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11-10-2008, 11:38 AM
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I kept one sucessfully before and he ate everything including nori so I am going to try again.
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11-10-2008, 03:06 PM
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how long did you have it for? Did you sell it or did it perish? I really have a sore spot for the capture of these fish from the ocean to only meet certain doom in our aquaria. I am not saying they are impossible to keep as some experienced reefers have kept them but the death rate is well over 80 percent in captivity. To me that is our human arrogance thinking we own this planet and we can take what we want. And keeping one for a year or two is not success. To have success is to have it live for or very close to it's natural lifespan. I urge everyone reading this to please not purchase moorish idols. You may be able to keep one for a while but by us buying them that means the lfs will keep bringing them in to ultimately meet there death. They are beautiful fish so let's leave them where they belong.
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11-10-2008, 03:15 PM
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Jason, I agree with what you are saying, but where did you get that stat from and do you know of similar stats on all the other fish that we keep?
It would be cool to do a POLE on how many fish (all types) that we all lose after purchase within: 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 & 24 months... Just to see what overall % we lose.
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11-10-2008, 03:19 PM
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11-10-2008, 03:20 PM
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Seriously-please reconsider
+1000 on this. I, admittedly (and shamefully), thought that the rest of the fishkeeping world was also nuts about not being able to keep an MI. And, truthfully, there are many people who have "lucked out" in keeping them. So, I figured I would try it. Afterall, I have had tremendous success with many "difficult" animals, so surely this wouldn't be any different.
Let me be the first to say that I WAS TERRIBLY WRONG! Unfortunately, I am also a slow learner, so it took-not just one failure-but two before I admitted defeat. These are-no doubt-spectacular fish, and I (along with many others) would love to have them grace our tanks; however, to continue to try would be a waste of a beautiful, stunning fish. Until there is a way to purchase an animal that is tank bred-save the life of a fish, and yourself the heartache of such devastating loss. We can't always get what we want- 
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11-10-2008, 03:40 PM
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11-10-2008, 04:07 PM
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I don't have actual stats on their death rate I have just read that it's close to 80 percent. If we keep a fish healthy and disease free they will usually live longer in our tanks than in the ocean. Most fish die due to our neglect or ineperience.
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11-10-2008, 06:24 PM
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Even if you think 90% of what we keep does not live long (which is not true) that doesn't make it ok to keep fish that have even less of a chance to survive in home aquaria. I would say 20% success rate for Moorish Idols sounds kind of on the generous side.
I personally only know one person who kept one over a year on a diet of sponges. I think his lived 3 years. Again, not a success story by any means. The ones mentioned above that are still around after 12 years would be a success story but that is so rare. I don't know why people insist on buying these fish 
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