best food for tangs

Snelly40 · 12-01-2006, 09:50 PM

hey guys, i have a yellow tang who is beautiful, very bright yellow and i hvae had him for about 6-7 months and he is only getting brighter. I feed him a mixture but i attest this to Kent Platinum Herbivor food, which is loaded with nutrients and spirulina.
My question is, i bought nori seaweed for him to pick at but i feel like it desintegrates kinda fast and gets swept away before he gets to eat much of it. What would be better than nori. Would spinach hold up better.
i ask because i have noticed inthe last few days that some of the xenia has been nipped and i think he may be hungry. Thanks guys, any ideas are welcome

aquaman3680 · 12-01-2006, 10:04 PM

if you keep putting in the nori he will learn to eat it fast. With my fish it took about a week before they realized that its food.
Just give it some time.
As far as the xenia go i would say that it is more likely the wrasse but it could be the tang too

cheeks69 · 12-02-2006, 12:02 AM

Nori and the red marine algae are immediately consumed by my PT and just about all the other inhabitants including my Trigger and in time as aquaman mentioned yours will eat it quickly. Just be careful how much you add since it's like adding a sheet of phosphate. How old is your LR ? There should be plenty of micro/macro algae for it to feed...how much LR do you have ?

ReefGuy69 · 12-02-2006, 10:39 AM

They sell the Nori clips with the plastic netting on them to help keep the Nori from disinegrating and blowing all over the tank fast. They are real cheap. I would look into one of those as well.

Snelly40 · 12-02-2006, 04:18 PM

ahh, i will try and check my lfs for those clips.
i bought the nori from the grocery store, i assume that is all the same, correct?

ReefGuy69 · 12-02-2006, 06:27 PM

I have never seen those clips with the plastic netting at the LFS but i did come across them @ Marinedepot.com and other places. like $4-$5. And i believe the Nori from the grocery store should be the same.

Frankie · 12-02-2006, 09:48 PM

I roll my nori up real tight and then attach it to a piece of live rock with a rubber band. I find rolling it tight keeps it from falling apart when it hits the water. Yes, spinach is good also but harder to get them to feed on. My triggers love the nori also cheeks!

lcstorc · 12-02-2006, 11:11 PM

The nori I get from the grocery store falls apart much more quickly than what I buy at the lfs. Try some of that you may have better luck.

mps9506 · 12-02-2006, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by FFrankie

I roll my nori up real tight and then attach it to a piece of live rock with a rubber band. I find rolling it tight keeps it from falling apart when it hits the water. Yes, spinach is good also but harder to get them to feed on. My triggers love the nori also cheeks!

I fold mine up into little squares and clip them in place. Seems to keep it from falling apart and floating everywhere.

But I don't think there is anything better than some nori and some selcon or zoecon or garlic on it.

rdz1 · 12-02-2006, 11:36 PM

romain lettuce from the store works great for mine.

Frankie · 12-03-2006, 12:04 AM

Romaine has little value in nutrients. The best way to get nori is fresh from the sushi bar. Just go to a japanese restraunt and buy it. Mine give it to me for free. fresh wont fall apart like dried out nori will. If you can get it fresh keep it in plastice wrap so it dosen't dry out.

Snelly40 · 12-04-2006, 11:10 AM

nice, i will try the fresh nori then from the sushi bar down the street. Mine just falls apart so so so fast.
thanks guys

Charlie97L · 12-04-2006, 11:24 AM

just make sure it's not seasoned, and any nori will be fine.

i get roasted. it hangs together nicely for about 3 days... if the tangs let it sit that long.

on the topic question. i think you need to feed a variety. obviously, they need a lot of algae, but some mysis is good also. it's not good to get stuck on any one food with your fish.

selcon and garlic are awesome additives too.

klc317 · 12-15-2006, 03:17 AM

I use the packaged Nori that they have at the super Kroger near our house and it stays together pretty well and everyone loves it in my tank. I remove what is stuck in the clip or what doesn't get eaten after a few hours and toss it because after a day or two it goes rancid in the water. My big Lopezi and Foxface can devour an entire sheet in about 10 minutes so sometimes I bundle 2 sheets tightly and let everything eat it. If all the fish don't finish it off, I slide the clip to bottom of the tank and the emerald crabs, hermits, and turbos finish it off in no time.

pirataman · 12-15-2006, 12:44 PM

My tangs got nori attached with my cleaning magnets, that's why they dont get scared when cleaning time beggins!!!! I think they love the mags.

