Food Recommendation for Tangs

[Dace]

Food Recommendation for Tangs,
I have 5 Tangs in my tank and am looking to buy the best veggie food available for them, Can anyone suggest a good food,

 

[georgelc86]

I have the Ocean Nutrition Seaweed stuff, cant remember the name but my yellow tang goes ape spit over it. Mind you it was a little weary of it first becaue it was a foreign object clipped to another foreign object. That took about a week. I also use the Ocean Nutrition spriulina flakes.

 

[Deanos]

Dried seaweed (Nori) from an Asian market along with any prepared dry food specifically for tangs.

 

[rgun2515]

Dried seaweed (Nori) from an Asian market along with any prepared dry food specifically for tangs.

I tried Dried seaweed from the Asian market in white plains, and my tang or angelfish would not touch it. Do you have /can you take a picture of the bag of food you use?

 

[prattreef]

OSI (or another good brand ) Spirulina flake.

 

[Dace]

i have never bought nori at a store, whats it look like and how do you feed on a clip, does it need any type of special cleaning.

 

[Deanos]

Do you have /can you take a picture of the bag of food you use?

No Everytime I go, it seems there's a different bag there. The sheets always look like this though:

Here's a few samples of the bags though:

 

[Aquatic Life Direct]

make sure you look at the package before you buy. Sometimes they contain oils in them and also salt.

 

[Deanos]

i have never bought nori at a store, whats it look like and how do you feed on a clip, does it need any type of special cleaning.

No cleaning required. I usually fold a sheet into a 2" x 1" square and stick it into this. I have the clip glued to a Mag-Float so I can move it anywhere on the glass.

 

[Dace]

hows this:
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=OM-VF5&Category_Code=

or this:
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=ON-TWO5&Category_Code=

 

[georgelc86]

Ocean Nutrition Formula Two is the one with the higher content of spirulina

 

[masterswimmer]

Dave, we use the second link you posted of the Ocean Nutrition. All our fish love it.

 

[Dace]

Thank you all for your reply (dean,randy,alex,george,rgun,russ) I will be running out to buy some today and will order some OSI Spirulina flake.

 

[georgelc86]

I would recommend getting the sheets of the seaweed as well since it is a good supplimental food for lawn mower blennys if you have them as well as snails and crabs. I have a blue streak cleaner wrasse that nips on it from time to time.

 

[Dace]

which are better to use the flakes or pellet, i'm not crazy about sheet that have to be placed in tank, i hate putting my hands in tank, i use sheets of algae i have and usually just rip into small pieces and just throw in the tank

 

[NYPDFrogman]

Dave

I feed my tangs and angels
formula one and two pellets
dried Nori from Asian market
the green sheets and the red nori
the red stuff come sin a pancake shape and looks shredded
IMHO when they eat the red stuff the color seems to get better
my tangs and angels are pigs They eat anything I put in tank with a vengeance!

 

[georgelc86]

Pellets are cool but the ONutritions ones tend to sink a little fast. The flakes tend to sit in the water column a little better. I agree on the hands in tank problem, thats why I have a set of aqua tongs. I prefer the sheets personally because its a little bit more natural feeding than the flakes.

 

[Deanos]

i'm not crazy about sheet that have to be placed in tank, i hate putting my hands in tank, i use sheets of algae i have and usually just rip into small pieces and just throw in the tank

That's why mine is attached to a Mag-Float. My hands never get wet and I don't have bits of uneaten Nori floating all over the tank...they usually end up stuck in the overflow's teeth or on a powerhead

 

[Dace]

That's why mine is attached to a Mag-Float. My hands never get wet and I don't have bits of uneaten Nori floating all over the tank...they usually end up stuck in the overflow's teeth or on a powerhead

Dean, I cannot put a magfloat in my tank as to the tank is 3/4 thick. i do have a pirrahna cleaner but did not want to glue to it, but don't think i have a choice

 

[rgun2515]

Got it... See image attached.

I got it at the Asian market in the White Plains Mall. (DMV Mall)

It's at the sushi bar when you first walk in to the left.