Care tips for a Moorish Idol

[@martinspano1]

Not trying to start harsh, just giving some advice. The rock in the tank while treating Ich can have it's issues. Treating any disease/parasite to be honest. It can absorb the medication and also the rock and sand bed can harbor/protect what you're trying to eliminate. What's even worse is what survives can end up resistant. There is Velvet and Ich that are Copper resistant now because of not taking proper precautions when quarantining. As for your Moorish Idol, it is beautiful, but the food you were showing, in my opinion, is inadequate for it's diet. Sponges are the main staple of it's diet and there are a lot of frozen foods (parasite free) that sponge is the main ingredient. They will eat clams and all the other foods, and they will live for a year or two, but then they'll just croak. They don't do a great job of showing you that they're malnourished. They look great but a necropsy of a diseased one can show you just how bad they actually were. Not knocking you or anything, they're a tough fish, but I also want to see your success with it longer than 2 years! I hope you take this note constructively. I also recommend pairing them off. They'll do much better in a pair as well.

[@YohanM99]

Hay no worries I've been around the reef block for sometime. The idol is doing great in my reef tank. He get all the spunges and extra lps and some zoas to fill his diet. My corals and spungs grow fast enough to where it sustain him with my feeding. Also i don't qt with Copper. I think its to harsh. I instead use a 5-7 week hyposalinity qt. I rearlly use medication. Hyposalinity is a 100% guaranteed way of killing ich and velvet. And a plus i can reuse the rock. Which i did it in my sump waiting till im ready to add new fish for another qt.

[@s.a.m.simplified4598]

You deserve 10x more subs!

[@ttravreefsaquatics8354]

I like that Moorish Idol, great deal, tank looks good, coming along man😎👍🏾

[@johnwilliams4806]

Need better water circulation… is that all the filtration you have .. do you have a power head or wave maker? I would think the fish would over heat with no flow

[@YohanM99]

LoL. I think your missing the hang on back filter behind me and like I said in the start of the video I was getting ready for a water change and I turned off the flow.

[@WCorbin182]

I wonder how it will do in a Mixed reef. I've always liked this fish

[@YohanM99]

Well we'll find out i do have a mixed reef so once it goes into the 75 gallon the ill se what it eats before i set up my 180 to know what coral to stock

[@heuerfan]

It will do very well, mine is 2 years old. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWrXmWqYj5yFrpo

[@TheJohnny220]

How long did the fish live. It's been 5 years.

[@YohanM99]

unfortunately at the two year mark my tank sitter did a massive water change with a different salt mix. For some reason it had a bad effect. literally over night the fish went from swimming to hiding and passed two days later. It was odd because It was from the same company but the one I use was the reef version and the other salt mix was the regular fish mix. Think it was just a shock to the fish going from reef specific salt to plain aquarium fish salt. I blame myself for leaving that bag of salt accessible.

[@TheJohnny220]

@@YohanM99 new mixed salt water contains ammonia. Fish would be the first to be affected. You said it lived two years though

[@YohanM99]

@@TheJohnny220 Yes it lived two year and was twice the size as compared to when got it. I used to watch the fish on Camera when i was out of town. I currently have another one in my new 190 gallon tank and it is almost at the two year mark since I've had it. they are not that hard to keep once you get there diet in check and give them alot of swim room.

[@heuerfan]

Beautiful idol, good luck. All the moorish idol's i've kept don't do well in pairs only solo.

[@YohanM99]

Cool thanks for the tip. Minevis doing well. I got about 2more weeks before he goes into the main display

[@coralreef909]

You have to break up the aggression by keeping them in a large shoal in a large 800 gallon tank. Pablo Tepoot has demonstrated his success with keeping moorish idols this way. Also in the wild they naturally school together. They are broadcast spawners at dawn on the reef. They should never be kept and confined to small aquariums. They will not survive in such small confines. They feed on sponges and tunicates on the reef, so provide a sponge based diet such as large angelfish formula and new life spectrum pellets.

[@coralreef909]

New life spectrum pellets by Pablo Tepoot is a great food for Moorish idols.

[@jcmendez51]

Yeah... It just not sustain them long term, no pellets will do. Nothing like making gelatin fish food in a blender. Bob Fenner's recipe is a killer one!

[@georgegriffith7263]

My experience when i bought 2 was one killed the other then went on to die

[@YohanM99]

That usually happens when i have aggressive fish the kill other fish then they die a few months later

[@alifermaranho8549]

What happend with Moorish Idol 4 years later? He's okay?

[@YohanM99]

unfortunately at the two year mark my tank sitter did a massive water change with a different salt mix. For some reason it had a bad effect. literally over night the fish went from swimming to hiding and passed two days later. IT was odd because I was from the same company but the one I use was the reef version. I blame myself for leaving that bag of salt accessible.

[@johnwilliams4806]

Where did you buy the moorish idol from ?

[@YohanM99]

My LFS Nemo Aquarium in Stone Mountain GA. here is the link.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZrYlH6MpLagj5I

[@animallover751]

Very good video 👍and cute Moorish Idol! ❤️the video was made 2 years ago and I'm wondering if the Moorish Idol fish is still alive!🐠

[@YohanM99]

Unfortunately no. I was away from my tank for a year and he passed when my tank sitter did a large water change. I don't think the salt was mixed correctly. Or they used a different salt

[@animallover751]

@@YohanM99 OMG! So sad... R.I.P cutie 😢💔🐠

[@ronaldceron5190]

No way !!!!! $55

[@YohanM99]

Yes $55. if your ever in Georgia stop by Nemo's aquarium always great prices. Here's a tour I did of the store. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZrYlH6MpLagj5I

[@yannichristakakos7734]

Not supposed to have rock in a QT tank my man

[@oofpokemon5275]

Only 55 dude

[@YohanM99]

yep good deal from an amazing shop

[@patrickfennell5702]

That tank is to Small 😞

[@YohanM99]

Dude it was in a qt tank, then was put into a 75 and was goin into a 180gallon that I was setting up.

[@patrickfennell5702]

@@YohanM99 then I stand corrected. You need at least a 220 Gallon. As you know the Moorish IDol needs a vast amount of swimming space! With other fish even a 120 Is not enough but hey happy reefing buddy!

[@RobHollanderMusic]

55!!!?

[@YohanM99]

yep I got it from Nemo's aquarium in stone mountain GA. here a video i did of the store few year back. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZrYlH6MpLagj5I

[@alsamazinganimals6822]

Why take the fish out doing a water change, that is going to stress it out completely

[@YohanM99]

Not sure if you missed some but I did not remove any fish during a water change. I rinsed the rock off but not any of the fish.

[@alsamazinganimals6822]

@@YohanM99 you had the tang in your hand.....

[@YohanM99]

@@alsamazinganimals6822 I think you are referring to 9:05 in the video. my apologies I misunderstood. I was inspecting the fish after moving the rock it got pinched between the rock and was making sure there was no big injuries. There is always a reason😊.