Feeding a tang

[Gseclipse02]

thats a lot of meats IMO for one feeding ...

[tebstan]

thats a lot of meats IMO for one feeding ...

I thought so too. That's why I asked about the seaweed clip. If the tang is the reason I've increased the cubes, maybe I can distract him with the clip and feed fewer cubes?

(The anemone gets half a cube, easy. For some reason I'm not so concerned about it over eating.)

[justahobby]

Spectrum pellets are a great food for tangs. You might want to turn off pumps during feeding to prevent waste. Tangs are very active and I wouldn't worry as much about overfeeding them to the point of fatness. IME I haven't seen a fat tang.

HAHA, Karin, I wish I still had my Scopas. I would have glady given it to you had I know it ate caulerpa when I sold it. I found out after the fact when it started popping up.

[tebstan]

Spectrum is the pellet I use. I actually haven't used it much because the other occupants didn't care for it too much, but when I saw the way he ate I gave it a try again. Once everyone else saw him eating it, they gave it a second chance.

I turn off the pumps for a while at feeding. The fish get fed first, then when the lights switch I target feed some corals. Wait a bit, then the pumps go back on.

[Europhyllia]

Tangs are very active and I wouldn't worry as much about overfeeding them to the point of fatness. IME I haven't seen a fat tang.

Exactly. It's our responsibility to figure out a way to keep up water quality without letting our fish go hungry. They didn't volunteer to be fished out of the ocean. Since we got them we ought to provide them as close to natural conditions as possible. In the wild they'd just be munching all day.

[tebstan]

So it seems I should be worried more about the goby not eating enough than the tang eating too much. He's looking emaciated and sad. Its only been recent, since the tang was added. I've had the goby for 8 months. Everyone else is fine, and the parameters are good. He just doesn't go after the food like he used to, so I'm adding more to give him a chance around the piggy tang.

[justahobby]

What kind of Goby??

[tebstan]

Dragon goby. sometimes called a harbor goby. I'm worried about him :( Mean ol' tang.

[Europhyllia]

Dragon goby. sometimes called a harbor goby. I'm worried about him :( Mean ol' tang.

:( welcome to the club. That's why I prune my caulerpa myself with tweezers...

[tebstan]

BTW, the goby either doesn't like or can't handle the larger meatier foods. He stares at them hungrily, but the tang swoops in and gobbles it up. I've taken to target feeding him as well as the corals. He actually takes rotifers and cyclops thawed in DTs right from the pipette. He must be starving to let me hand feed him! These foods are the only thing the tang doesn't devour. He still eats them. He just doesn't chase down every piece.