Moorish Idol and Triggerfish (let's learn fish)

Sorry about the lack of videos. Got alot of stuff to do :P

Moorish Idol: The beatiful Moorish Idol is quite the eye-catcher. Unfortunately, it has gained noteriety as one of the most difficult fish to take care of. I do NOT reccomend this fish to anybody but the most expert saltwater aquarist, and zoos.
The moorish idol is not an angelfish or a butterflyfish, but is a unique relative to the surgonfishes. It grows up to a maximum length of 7-9 inches. Minimun take size is 100 gallons. It is recommended that you keep the fish in an enviroment with lots of free swimming space, but enough coral and rock so that it can hide when it feels threatend. Do not keep with agressive fish, this fish does better with lest boisterous tankmates.
As quoted from -http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/tangsurgeonfishprofiles/p/p_moorishidol.htm- "Typically difficult fish to keep, larger specimens usually do not adjust well to aquarium life. With the tendency to ignore foods offered, most often their health will decline due to slow starvation. Smaller juvenile or sub-adult specimens may more readily adapt to their surroundings, but just the same, these fish are unpredictable in their feeding behavior. For fish that refuse to eat, to survive in captivity live rock that is rich with coraline algae and sponge growth may be needed to stimulate their desire to do so. Offer finely chopped fresh or frozen shrimp, clams, squid, and other meaty fares suitable for carnivores, live mysid and brine shrimp, some vegetable matter as well as supplemental vitamin-enriched prepared foods that contain marine algae and Spirulina. Feed 2 to 3 times a day."

Moorish Idols will pick at LPS corals, even though there diet is usually spirulina and algae, they might munch on sessile invertabrates.

LFS means "Local fish store". These videos are filmed at my fish store, and are NOT my fish tanks. :D

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• aquatic
• fish
• moorish
• idol
• tank
• triggerfish
• lets
• learn
• lfs

[ollieflp]

What better for crystal clear water active carbon or phosphate remover?? Ta

[Arvenohx]

@ollieflp It depends on the situation. Generally for constant filtering, active carbon works great. Phosphate remover should only be used if you have a serious problem with phosphate levels. I've used some pellet phosphate removers, but they don't work very well.

[marinefish94]

uh on the about this video u put moorish idols r sturgeon fish that is so ridiculously wrong i hope it was a typo and meant to put surgeon instead of sturgeon cause sturgeons are fresh water giants that r nothing like idols so yea just letting ya know

[Arvenohx]

Ooops! Thanks!

[seropserop]

dont get it confused.. moorish idols are in a family by itself and only closely related to tangs and surgeon fish

[Arvenohx]

Thank you. I have edited the video's information.

[shadowrad1]

Really bad

[2010jordanianful]

Am I watching Nemo xD ?

[The9226192]

@ReptiCon725 YES!!!!!!!! they are almost impossible to feed1

[bigred5835]

@keegee1012 did any one see the ich bubble on the idol to the right at 0:06

[okmed10]

cherry fish cuz dats money !$!$!$

[RobnGem2010]

Ollieflp ... u can't beat a UV Sterilizer for amazing water clarity aswell as other filtration u mentioned!

[ollieflp]

nice one ive added it seems to be havign affect now

[ReptiCon725]

yah, but they are not as big, you need a group of at least 3 for them to do well, and they just don't have quite the same effect.

[ReptiCon725]

are those beautiful things really as difficult as everyone claims them to be, in your opinion?