Fish Diets

[psychoskater]

I will be getting the following fish for my 90 gal:
1.2 Percs
2.1 Yellow tang
3.1 Blue tang
4.1 Longnose hawk
5.1 Pearly Jawfish
6.1 Bicolor Angel
(the 2 tangs are questionable because i got 2 storys)
Im pretty sure that the hawk, percs, and jawfish can just eat live brine, but is there any other special preperation that I can feed to my tang(or tangs) and my bibolor angel to make them live long and happy? I just want to do as much research as I can so this tank doesnt have any huge probs.:help:
thanks,
alex

 

[bang guy]

I avoid Brine Shrimp. Most of the nutrition ends up in the water column IMO.
I'd suggest a variety of Frozen Mysid, Frozen Formula 1 and an occational Algae sheet for the Yellow Tang. Better yet, some homemade mix of blended seafood.
If you get the Blue Tang you're going to see problems a few years down the road. You will be inclined to blame it on everything else but it will really be because you have a Blue Tang in a 90 with a Yellow Tang.

 

[psychoskater]

Hmmmmmmmm, i wasnt sure about that cuz smeone told me that they had a yellow and blue in a 65 for a long time. Would the blue be ok if i dont get a yellow?

 

[bang guy]

It could happen, but the odds are against it IMO.
Perhaps long-term is where we are mis-communicating. Blue Tangs live 50 - 60 years. IMO having one in a 90 gal for 3 or 4 years isn't really a success.

 

[psychoskater]

o i understand