12-01-2006, 09:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,098 View Gallery Karma Komment	best food for tangs hey guys, i have a yellow tang who is beautiful, very bright yellow and i hvae had him for about 6-7 months and he is only getting brighter. I feed him a mixture but i attest this to Kent Platinum Herbivor food, which is loaded with nutrients and spirulina. My question is, i bought nori seaweed for him to pick at but i feel like it desintegrates kinda fast and gets swept away before he gets to eat much of it. What would be better than nori. Would spinach hold up better. i ask because i have noticed inthe last few days that some of the xenia has been nipped and i think he may be hungry. Thanks guys, any ideas are welcome __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

12-01-2006, 10:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
aquaman3680 Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 2,215 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: best food for tangs if you keep putting in the nori he will learn to eat it fast. With my fish it took about a week before they realized that its food. Just give it some time. As far as the xenia go i would say that it is more likely the wrasse but it could be the tang too __________________ Check it out! The 90 gallon Road Trip The Bio-Cube Adventure

12-02-2006, 12:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,386 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: best food for tangs Nori and the red marine algae are immediately consumed by my PT and just about all the other inhabitants including my Trigger and in time as aquaman mentioned yours will eat it quickly. Just be careful how much you add since it's like adding a sheet of phosphate. How old is your LR ? There should be plenty of micro/macro algae for it to feed...how much LR do you have ? __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

12-02-2006, 10:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
ReefGuy69 Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 934 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: best food for tangs They sell the Nori clips with the plastic netting on them to help keep the Nori from disinegrating and blowing all over the tank fast. They are real cheap. I would look into one of those as well.

12-02-2006, 04:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,098 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: best food for tangs ahh, i will try and check my lfs for those clips. i bought the nori from the grocery store, i assume that is all the same, correct? __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

12-02-2006, 06:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
ReefGuy69 Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 934 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: best food for tangs I have never seen those clips with the plastic netting at the LFS but i did come across them @ Marinedepot.com and other places. like $4-$5. And i believe the Nori from the grocery store should be the same.

12-02-2006, 09:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
Frankie Fuzzy Sticks Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: AStrangerInAStrangeLand Posts: 11,216 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: best food for tangs I roll my nori up real tight and then attach it to a piece of live rock with a rubber band. I find rolling it tight keeps it from falling apart when it hits the water. Yes, spinach is good also but harder to get them to feed on. My triggers love the nori also cheeks!

12-02-2006, 11:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: best food for tangs The nori I get from the grocery store falls apart much more quickly than what I buy at the lfs. Try some of that you may have better luck. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

12-02-2006, 11:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
rdz1 Limpet Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 138 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: best food for tangs romain lettuce from the store works great for mine.

12-03-2006, 12:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
Frankie Fuzzy Sticks Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: AStrangerInAStrangeLand Posts: 11,216 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: best food for tangs Romaine has little value in nutrients. The best way to get nori is fresh from the sushi bar. Just go to a japanese restraunt and buy it. Mine give it to me for free. fresh wont fall apart like dried out nori will. If you can get it fresh keep it in plastice wrap so it dosen't dry out.

12-04-2006, 11:10 AM	#12 (permalink)
Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,098 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: best food for tangs nice, i will try the fresh nori then from the sushi bar down the street. Mine just falls apart so so so fast. thanks guys __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

12-04-2006, 11:24 AM	#13 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: best food for tangs just make sure it's not seasoned, and any nori will be fine. i get roasted. it hangs together nicely for about 3 days... if the tangs let it sit that long. on the topic question. i think you need to feed a variety. obviously, they need a lot of algae, but some mysis is good also. it's not good to get stuck on any one food with your fish. selcon and garlic are awesome additives too. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

12-15-2006, 03:17 AM	#14 (permalink)
klc317 Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 47 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: best food for tangs I use the packaged Nori that they have at the super Kroger near our house and it stays together pretty well and everyone loves it in my tank. I remove what is stuck in the clip or what doesn't get eaten after a few hours and toss it because after a day or two it goes rancid in the water. My big Lopezi and Foxface can devour an entire sheet in about 10 minutes so sometimes I bundle 2 sheets tightly and let everything eat it. If all the fish don't finish it off, I slide the clip to bottom of the tank and the emerald crabs, hermits, and turbos finish it off in no time.

12-15-2006, 12:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
pirataman Tubeworm Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Juan Puerto Rico Posts: 34 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: best food for tangs My tangs got nori attached with my cleaning magnets, that's why they dont get scared when cleaning time beggins!!!! I think they love the mags. __________________ ergo14

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