Tang Food?

[Mr.First]

What are you people feeding your tangs ? Is anyone using Seaweed Select ?

Is there a particular food they love. Is the algea growing on the tank enough ?

 

[scumonkey]

No.... the algae in the tank is NOT enough!
I feed mine nori, mysis shrimp, pellets, blood worms,formula two...
in other words all the foods you feed your other fish.

 

[Mr.First]

What I meant was it the algea in the tank enough greens. Beside all the regular foods.

 

[crox99]

Well it all depends on how much algae you have growing on your rocks.

 

[Zuska]

i feed mine brine shrimp and yellow loves it so much..

 

[bigyankfan]

I have a question about Seaweed Select. I put a piece in the clip and after about 30 seconds in the water it turns to mush. Then the foxface and tang take a couple of pecks and the whole sheet disintegrates and goes in the overflow. How do others give their tangs the seaweed so that they actually get to eat it? Thx.

 

[redbora]

i fold it in half and magnet it

 

[inline6]

Don't use so much of the seaweed in one shot, I usually feed my 3 tangs a 2-3" pc at a time. This way it doesn't float away.

 

[BlueSi4]

I feed my Hippo tang Julian Sprungs (i think its called that) Purple Seaweed, as well as mysis, some flake, pellets, brine shrimp.
I vary what i feed them. Like for example, yesterday i gave them some flakes in the afternoon, then put some seaweed (i attach it to a small rock with a rubber band) and towards the end of the night i give them some mysis.
Not sure if there's anything else i should feed them.

 

[Deanos]

I have a question about Seaweed Select. I put a piece in the clip and after about 30 seconds in the water it turns to mush.

I've stopped using Seaweed Select for this exact reason. It seems to completely dry out in the package, then dissolves when placed in water. Now I buy nori directly from a local asian market....it lasts weeks if properly sealed.

 

[KathyC]

In addition to a balanced diet, I also feed my tang Nori (can get it at most supermarkets in the Asian food section). I use a section about 2 x 2 inches and cut the lower part of it with scissors into little strips about 1/8" wide (leave the vertical top 3/4" intact and insert that part into the clip).
This way the fish can tear off a strip and eat it.

(credit for that idea goes to Rich Jackson, tho I'm not sure he invented the idea, but that's where I heard it!)

 

[Bob 1000]

Listen.... Go to your local asian supermarket and get the $7.99 pack of green not red dried seaweed leave on the clip and walk away from you tank with new tangs... And it will cost you less...Formula 2 is good but small pellets not big, that will entice then faster...Call me the Tang specialist.. I have never had a tang not eat in about 10 years.. Trust me...