Great Barrier Reef

That's not a Moorish Idol is it? Or is the similar looking, easier to keep fish whose name escapes me?

Not a Moorish Idol a Pennant Fish if I remember right. Only have ever seen one Moorish Idol at the Dallas World Aquarium.

jbnbsn99 said:

a Pennant Fish

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In Australia we call them Bannerfish.

A Bicolor Angelfish directly below it at the bottom of the image.

Or the False Moorish Idol.

Hix said:

In Australia we call them Bannerfish.

A Bicolor Angelfish directly below it at the bottom of the image.

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And there's both longfin and masked bannerfish, at that.

There are a number of Moorish Idols living quite happily at Sydney Aquarium in the large Great Barrier Reef oceanarium. There were six or eight there when I last visited a year ago. I guess having a massive tank alleviates stress, and with thousands of fish from probably over 100 species in the tank, they would have access to a varied diet, and frequent feeds (the tank receives food every few minutes during the long opening hours).

On the other hand, a Moorish Idol that I saw at Melbourne Aquarium a few months ago was no longer there on my next visit only a few weeks later.