Moorish Idol - Take 2

[Aquattro]

Sam, the tank is full of brown zoas, no interest at all.

[Samw]

No worries, it took mine maybe 5 to 6 months to figure it out. Then they were gone in short time.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Samw

No worries, it took mine maybe 5 to 6 months to figure it out. Then they were gone in short time.

This guy won't be in this tank that long Not putting brown zoas in my DT

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

This guy won't be in this tank that long Not putting brown zoas in my DT

Just a frag Brad...what harm could it do??

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Myka

Just a frag Brad...what harm could it do??

I said as I added a plug of blue cloves

I actually have a couple already that came on my rock. But I have zoa rocks in my QT for food if anything wanted them.

[Aquattro]

I guess this thread will be more of a progress thread on the MI. So far, 24 hours after intro to the tank, he (and his anthias buddies) are savagely eating PE mysis. The MI is also gorging on NLS pellets. I'm hopeful!

[Aquattro]

All fish seem somewhat less interested in food today. Still eating, but spitting out the mysis. Hmm.

[gobytron]

My experiences with these fish were similar to that of the copperband butterfly...

Even when I could get them to eat, they would seem to slowly wither away.


I always assumed they had some specific specialized dietary needs that could not be met by mysis or LR foraging.

[Aquattro]

The long term one I had seemed to do fine on it's diet, I suspect that O2 content of the water plays a significant role. I guess diet is a popular theory on their poor success, so we'll see how it goes.

[gobytron]

My tanks are always open top with an open sump in a room that is vented outside.

I would never imagine I had low oxygen in my system.

Interesting theory.

I wonder if you could say the same for a copperband?