Tangs wont eat algea sheet???

[drewsta]

I have a Sailfin and a Scopus tang both are eating pellet food and hair algea (uh hum) I purchased algea sheets from the LFS today and I put them in the aquarium with a suction clip and the fish wouldn't touch it.. Are they scared? Any info on how you get your tangs to eat algea sheets would be hepful.... Thanks

 

[burpuffer]

i have a blue tang and that wa the first thing i got and he wouldnt touch that. the only thing he eats right now is squid. ?????

 

[mikeyjer]

Originally Posted by Drewsta
I have a Sailfin and a Scopus tang both are eating pellet food and hair algea (uh hum) I purchased algea sheets from the LFS today and I put them in the aquarium with a suction clip and the fish wouldn't touch it.. Are they scared? Any info on how you get your tangs to eat algea sheets would be hepful.... Thanks

Where are you placing the clip? Place it more near to the surface. I have also placed it underneath a piece of rock rubble on the bottom as well. Sometimes they're picky about the algae sheets. You may have to try different kinds until you find one that they'll eat. I had to use brown algae sheets to get my Naso Tang to eat algae sheets at first, ever since then, he eats the green algae sheets as well. Another thing you can try is by shredding it in small pieces and let'em flow in your water, the only bad thing about this is that if they won't eat it, you have to scoop them out. :happyfish

 

[lion_crazz]

I rubberband my algae sheets to a piece of rubble rock. This seems more natural to the fish, and they usually accept it faster.

 

[drewsta]

Thanks for the replies.. I put the clip on the surface and towards the bottom and they still wouldn't touch it. I will rubberband it to a rock that seems like a good idea I will try that tomorrow thanks. I am also looking for a place that sells Nori anyone know where I can find it? I know this is their natural food source in the wild but people claim it has no nutritional value is this true or false?

 

[alyssia]

You might also want to try soaking the algae sheets in garlic. And give it some time, it took my tangs awhile to figure out that they were supposed to eat the sheets.

 

[scotts]

Darn it, I was going to say the same thing as Alyssia, now I am going to look like a copy cat. Just remember just because you know it is food for them does not mean that they know it is food for them. If that makes sense.

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by Scotts
Darn it, I was going to say the same thing as Alyssia, now I am going to look like a copy cat. Just remember just because you know it is food for them does not mean that they know it is food for them. If that makes sense.

j/k

 

[drewsta]

I understand. I guess I can see where they are coming from I wouldn't eat it either

. I will try soaking it in garlic and rubberbanding it to a rock. Does anyone have any input on the Nori?

 

[lion_crazz]

My take on the nori is that there are better things out there. Nori might be okay for your fish, but if you can buy something like Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies, which are LOADED with vitamins (B, C, D), then the nori should be avoided.

 

[drewsta]

Lion.. Any take on Emerald Entree?

 

[lion_crazz]

If you are referring to the frozen food, I like it a lot! Any kind of "formula food" that offers such a huge variety like emerald entree is always a good thing. I prefer to use formula foods over everything else. It gives the fish a nice mix of food at each feeding as opposed to eating just one thing.

 

[mikeyjer]

Originally Posted by lion_crazz
My take on the nori is that there are better things out there. Nori might be okay for your fish, but if you can buy something like Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies, which are LOADED with vitamins (B, C, D), then the nori should be avoided.
Those sea veggies are expensive!!! I'll stick to my nori...I also feed mine Chaeto, they seem to like it....I'm gonna try to grow some of those tang algaes one of these days. :happyfish

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by Drewsta
Lion.. Any take on Emerald Entree?

IDK how good it is for them, but my fish goes nuts over emerald entree.

 

[lion_crazz]

Originally Posted by Mikeyjer
Those sea veggies are expensive!!! I'll stick to my nori...I also feed mine Chaeto, they seem to like it....I'm gonna try to grow some of those tang algaes one of these days. :happyfish
Sea Veggies - expensive? You must be getting ripped off then, because I can get a pretty large packet of it for about $5. That is only $2 or $3 more than nori. This packet has lasted me about a month so far and I am still only half through it.
Are we talking about the Emerald Entree made by San Francisco Bay?

 

[drewsta]

Ok guys thanks for the input. I will feed algea sheets (if they eat it), pellets, and emerald entree and maybe suppliment with Nori and Chaeto. How does this diet sound?

 

[mikeyjer]

Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Sea Veggies - expensive? You must be getting ripped off then, because I can get a pretty large packet of it for about $5. That is only $2 or $3 more than nori.
Are we talking about the Emerald Entree made by San Francisco Bay?
I must be looking at a more expensive site....Oh well....Have you seen those tang algae? I heard they grow really slow....I'll give'em a try one day... :happyfish

 

[alyssia]

Originally Posted by Mikeyjer
Those sea veggies are expensive!!! I'll stick to my nori...I also feed mine Chaeto, they seem to like it....I'm gonna try to grow some of those tang algaes one of these days. :happyfish

Do you mean your tang likes chaeto? Mine won't touch it

 

[lion_crazz]

Seems a little unbalanced, in my opinion. It is very heavy on greens, and there is very little meat in that diet. I would try to add a little more meat in there. The only thing that is getting them meat (krill, mysis, prawn, etc.) is the emerald entree.
Like I said, formula foods are great. Ocean Nutrition makes formula foods like Reef Formula, Formula One and Two which are high in different types of seafoods. For example, they have a variety that consists of shrimp, krill, spinach, clam, mussel, krill, sardines, salmon egg oil, squid, kelp, plankton, spirulina, lobster, scallop, etc.

 

[drewsta]

The pelletfood i'm feeding is KENT Platinum. It supposedly has krill in it :thinking: