moorish idol

[ks350]

i purchased a moorish idol at my lfs and he looked perfect i herd that moorish idols dont eat very well.well i got him to eat off my live rock and some roasted green alge two days later i saw my idol had white splotches all over so i checked my nitrite and so on.nitrites were .25 nitrates were fine no ammonia so i figured its my water so i did 30%water change two days later i see she/he is eating again but it still has spolotches my question is will they go away with good quality water.i checked water today perfect around the board salinity0.024 please help

 

[beth]

Sounds to me like your tank isn't cycled. This fish is very difficult to keep and should really be left to professionals.
Can you describe the "splotches".

 

[ks350]

ive had it running for 8 months i have a flame angel spotted puffer a gold spotted moray 6 years old damsels lemon peel angel cleaner shrimp 60lbs live rock i just checked every thing to day every thing perfect

 

[ks350]

oh yeah the plotches(fading sorry no pics)i dont think its lateral line

 

[pyro]

Did you look at the stickys at the top of the forum? They have pictures of the common diseases.

 

[ks350]

no but thanx i will

 

[beth]

Why do you have nitrites?? This is a big problem for all fish, but especially to a delicate fish like the Idol.