Ive only had one Morish Idol die on me out of about 15 I have gotten in, and it didnt ship very well, died in a day... Get your blender out and mix up some clams, mussles, squid, spirilina, nori, mysis, and any other stinky fish food you can find, blend it till its mushy with some chunks, get out some dry small pieces of base rock around the size of your fist, and smear the stinky crap all over 1 side of the base rock, now you dry it in the oven with the oven on really low, once dry, put various food rocks in freezer bags and throw them in the freezr. After your morish idol has been in the tank for a day, drop one of the food rocks in and they usually go to town in a short time. If they still dont seem to be eating enough, I usually pull them out of the tank and put them in a water tray, similar to a baking pan, and I put a plastic syringe down their throat and pump them full of yogurt, mysis, and appetite stimulant, once Ive done that, I have never had another problem with one... After all that has been done, they get used to normal feeding procedures.

Man I'm never comin over to your house for dinner. What if I didn't like the food? :razz:

That seems like a lot of trouble to go through Underworld,
kinda like spliting a donut coral :razz: :biggrin:

we have a special trough for people like you...lol

no clue how to spell, trough?troff???

Christy, did you check your PM :razz:

Yeah its a bit of trouble to go through, but it lets me not worry about bringing morish idols in, I plann on having a school of them in my big display... its less of a bother than spliting a donut coral...

I'm glad I remembered to put my coffee down before reading your post. Otherwise I'm sure I would snorted more out my nose onto my poor monitor as I read your reply. The IT folk at my office are starting to wonder why I keep asking for more screen wipes!

I know when force feeding fish you need to wait till the gills are.. is it open or closed? I can't remember.

Doug

if you put the syringe down into their stomac, it really dosent matter...

how do you get them to open their mouth?

"say ahhh"

I cant even catch my fish, let alone hold one long enough to put a syringe down its throat.