Another Moorish Idol bites the dust

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by naesco

I am sorry. I really try to keep on top of all things marine but it looks as though I missed the study or article that changed the chances of MI survival. Were scientists or experts able to develop some type of new food or figure out how to keep them alive in some manner?
Would you please share the link to the study or article so we can all benefit?

I know you intended the tang pic to be humour but the pic was very hard for me to to look at.

Wayne

Not sure I posted an article, or suggested an article, or otherwise gave anything but a stat based on feedback from a supplier.

Many people report 5 years plus with these using NLS pellets. Only one guy reports feeding sponge regularly.
I bet a lot more clownfish die in captivity than moorish idols. I don't see you championing their cause.
Sorry Wayne, but your "opinion" means squat to me, as long as you have/had a tank of your own. I killed a fish, you torture them for longer periods.

And no, the pic wasn't meant in humour at all. It was meant as a glimpse into where fish end up. They're food for humans. Sometimes we adopt them and keept them trapped in a box for our enjoyment, but they're fish. They have been removed from the ocean since we figured out how, and they will be removed for as long as they or us exist.
If my keeping a fish and posting about it helps save one that is going to get purchased anyway, I'm glad.

Lastly, I have no problem discussing ethics of fish-keeping, or life for that matter, but if you're going to be a dink in your replies, I have no interest in talking to you.

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Sorry Wayne, but your "opinion" means squat to me, as long as you have/had a tank of your own. I killed a fish, you torture them for longer periods.

BOOM..... Plus one million, billion, zillion. Put that in your ethical pipe and smoke it.

[reeferfulton]

brad.
i agree with the above statement.
none of us can judge anyone else if we have fish in a glass box. and that includes tank raised fish.
as all fish would have better lives or at least the lives they were ment to have if they were in the wild.

That's why all fish keepers alike should just keep the fish they want. regardless of tank size. i think tank size is less of a factor then people.make it out to be.

would an extra 50 or 100 gallons have made a difference. with this MI .....not likely.

good luck with the next MI.

[kien]

Also, don't throw stones if you swim in a glass-box.

[Proteus]

We've all killed a few fish. For me though it's how the fish came to its end. I take every precaution I can to prevent unnecessary deaths, Imo and strictly Imo if you killed a fish out of neglect then I would really suggest not buying another. If you did what you could to save a fish but it still perishes then no issues trying again.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Proteus

We've all killed a few fish. For me though it's how the fish came to its end. I take every precaution I can to prevent unnecessary deaths, Imo and strictly Imo if you killed a fish out of neglect then I would really suggest not buying another. If you did what you could to save a fish but it still perishes then no issues trying again.

Agreed. I have a strong feeling I know what happened, and it's something to avoid next time. In a nutshell, I think I poisoned the whole QT. All fish are now gone.

[Reef Pilot]

I was a meanie today, too. Caught a nice looking cutthroat off my dock. But after getting the hook out he flipped out of my hand and back into the water. Lucky him, I was looking forward to a nice trout meal tonight, although he wasn't the biggest (just a 12 incher). Heading out there tomorrow again, maybe he has a bigger brother that I can catch.