SAILFIN

[jimmyren]

Any chance you have any pics. We should have asked for that immediately. HLLE usually makes the lateral line look whitewash. If it appeared to be "popping out" maybe it was emaciated. Like Bang said they need the algae, that is what they've evolved to eat so if it isn't getting enough algae, even though it is eating tons of meaty food, it could still be malnourished and die. I have never dealt with HLLEpersonally so I may be very wrong. I don't think it is a fast killer. There is a very sad looking 6" naso at the only fish store near me in a 20 gallon tank with a severe case of HLLE. His whole lateral line and head is eroded. It's been in the tank there for at least a year, gradually getting worse. Obviously I never buy anything there unless it is an emergency.

I like to buy the Rods algae sheets. They have a variety pack.

Would algae pellets work? We fed it new era algae pellets everyday

 

[lmforbis]

@bang guy, is this dietary need similar for all zebrasoma tangs.
I feed frozen that has algae in it (spiralina brine, emerald entire, and another one I can't remember). My Yellow isn't great at eating dried seaweed.

 

[jay0705]

I feed julian sprungs green and purple. Also san fran bay sea weed salad. I prefer the sprungs when I can get it. Pellets in my experience are not preferred. My tangs won't eat them.

 

[jay0705]

@bang guy, is this dietary need similar for all zebrasoma tangs.
I feed frozen that has algae in it (spiralina brine, emerald entire, and another one I can't remember). My Yellow isn't great at eating dried seaweed.

Thats weird, my yellow hammers the sea weed. This goes for both imforbis and jimmyren you can also feed macro alage. Calpura and gracilla are two of my fishes favs

 

[lmforbis]

Last time I had capulara it went nuts and was a major pain to get rid of. So far my yellow is still in QT so he may do better once in the main tank. I don't have a fish to serve as an example. Little blue won't touch it.

 

[Kristin1234]

Neither of my tangs, sailfin or blue, will touch pellets. But both eat green, and red dried seaweed. They eat all the brands I have bought. As well as spirulina frozen as mentioned.

 

[jay0705]

Last time I had capulara it went nuts and was a major pain to get rid of. So far my yellow is still in QT so he may do better once in the main tank. I don't have a fish to serve as an example. Little blue won't touch it.

Lol I can't keep it more than 3 days and its gone. It never has a chance to really grow. That is why I buy it tho as food.

 

[jay0705]

Neither of my tangs, sailfin or blue, will touch pellets. But both eat green, and red dried seaweed. They eat all the brands I have bought. As well as spirulina frozen as mentioned.

Spirulina brine, hikari marine alage are all good alage infused foods.

 

[bang guy]

@bang guy, is this dietary need similar for all zebrasoma tangs.
I feed frozen that has algae in it (spiralina brine, emerald entire, and another one I can't remember). My Yellow isn't great at eating dried seaweed.

I believe it is common to Zebrasoma sp. Even if you don't feed sheets it can actually get a lot of algae scraping diatoms.