i am worried guys!!! HELP!

dapak83

dapak83

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Hey..
i just got my yellow tang 2 days ago.. and yet i havent seen it eat nanything when i feed... i m feeding a flak mix .. it sayd on the can that it had peices of brine shrimp on it.. when ever i feed the tang will not eat anything... do i need to get it some other kinda food cuz i read on the site that they will eat flakes!!.... any suggestions?
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1 more thing... i havent seen the chocolet chip star eat anything either.. its forver on the glass near the top... i m thinking he is eating the alge off my glass .. am i rite?
lastly....
ever since last night, my clam has gone underground i havent seen it alllll dayyyyy... is this normal for them to stay hidden for long time?????
 
f1shman

f1shman

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Okay. Yellow tangs love herbivore food such as spirulina flakes, mine loves those or algae sheets. Also, he may still be adjusting to the tank. The chocolate chip starfish can usually get enough food from the sand and rocks as he moves and doens't really need to be fed but most people jsut put a little piece of krill or whatever you feed your fish underneath him and he usually will eat it. What kind of clam and what do you mean by underground?
 
dapak83

dapak83

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its a regular cleaner clam that u get from this site... he jus went under the sand i am assuming... cuz he was ther i turned off the light came back after an hr and was loking and he was no where to be found... i m kinda confuzzled!!
 
dapak83

dapak83

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how long do u think 1 yellow tang will take to eat one algea sheet...... and u think the clowns or my damsel gonna try to eat it too?
 
maurice

maurice

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My Naso tang eats about a 1/3 sheet a day,and no your clowns and damsels shouldn't mess with the algae sheets.You need to get a algae clip for the sheets also if you do not have one already,my tangs seem to like the green sheets better than the others too. :yes:I forgot to mention,i wouldn't put a whole sheet in at once.Take the sheet and cut it in several pieces!
 
dapak83

dapak83

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i m hoping the yellow tang shud start eating the flakes tom... if not them i m forced to get the sheets!
 
ohiorn67

ohiorn67

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your tang NEEDS the sheets.....their main staple of food are greens NOT flakes. Just so you know...I have a naso tang, and at first he would only eat the sheets....then slowly 2 weeks later tried a few pieces of krill and now will eat the flakes, krill, but still main food he loves sheets, sheets and more sheets! Good luck to ya!
 
maurice

maurice

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He may nibble here and there on the flakes,but he will eat the algae sheets like a fish possesed! :hilarious
 
dapak83

dapak83

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haha allrite... i will get him his food tom..... i m plaing on geting a hippo tang also.. will they both be sharing the sheets together? or will there be a problem?
 
marineking

marineking

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I have a yellow tang, a naso tang and they love the sheets. My clown trigger even eats the sheets. I will put it in and 5 mins later its gon they love those sheets!!! Its a great investment, and if your lfs is expensive try a grocery store because they might have it.
 
steel

steel

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I have a purple tang and he eats everything that i put in the tank i feed all kinds of thing i like to feed ocean nutrition formula two in the flake form along with formula one live brine every now and then a pice or two of krill every two or three days. the only reason i am saying this is because it is sometimes eayser to feed flakes than the sheet as a lot of people seem to over feed the sheets.
oo ya and it feels good to be back in this site it ben a few months lol.
 
keonia

keonia

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depak83
I don't have any tangs or so but the sheet is called garden salad at the fish store -- slightly costly. You can go to an Asian food store or a store that sells cultural foods - Japanese seaweed - Nori. Make sure its unsalted and unflavored!
Also, there is a clip they sell that holds the seaweed. $2 - $5 (many sheets) :)
I bought a cleaner clam from this site, he hid for 2 weeks, used my turkey baster created a sandstorm and found it!! It was like Hide - n - seek! The clam will manuever it self above the sand (I have a 1" sandbed) and the clam will hide!! When it does hide, I can see its mouth (what ever its called - foot) open and I assume it is filtering in good stuff! You can see it in the sand bed and you'll have to look really carefully for it!! (if you wanna find it)
:jumping: :)
 
dapak83

dapak83

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interesting...... its been day three and this guy is still hiding.... he is kinda pissing me off hahahahaha i wanna c the stuff in the tank !!! :-(
 
dapak83

dapak83

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alrite i jus got some green seaweed sheets..... its been in tehre for about an hr and the tang hast yet even nibbled at it!!! whats wrong?
 
f1shman

f1shman

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i ahve some green algae sheets, and the yellow tang is the only herbivore in the tank, and he doens't eat them.. lol
 
f1shman

f1shman

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before you buy a fish in the future, always ask the LFS to feed him and make sure he eats before you buy him. You might just have got a badly shipped yellow tang or something.
 
dapak83

dapak83

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i got it from this site!!!
the tang wont eat....
the star wont come downn always sticks on the top.. and the clam went hiding!!! hahahaha
mannnn what a luckk i have!!
for how long shud i leave the sheet in there? b4 i take it out?
 
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