Morish idol

[aquaknight]

The forum I snagged that from had post about tangs losing weight from eating romaine. Also in that comparo, your using roasted Nori, baked or fresh Nori is much better and is what is suggested.
But the reason I would avoid romaine is the fish having trouble digesting the romaine. The cell walls in terrestrial plants are much tougher as they have to support themselves versus completely saturated sea greens. Even tangs with their much longer digestive systems have trouble. As basic as this might sound, sea greens (nori, macros) go in green, but comes out as legimate waste. When they eat romaine, well, you end up with romaine in the sand

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by GrouperGenius
The heni's never really moved me. Not nearly as elegent as the Idols.
Kinda like Honda versus Harley. Kinda looks the same but,........
Yes but if you like the looks and will stand a greater chance of survival kind of like if you love to ride and all you could ride was a Honda ….

 

[mie]

Originally Posted by jonthefishguy
I will have to agree with the fact that MOORISH IDOLS' should be left in the ocean. However, I myself have sucess with them and feel that only experienced reef keepers should try and even then, its a flip of the coin. Getting them to eat is the biggest issue as they tend to graze all day. I followed a few once for 45 minutes (give or take) and they tend to just forage for algae and stop and eat whenever they can. I will also have to dissagree with TEEN's statement that romaine isn't healthy for any fish. On the contrary, it is more healthier than NORI. I have a post somewhere on here in which I posted the nutritional value of both and Romaine was the winner. Many public aquariums also feed romaine lettuce because of its nutritional value. It is ICEBURG that is just a filler and has no nutrition.
John what was your level of sucess with the idol?

 

[jonthefishguy]

Over the years I have probably had at least 3 and only 1 lasted over a year until I sold the whole entire setup and the fish went with it. I dont order them very often and when I do, it is because a particular customer wants one. I only order them for customers that I think can handle the challenge. So far, not a very good turn out but most start the feeding requirements but then get lax on it and causes the fish to suffer. But like I said, I dont think it is for everyone and do my part to not sell it to those individuals that are just starting or I feel are just wanting the fish regardless of its ability to survive in the aquarium trade.

 

[yosemite sam]

Keeping one alive for one year is not uncommon. I wouldn't consider that success. Only a very small fraction live past the one year mark, however.

 

[jonthefishguy]

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam
Keeping one alive for one year is not uncommon. I wouldn't consider that success. Only a very small fraction live past the one year mark, however.
Your idea of sucess or not, I seriously doubt I would have lost that fish if I hadnt sold the setup. At least not to poor health.

 

[yosemite sam]

Originally Posted by jonthefishguy
Your idea of sucess or not, I seriously doubt I would have lost that fish if I hadnt sold the setup. At least not to poor health.
Do you know what happened to the fish after you sold it?

 

[jonthefishguy]

Last thing I know is the person that purchased the tank found himself in debt and took it down and sold the livestock and put the tank and all equipment in storage and fell short on that and the tank and all the storage contents became property of the storage unit. That was nearly 4 yrs ago and recently found out thru the grape vine.