My newest Kole Tang

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Originally Posted by clown lover

I was lucky enough to find a Kole Tang at J&L on boxing day.When I brought him home I put him into my 33 long frag tank, he seems a little shy and scoots for cover when I come in the room. The only other fish in the tank is a small chromis, I have been feeding lightly with NS pellets, a little garlic enhanced marine flake and some frozen mysis. not sure if he's eating any of it because he's hidding in his live rock pile in the corner while I'm feeding, but notice the brown algea on the back of the tank has some little circles cleaned off, from what I read the brown algea is a big part of their diet. . I guess he just needs some time to get comfy in his new surroundings. I have him in this tank to make sure he's all good before I put him in the 90 G DT. Any input from others that have one of these tangs would be welcome.

The kole tang eats film algae which is the greasy stuff you see on the glass and smooth rocks.

Buy a bunch of those freshwater smooth rocks you see at a lfs and make a pile in your main tank. Soon they will be covered in film algae. Also keep an area on the back or side of your tank unclean and the film algae will grow there as well.

Dapatapus do the same. Although yours is eating nori it it s best to try to duplicate what it eats in the wild.