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Originally Posted by EmilyB
Christy has the qualifications to speak about this subject given her profession I must say. 
And I fully agree with her - presenting this kind of information to a bunch of newbies who might actually try it is frightening to say the least.
In light of the post topic just let me say - DO NOT go out and buy a Moorish Idol thinking that a force feeding and a good scrub is going to change the historical difficulty in keeping this fish.
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Your point is valid, and I would say, given "my" profession, I think I have the qualifications to address the subject... This list is not just full of newbies, it has alot of members that are ready to start emergency tratement of sick fish, and for the newbies, what do you have to loose if a fish is very ill and soon to croak without intervention, to me its like seeing a person spraying blood out of a laceration, are you going to say Im not a doctor I cant do anything, or could you try your best and try to save that person??? Siting infront of your tank and watching your sick fish dies has far too long been a pastime of hobbiests, why not do something risky and try to save it? Its worth the risk to me, cuz watching a sick fish flutter and die just aint fun. If you screw up, it dies, big deal, practise makes perfect and if you didnt do anything it would have died anyway... (its like operating on a not quite dead cadaver..lol)Im not saying do something drastic at the first sign of a problem, but when you have tried all the usuall methods of healing and the fish is about to croak, what does anyone, newbies included have to lose??? And I agree with you that not everyone should go and buy a morish idol, but alot of people who know what their doing can keep them if they went to a little effort....