do powder tangs it lettuce?
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small triggers
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yes, they will eat lettuce, and no you dont want to boil it ,, just scrub it in water and make sure you get everything off of it before putting it in the tank. Also seaweed sheets for sushi works great.
florida joe
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I have heard that it is best to use romaine if you are going to feed lettuce
aquaknight
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Correct, butter lettuce is about as nutritious as a ricecake. Romaine is a step in the right direction, though agreed with above, try keeping the seaweed coming as often as possible.
srfisher17
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Joe is right about the romaine (as usual), IMO, turnip greens are better. Freeze the leaves on a cookie sheet and then keep in the freezer in a plastic bag. This softens them just like boiling, but is easier. This stuff may not be as good as packaged seaweed or algae; but lasts a lot longer as a grazing food. I raised a lot of herbivores on romaine; before the prepared foods came along.
florida joe
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Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/3040039
Joe is right about the romaine (as usual), IMO, turnip greens are better. Freeze the leaves on a cookie sheet and then keep in the freezer in a plastic bag. This softens them just like boiling, but is easier. This stuff may not be as good as packaged seaweed or algae; but lasts a lot longer as a grazing food. I raised a lot of herbivores on romaine; before the prepared foods came along.
My very good friend I also used romaine even while I was eating iceberg. but what do these young ones know
http:///forum/post/3040039
Joe is right about the romaine (as usual), IMO, turnip greens are better. Freeze the leaves on a cookie sheet and then keep in the freezer in a plastic bag. This softens them just like boiling, but is easier. This stuff may not be as good as packaged seaweed or algae; but lasts a lot longer as a grazing food. I raised a lot of herbivores on romaine; before the prepared foods came along.
My very good friend I also used romaine even while I was eating iceberg. but what do these young ones know
srfisher17
Active Member
Originally Posted by 505titan
http:///forum/post/3040456
thanks i will give it a try. i just got the the poor guy and hes not eating so all try what yul said
Is this tang eating at all? If not, this is a whole new problem that won't be solved by veggies. Please let us know ASAP and, if he isn't eating, include as much info as possible. I'd re-post this with a thread title that sounds desperate.
http:///forum/post/3040456
thanks i will give it a try. i just got the the poor guy and hes not eating so all try what yul said
Is this tang eating at all? If not, this is a whole new problem that won't be solved by veggies. Please let us know ASAP and, if he isn't eating, include as much info as possible. I'd re-post this with a thread title that sounds desperate.
srfisher17
Active Member
Originally Posted by 505titan
http:///forum/post/3040996
o i saw him pic at my live rock before
3 days isn't long at all. How big a tank? Tankmates? Anyone harassing him? Tank params? Tangs are herbivores, but (IME) they will usually eat meaty foods 1st. Try frozen mysis, Frozen Formula I & II, spirulina loaded frozen brine shrimp is great. Frozen foods are much better than dried, IMO. He may do nothing but pick at LR for a while. There are 2 species sold as powder browns: Acanthurus nigracans & A. japonicus. You can Google Image the scientific name to be sure which you have. A. nigracans is an extremely difficult fish that often refuses to eat. No reason to panic yet, fish can go a long time without eating, the more info you can give us, the more help we can be.
http:///forum/post/3040996
o i saw him pic at my live rock before
3 days isn't long at all. How big a tank? Tankmates? Anyone harassing him? Tank params? Tangs are herbivores, but (IME) they will usually eat meaty foods 1st. Try frozen mysis, Frozen Formula I & II, spirulina loaded frozen brine shrimp is great. Frozen foods are much better than dried, IMO. He may do nothing but pick at LR for a while. There are 2 species sold as powder browns: Acanthurus nigracans & A. japonicus. You can Google Image the scientific name to be sure which you have. A. nigracans is an extremely difficult fish that often refuses to eat. No reason to panic yet, fish can go a long time without eating, the more info you can give us, the more help we can be.
windlasher
Member
Originally Posted by 505titan
http:///forum/post/3040942
yes its been about 3 days now and he has not eatin anything i tryed sea monkeys flakes foods and pellets and just tryed some dryed see weed but no luck what should i do thanks
sea monkeys...
My mom used to send away for those things. I even had the little tank.
http:///forum/post/3040942
yes its been about 3 days now and he has not eatin anything i tryed sea monkeys flakes foods and pellets and just tryed some dryed see weed but no luck what should i do thanks
sea monkeys...
reeftanker84
Member
lol,you all do know sea monkeys are brine shrimp right?
old joe
New Member
Originally Posted by 505titan
http:///forum/post/3039971
do powder brown tangs eat lettuce? if this is true do you have to boil it like you do broccoli
why feed a fish human food ? do you know for sure they can process human food... digest it properly ? why not just give the tang algae sheets available at most salt water stores as well as online ?
http:///forum/post/3039971
do powder brown tangs eat lettuce? if this is true do you have to boil it like you do broccoli
why feed a fish human food ? do you know for sure they can process human food... digest it properly ? why not just give the tang algae sheets available at most salt water stores as well as online ?