fidojoe
Fish Addict
My atlantic blue tang that I got the other day is being very picky. At the LFS he ate some flake and nibbled a piece of nori. I put a clip of nori in the tank yesterday, and he won't touch it. Today, I decided to "dissolve" a piece of nori since he seemed to be going after things that were free floating in the water. He took a couple tiny flakes of it, but overall was uninterested. I tried Dainichi reef veggie pellets coated with cyclopeze, no go, formula 2 veggie pellets, no go, emerald entree frozen, not overly thrilled, but he did pick at 1 or 2 things. Finally, I tried some plain old mysis. WHAM! he went NUTS!
My problem... Can mysis alone sustain a tang? I don't think it can, unless he is just being picky since he is so new. Has anyone else had a tang only accept one type of food for the first few days? I hope this is what he is doing, as I've seen stuff like HLLE, nutrient starvation, etc. cause some serious damage to tangs without proper amounts of veggie consumption.
No one is picking on him, they all kind of keep to themselves, since they're all quite a bit smaller than the tang.
Should I try soaking the nori in garlic?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
My problem... Can mysis alone sustain a tang? I don't think it can, unless he is just being picky since he is so new. Has anyone else had a tang only accept one type of food for the first few days? I hope this is what he is doing, as I've seen stuff like HLLE, nutrient starvation, etc. cause some serious damage to tangs without proper amounts of veggie consumption.
No one is picking on him, they all kind of keep to themselves, since they're all quite a bit smaller than the tang.
Should I try soaking the nori in garlic?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.