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It's supposed to be purple... I changed the colors after that post because it looked gray to me. o.O

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

thanx

Well...I work at my LFS and I basically agree with the first half of what Mikey said. They aren't much popular now than before, in fact, most of the time people dont even REALIZE that the Moorish Idol was in fact in Finding Nemo, nobody recognizes him, they all recognize "Nemo and Dori" for the most part.

Moorish Idols aren't the easiest fish to take care of either, def. not a beginners fish, and def. not for smaller tanks. We've had trouble feeding ours at work; our last batch would only eat fresh clams. Most of the time they dont make it b/c of nutrional reasons, at least IME. In addition, I think they do better in at least a trio. I never encourage someone to get "just one..."

They can be very pretty though, not my personal favorite or anything, but a nice fish none the less.


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-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

I'm sure no more people are buying Moorish Idols now than before. It's always been a fish that was frequently, but rarely properly cared for.

There are a number of people that keep them. They are just incredibly demanding for various reasons.

Seeing how were on the topic and my son is watching Finding Nemo for about the 150th time, I wonder why the movie decided to use a Moorish Idol in the dentist tank. Now, being into sociology, I know that once a movie like this comes out, it suddenly becomes "cool" to have a saltwater tank (I have to include myself with this). But why the Moorish Idol? They are impossible to keep in a closed system. All I keep thinking is how many of these poor fish are being killed because of the movie.

By the way, I still love the film even though its been overplayed.

Not sure where you guys got Sebestian.

That would have been from the little mermaid.

Dan


Dan

I was going to say, the shrimps name is Jacques. Not sure where you guys got Sebestian.

the fish in the dentists tank:
nemo: clownfish
flo: humbug damselfish
jacque: skunk cleaner shrimp
gill: moorish idol
bloat: porcupine fish
peach: starfish
dory: blue tang(not in the tank, but hey)
bubbles: yellow tang
the 1 scared of 'germs': royal gramma


smilingpiranha

you all forgot about Peach (the starFISH) the only reason im postin this is to stand up for the fairer side of saltwater aquatics and you included the cleaner shrimp whats-his-name but no starfish.

I LOVE MY 55GALLON REEF!!!!!

Oh well we love out Coral Banded Sebastian.

Well, that's all that matters then

Ohhhhhhh i goofed on that one.My grandson said Sebastian looks different in person now I know what he meant. Oh well we love out Coral Banded Sebastian.

Last edited by MaryPa at 17-Feb-2005 15:12

Sebastian was a [link=Skunk Cleaner Shrimp]http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=23&pCatId=696" style="COLOR: #ffe303[/link]

Ok i`m setting up a Sw "Nemo tank" for my grandson (6 yrs old ).I have Nemo ,the dart fish and Sebastian the shrimp. Was Sebastian a Coral Banded shrimp? I`m also explaining how the dentist was so wrong with his choice of fish and why Dora can`t fit in our 30 gal high tank.

what are the fish in the dentists tank?

Kitten I was going to suggest that too, I've done it before.

And for the record, now that you're white on black and in SW land you look like Nate.

The extras at the end of the movie explain all about the drawing of the characters and the reef scenes, etc.

*sends Oleta her spare copy*

Last edited by Ferretfish at 09-Feb-2005 05:18

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

If you've got the DVD of the movie, watch some of the extras... there's like, character explanations for most of the main characters, and it tells you the species, etc. Quite interesting, actually.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Great.. Now I want to watch Finding Nemo and I'm stuck at work..

OOh I just thought I'd better clear that up, Deb was the fish that thought her sister Flo was a tank mate but it was just her reflection

Oleta and I spent ages looking around trying to find out what Flo and Deb were and found out that they were Four Stripe Damselfish[link=http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=106]http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=106" style="COLOR: #4778C7[/link].
Well that's what we thought they were anyway

dori was a blue tang,

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