Moorish idol

i have always wanted to keep this fish. ive read online somwhere that theres a formula that will keep them living but it costs too much. wht r they talking about. is there any other way to get them feedin. im hoping to get one in the next month. im reading up on them and they sound hard. i have a good amount of live rock also and ppl say that they can survive if u have a good amount of live rock. help!


fish luver

 

Good luck.

How old is your tank? Doesn't matter if your tank has lots of LR if it's not old enough to have the proper population of food. I would probably avoid keeping this fish.

You could try This Guy

Looks close and is much easier to keep.

 

I would forget it unless you have a 400+ gal system that is teeming with bryzoans and sponges.

Don't perpetuate the collection of this fish please.

 

i had a nano cube that was a piece of trash. so i upgraded about a 2 weeks ago to a 72 gallon

 

dont do it!!! get a heniochus instead, hell u can even lie and say its a MI, most non reefers can't tell anyway. MI's usually dont last more then a year in people's tanks.

 

yea definatly dont want to kill the fish. ive seen the heniochus they look nice and hardy.

 

Sorry to burst your bubble. We aren't normally a buzz kill - I swear. It's just the fish.

Welcome to 3reef BTW.

 

get a school of chromis or something else that is pretty/elegant to look at.

 

yea. but i dont want aggresive fish

 

dont do it mate, they most impossible to keep unless u have a huge tank like dr.frag said plus they do grow to a big size

steve