Moorland Idols not eating

[caragol]

I picked up a bunch of these idol fish (not cheap!) but I can't get them to eat the food. The goldfish are fine with it so I know it's not the food. Are they just dumb?

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[MrDemonicAngel]

idols are notorious for being hard to start feeding... but goldfish? I'm so lost.

also its moorish

 

[madjoe]

Lol wtf

 

[madjoe]

They were fresh water dipping em probably

 

[gonebad395]

+1 wtf

 

[Herbie]

i knew guppies and mollies could go SW, but carp?! weird. . .

 

[lunacris]

omg whats going on here ? were they eating at store if so find out what ? what are you attempting to feed them and how long have you had them. and sorry but i have to ask whats with the goldfish i assume this pic was taken at the store

 

[KeishaKornbread]

Didn't we discuss this pic on RC last year and the OP didn't want to tell anyone where he had taken the pic?

 

[Greg]

Looks very familiar.........

 

[Hyperlitexr50]

Those Goldfish are beautiful what species and what are there names. I have been looking to get a few like that for years how did you come across so many of them?

 

[brettz16]

http://blog.aquanerd.com/2012/09/moorish-idols-and-goldfish-the-new-odd-couple.html

 

[caragol]

They're called organdas and their names are Jordan, Pippen, Earnheart, Ewing, and Larry. I got everything on craigslist.

 

[frostyjay1]

have you tried feed them ultra xenia mixed with tetramin gold? it has worked for me in the past

 

[caragol]

Tetramin gold? What am I made of money?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Trollllll

 

[ColaAddict]

Moorish love clams and mussels. They also naturally eat nori and coraline algae on rock

 

[EricTheRed]

Oh my!

 

[madjoe]

Moorish love clams and mussels. They also naturally eat nori and coraline algae on rock

Thought they ate goldfish

 

[MMreef]

Lmao

 

[JDP1988]

This is a joke. Right? Seriously 3 Moorish Idol in a freshwater tank? Carp can live in very low salinity water, but high like the ocean? No. The gold fish can adapt to salinity, but life span will shorten.