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| Posted | Moorish idol ?? "RARE" |
| 25-09-2006 20:06 by tomdoc |
hello there .. do most people have to order in moorish idols becuase i have never seen any in my local marine suppliers i have seen ones like them with a long flowing sail fin ... but i jst cant seem to find a moorish idol |
| 25-09-2006 20:29 by mrChimps |
I have only seen wimple fish (poor mans moorish idol) for sale in shops.
A good fish shop should be able to get you one, i think they dont stock them becasue of cost and how difficult they can be to keep. |
| 25-09-2006 20:35 by tomdoc |
do you no the average cost for one and can you tell me what is so hard about them coz i am unsure .. it is a wonderfull loking fish |
| 25-09-2006 20:40 by mrChimps |
They are difficult feeders i have been told and dont adapt well to aquarium life.
No idea of price. |
| 25-09-2006 21:01 by nick |
i would adivise against getting a morish idol as there survival rate is very low and are very difficult to keep for any length of time |
| 26-09-2006 13:08 by yanton |
Very nice fish though:
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| 26-09-2006 13:11 by yanton |
I would recommend you keep whimplefish instead - they are much hardier and full of character. Mine had a long trailing dorsal - very nice fish.
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| 26-09-2006 20:30 by TARTINJOCK |
There is one on EBAY, Here is the link, don't know if it's what you are looking for, might br the Poor Mans version, don't know anything about Marine.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130031053023 Hope that helps. |
| 27-09-2006 08:17 by Alan |
Moorish idols are not rare in the wild but as people have said are very difficult to keep importers and fish shops do not routinely stock them for this reason I would imagine cost could be well into 3 figures as you are looking at a very special order potential taking several months to complete. You will also be paying I suspect for the import of a single fish that is not cheap. |
| 08-10-2006 10:30 by Michael C |
i have one that feeds like a horse, its a minth they dont feed.... |
| 09-10-2006 09:12 by Alan |
Its a challenge to get them to feed in the first place once you have managed it they will eat and will eat well can you give a break down of your set up it may give a clue to your apparent success. |
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