What to feed a yellow tang?

[jellyfish]

I put a yellow tang in my tank a few weeks ago and he doesn't seem to want to eat. What should I feed him?

 

[blind1993]

mysid or brine shrimp. but try the alage sheets. the brine shrimp need to be inriched.

 

[blind1993]

but isnt nori not that good in nutritonaly value.

 

[jetchris]

reef flakes "the green ones" and as bigd said nori sheets.

 

[blind1993]

the romaine lettuce only has %50 of the nutriton value needed so it should not be fed more than once a week.

 

[blind1993]

it has %50 in a very large amount so it would be like feeding a dwarf seahorse non inriched bbs.

 

[nishant3789]

sal told me that the red algae you can get for sushi is more nutritional. The sprayed stuff is apparently uncooked, and contains bits of marine sponges.

 

[mike17kb]

I use a combination of the spectrum pellets and nori for my tangs. They love it and keeps them heathly and colorful

 

[cameron]

Ocean Reef Prime Flakes... stuff is like crack for fishes and everybody that I know uses it swears by it. Every fish I have likes it and that includes my tangs and a diamond goby who actually sifts it.

It could take some time for him to start eating and as others have said just leave some nori/seaweed in the tank all the time for him to nibble on. He will likely come around.

 

[dorian965]

i use Julian sprungs "sea veggies". i alternate between the green and purple but my yellow tang prefers the purple. also enriched brine and spirulina flakes.

 

[mizah00]

If you look at my picture to the left I have a rather large yellow tang and all he will eat is the red or green marine algae sheets by julian sprungs that I pick up from petco. He attacks it like a shark attacking some fresh meat in the ocean. He refuses to eat anything else and trust me I have tried everything including the garlic. When I feed the other there flakes or brine and mysid shrimps he won't touch it.

 

[jellyfish]

I will try the algae sheets because he won't touch brine shrimp or anything else for that matter. I also tried reef flakes.

 

[blind1993]

i will get a pick of my yellow tang.

 

[jellyfish]

I would love to see a pic of that guy.

 

[blind1993]

i am have it but have to upload it and things like that.

 

[sprayin70]

I feed mine: Nori, Brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp, cyclopeeze fraozen, and omega one algae flakes soaked in garlic.

 

[lorenk]

Mine is a pig. He eats the cube of the day but I also give him some nori to for his vegies.

 

[horsesziggy]

I Don't Feed Any Greensheets Any More Only The Red Sheets If He Wont Eat That Try Grape Colurpa They Go Crazy For It I Have 40 Plus Tangs In My Tank They Eat Anything And Everything, You Just Need To Get Him Started.

 

[blind1993]

horsesziggy;60247 wrote: I Don't Feed Any Greensheets Any More Only The Red Sheets If He Wont Eat That Try Grape Colurpa They Go Crazy For It I Have 40 Plus Tangs In My Tank They Eat Anything And Everything, You Just Need To Get Him Started.

what size tank do u have.

 

[horsesziggy]

450 Gal- 800 Plus With Filtration