Best Food For Herbivores

[erikharrison]

I was wondering what y'all think is the widest varied fish food for herbivores, nameably Tangs/Surgeonfish. I am looking for an all in one based food that tangs go bananas over.

[Texreefer]

HHMMM, not sure there is a perfect answer here.. I use a combination of emerald entree, dried brown an green algae and live algae i cultivate in my fuge and overflows

[erikharrison]

:( I need to pick up some emerald entree! I used to feed that, but my fish never really liked it. They go nuts over EDOMAE seaweed wraps (for sushi) from H-E-B, but I have yet to find something that they are so attracted to. I just want to spice it up for them :bigsmile:

[txstateunivreefer]

ive heard Broccoli is always a good thing to feed

[captexas]

I thought I heard someone say recently NOT to feed broccoli? Can't remember for sure, might have been another vegetable someone was feeding.

I buy several types of frozen foods and then mix a batch (about a weeks worth of feeding) together in RO/DI water to keep in my fridge. I usually buy the San Francisco Bay brand Saltwater Multi-Pack (Marine Cuisine, Emerald Entree, Squid, and Brine Shrimp), pop one cube of each and then add more Emerald Entree, Mysis Shrimp, and Reef Plankton. I recently got a pack of that Rod's Food so I add some of that as well. All that mixed together keeps my two tangs, flame angel, and six-line wrasse happy. I try to put a strip of dried seaweed in every day as well.

[RayAllen]

Zucchini is great for herbivores. Ive never feed it to my tangs but my african cichlids use to go nuts over it. cut it into spears and rubberband it to a rock, after 8hours or so remove what little is left :) Im sure tangs and any other SW herbivore will love it too.

[captexas]

I used to use zucchini for freshwater as well, but I would dip it in boiling water a few times before putting it in the tank. I think that's called blanching? I can't remember where I read to do that first.

[loans_n_fishes]

I feed formula 2 flakes

[RayAllen]

I also feed my fish Formula 2 flake and Prime reef flake. They go nuts over this stuff. Feeding 9 medium size fish twice a day make you go through a can fast!

[erikharrison]

Cool, I will pick some of that up today. :)

[coraline79]

I use spirulina 20 and have had success with all my tanks.

[Ping]

Nori = sushi wraps from a Asian market is very inexpensive.

However, Nori is not a balanced diet. A good diet consists of a varied diet. Macro from a fuge is a quality food, as it contains plankton in an unprocessed state. I feed Nori every day and add a cube of a different frozen food every evening.

Formula one and two
Spirulina brine
Mysis Shrimp
Cyclops

[erikharrison]

Cool, I picked up some formula two last night, and some spirulina. I do feed mysis daily! My clown tang (which is the smallest) even ate some of my feeder shrimp for my goblin. I was pretty suprised!

[Bill S]

http://noridirect.com/main.sc

Cheap nori. Last time I bought I got like 3 years worth.

[captexas]

Bill - which type did you get from that site? I see they have like 3 grades of it.

[Bill S]

Buy the cheap stuff. It's all in the quality of how it looks.