Tang Food

[ou812pezz]

I've been using a product called seaweed selects but the yellow tang doesn't seem to bite. The snails seem to make a meal of it though. I feed the other fish in the tank a variety of mysis and brine shrimp as well as flake food. Is there a product that any one is having success with when feeding a yellow tang? Do you attach it to a rock or put it in a clip? The stuff I've been using is on a clip.

[bigdscobra]

I have had no problem with julian sprung seaweed on a clip, how long have you been trying the seaweed?

[tgray]

unflavored nori from an oriental food store works well for my fish. I hang it from the top of the tank by a potato chip bag clip. Triggers and tangs really seem to like it.

TimG

[Bill S]

Mine love nori from HEB.

[ou812pezz]

I've had it for 6 days now. Which is longer than the first two I got before it. The first two didn't seem to eat either. I noticed it taking flake food this morning. I also noticed the clip was empty this morning but the snails found a way to it last evening. Thanks for the responces.

[abe77901]

Nori or romain lettuce seem to be the best for tangs, they love it.

[miked78231]

my tang loves that formula II with 2% garlic

[bigdscobra]

Mine love nori from HEB.

I don't think this is good to feed the fish unless your HEB has the unsalted one, the only ones at my HEB have alot of salt.


ou812pezz

You may want to find someting with garlic to get them to eat more, like what miked78231 is using. Does your other fish seem to eat the nori?? I would also try feeding the nori everother day and feeding frozeen and flake twice a day (breakfest/dinner) in smaller portions and also doing nori every couple of days as a treat, eventually they will get use to it. Do the nori at a later time in the day so if you feed frozen in the morning give them some nori at dinner time or later.

At first mine wouldn't touch nori eathier now everybody eats it even the clown, and this is pritty much what I did.

[Henry]

I give my tangs the nori from an asian food market. I would stay away from romaine lettuce and other vegetables.

[Bill S]

Mine love nori from HEB.

I don't think this is good to feed the fish unless your HEB has the unsalted one, the only ones at my HEB have alot of salt.


ou812pezz


Hmm... The package says ZERO sodium...

[scuba_steveo]

I use the stuff from HEB too. It is only abour 3 bucks for a very large pack. It is roasted. I drop some Selcon and garlic on it and let it soak for a few minutes first. Then I bind it to a rock using a rubberband. I have been doing this for about a year. The tangs love it and my wallet does too. 10 healthy tangs can't be wrong. Thanks Pete for turning me on to it.

[mkengr45]

I use seaweed selects brown and green sheets. I put a few drops of Kents Garlic Extreme on it first and let it absorb it for a few miniutes so it gets squishy. I attach mine to an airstone on a piece of air tubing and my tangs tear that sucker up within miniutes. I have 2 yellow tangs and 1 red sea purple tang in a 92 corner tank. I also feed frozen brine and mysis soaked in garlic extreme every other day.

[hobogato]

we buy giant packs from an asian food market on hildebrand (near blanco). 50 sheets (10"x10") for $5.80. it is roasted, but the tangs dont seen to mind. they are going thru about a sheet a day (i should say in about 15 minutes). even my other fish like hogfish and wrasses are eating it.

[LoneStar]

Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies seawead is pretty good. Its like crack cocaine for my Yellow and Regal Tangs!! :)

[ou812pezz]

Thanks guys for all the ideas. A question for the guys using garlic. Anything in paticular type of garlic you use that is cheap. I despise buying stuff at the LFS with an expensive label that I could have got for pennies at the grocery. I assume this works like stink bait used in fishing.

[GaryP]

You can get garlic extract at the grocery store or a health food store.

[jc]

Isn't the green package of seaweed select the same thing as Nori. If you look at them side by side they appear to be the same thing. What type of seaweed select are you using the green, brown or red?

[bigdscobra]

Mine love nori from HEB.

I don't think this is good to feed the fish unless your HEB has the unsalted one, the only ones at my HEB have alot of salt.


ou812pezz


Hmm... The package says ZERO sodium...

Cool I will have to look again now we have two packs last time I check they had a lot of sodium.. Great deal if its no sodium!!!!! ;)

[ou812pezz]

The green. I'm trying the garlic soak on them. If that doesn't work then the formula II flakes. It seems to eat up the Formula I flakes I feed the other fish. I have a variety of macro algea growing in the tank. Hopefully it will supplement that for now.