crimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by petjunkie
http:///forum/post/2784335
If your on -- at all there's a long thread on idols, I wouldn't bother buying ornamental sponges as they normally only eat certain kinds, not just sponges in general. The guy with the most success went out diving and brought back natural food for his. They really are next to impossible to keep though and I can't quite understand why everybody thinks they will have better luck. Even if they are eating they still die.
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2784336
I wish you the best of luck with the new pair. But please, if they don't survive try to resist replacing them.
I respect each of your opinions. In 20+ years of keeping SW fish I have never tried an idol because I didn't feel I could provide an suitable aquarium for it to have a chance at survival. I now feel that I have a setup that can handle these guys and I will spend the money and effort necessary to do all that I can to keep them. If after everything, I lose these idols then I will never try one again. However I do feel that many people with the opinion that they cannot be kept may not have personal experience with them. Watching hundreds of idols dying because ignorant people throw them into 55 gallon tanks does not necessarily mean that they are impossible to keep.
It's definitely possible that these guys may not work out. I know that going into the situation. But I want to see for myself if it can be done in my setup. We'll see what happens.
http:///forum/post/2784335
If your on -- at all there's a long thread on idols, I wouldn't bother buying ornamental sponges as they normally only eat certain kinds, not just sponges in general. The guy with the most success went out diving and brought back natural food for his. They really are next to impossible to keep though and I can't quite understand why everybody thinks they will have better luck. Even if they are eating they still die.
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2784336
I wish you the best of luck with the new pair. But please, if they don't survive try to resist replacing them.
I respect each of your opinions. In 20+ years of keeping SW fish I have never tried an idol because I didn't feel I could provide an suitable aquarium for it to have a chance at survival. I now feel that I have a setup that can handle these guys and I will spend the money and effort necessary to do all that I can to keep them. If after everything, I lose these idols then I will never try one again. However I do feel that many people with the opinion that they cannot be kept may not have personal experience with them. Watching hundreds of idols dying because ignorant people throw them into 55 gallon tanks does not necessarily mean that they are impossible to keep.
It's definitely possible that these guys may not work out. I know that going into the situation. But I want to see for myself if it can be done in my setup. We'll see what happens.
