another feeding question

[Manuelli]

hi everynody, well i have an achilles tang about 5.5 in not long ago it was feeding on mysis shrimp, bloodworms and red algae(which it loves) all dipped in vita chem, so it's been 2 weeks now and it won't take anything except the red algae, i tried garlic guard, live bloodworms but nothing, it devours the algae like there is no tomorrow it seems fine it hasn't lost color or weight and to be sure i feed it tons of it a day, so my question is will it do ok with just algae? thank you guys!

 

[peasofme]

also, what if the red algae disappears.

 

[Manuelli]

well it eats any kind of algae but just seems that doesn't like meaty foods anymore

 

[peasofme]

algae can disappear. you should see if he'll eat nori or algae flakes while there is still algae as a backup.

 

[Manuelli]

algae can disappear. you should see if he'll eat nori or algae flakes while there is still algae as a backup.

yea it eats nori or seaweed

 

[BigAl07]

algae can disappear. you should see if he'll eat nori or algae flakes while there is still algae as a backup.

I'm fairly confident that's what he's saying. He's feeding it Red Algae sheets (since he said dipped in Vita-Chem). What I do is put red/green, red/brown, or brown/green sheets in at the same time. Let me explain . .


I use the "Sheet Clip" like so many others. I cut the sheets into smaller sheets (approx 2"w x 3"l). After I cut them to size I cut them almost completely through (length-wise) so they are almost serrated. I put 2 different sheets in at once and cut them at the same time. I don't know why but when I do this they ALL get eaten even though my fish aren't crazy over the brown they gobble it up when there are other colors with it.

 

[Manuelli]

nice, i'll give it a try, thanks a lot!