Tang Splashing

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by OCDP

....But Tangs need nori and greens to keep healthy and thrive.....

Up to now I figured the algae it eats from grazing was enough. I'll try the Nori, but if my algae starts growing thick because the Tang is full enough from the Nori then I will discontinue it.

Thanx much and cheers,

[Aquattro]

MArk, your tang will love some mysis also. It can't live well of algae alone, and if it can, you need to fix your algae problem.

[OCDP]

I didn't mean to imply that they require greens and veggies only. Just to clarify.

[adidas]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

Up to now I figured the algae it eats from grazing was enough. I'll try the Nori, but if my algae starts growing thick because the Tang is full enough from the Nori then I will discontinue it.

Thanx much and cheers,

LOL a tang TOO full of Nori???

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by adidas

LOL a tang TOO full of Nori???

I never said TOO full of Nori. I said full enough. Meaning that if it's going to be eating Nori then it will be MORE full on Nori and LESS inclined to eat algae. The LESS the algae gets eaten the MORE it will grow. The More the algae grows, the LESS inclined I will be to continue the Nori.

Scott: I know you weren't implying that Tangs need only greens and neither was I. When I said that I thought the algae would be enough, I was refering to the green part of their diet. My fish also get Rotifers, Cyclopeeze, Formulas 1 & 2 and occaisionally mysis. I could probably ramp the mysis up a bit. Just really concerned about overfeeding as my skimmer is a pece of crap!

Cheers,

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

I never said TOO full of Nori. I said full enough. Meaning that if it's going to be eating Nori then it will be MORE full on Nori and LESS inclined to eat algae. The LESS the algae gets eaten the MORE it will grow. The More the algae grows, the LESS inclined I will be to continue the Nori.

Scott: I know you weren't implying that Tangs need only greens and neither was I. When I said that I thought the algae would be enough, I was refering to the green part of their diet. My fish also get Rotifers, Cyclopeeze, Formulas 1 & 2 and occaisionally mysis. I could probably ramp the mysis up a bit. Just really concerned about overfeeding as my skimmer is a pece of crap!

Cheers,

Thanks Stir.
Yes, Johnny you need to feed the fish nori. An alternative are the Wardleys spirulina discs. They are hard and they drop to the bottom and don't mess up the tank.
If your skimmer is weak, try using the powerhead as suggested. It will increase the level of oxygen and tangs love swimming against it.
Tangs (not all) are reef fish. They graze in areas where the waves are hitting the reef. (lots of oxygen). You will notice the difference in the fish.

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by naesco

Yes, Johnny you need to feed the fish nori. An alternative are the Wardleys spirulina discs.

Won't eat it. I even tried breaking it up in little pieces and it just spit it out. I can't force it to feed on it. The algae wafers are usually scooped up by the hermit crabs and cleaner shrimps first.

Originally Posted by naesco

..... try using the powerhead as suggested. It will increase the level of oxygen and tangs love swimming against it.

I repeat. 4 Maxijet 1200s. 2 Seio 1500s. One of the Maxijets is directed at the surface. Lots of current, IMHO. Lots of O2, IMHO.

Originally Posted by naesco

If your skimmer is weak, ....

The skimmer is weak in that it produces little skimmate. What I get in skimmate in 4 weeks a EuroReef would produce in half a day. But that's another issue in and of it's self.

Cheers,

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

Won't eat it. I even tried breaking it up in little pieces and it just spit it out. I can't force it to feed on it. The algae wafers are usually scooped up by the hermit crabs and cleaner shrimps first.


I repeat. 4 Maxijet 1200s. 2 Seio 1500s. One of the Maxijets is directed at the surface. Lots of current, IMHO. Lots of O2, IMHO.


The skimmer is weak in that it produces little skimmate. What I get in skimmate in 4 weeks a EuroReef would produce in half a day. But that's another issue in and of it's self.

Cheers,

Try soaking the nori in garlic extract and eventually they will get a taste for it. My tangs didn't care much for it at first, but ate it with the garlic and now go crazy for the stuff unflavoured. I fold up a strip of it and rubber band it to a small rock, soak it and then drop it in. When they are finished I get my tongs and pull the rock back out. Won't take long before they see the rock and have a Pavlov response.

[EmilyB]

Yes, it's probably foreign to them...nobody can force you to feed them nori, we are just saying it is good for them. Well, I think so anyway since my YT eats that mostly and has been here seven years.