? _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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