blue tang foods?

[paOol]

what are some good foods to feed my blue tang?
its around 1-2''.
i gave him some colorbits (freshwater food) , and he took it without a problem, but i dunno if this is a good diet since blue tangs are herbivores.

what kind of foods should i be giving him?

 

[DJ88©]

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[AquaReeferMan]

I wouldnt feed your Hippo Tang freshwater food. Try prime reef, Nori, Tetra Marine Color. Some frozen mysis. You should place a piece of nori in the tank everyday.

 

[Snausages01]

Nori (found at the supermarket) and New Life Spectrum are what I use.

 

[Btboy2004]

I feed mine seaweed selects, prime reef flakes and frozen mysis.

 

[simon.007]

Go to a supermarket and get Nori, fresh shrimps, squid and fish. Use the blender and mix it all. Watch the fish chow down. PS. Do not feed too much due to Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, PO issues.... I feed about every 3 - 4 days, just enough to allow him to chow down in 30 seconds. Make sure not too much is left around.


Simon

 

[TWallace]

You can grow some red graciliara algae. If you have a refugium available, it's real easy to grow. Tangs supposedly love that stuff. It's easy to find on eBay.

 

[Im14abeer]

Nori from the asian food aisle at the grocery store. Red or green or both. While he's small, a strip the size of the perforation (you'll see what I mean when you get the nori) every day should be good. A few drops of Selcon wouldn't hurt either. The Selcon has vitamin C which will help him keep his color up. The red graciliara would be good too. A small amount of meaty food is o.k., for flake, Formula Two.

 

[Dave Cox]

I find my Hippo's are happy to eat just about anything !

A strip of nori every day is advisable, though mine don't really go to town on it. They scoff pellet and flake, and are very keen on frozen mysis and krill, plus Diamond Entree.

 

[reverendmaynard]

Another consideration to ponder is food choices. As juveniles, Hepatus tangs are nearly strict planktivores. However, as they age into adulthood, some individuals may begin to supplement their diet with various algae such as Caulerpa. This diet should be mimicked in the home aquarium. Large portions of the diet should consist of Mysis shrimp, and as the fish ages you should begin to supplement the diet with various dried algae such as nori. Your fish may or may not take to eating algae. Most any food presented in the water column will eventually be taken, including enriched brine, and flake. However, the staple of the diet should always remain Mysis or plankton. My personal favorite is freeze-dried plankton soaked in any of the widely available food vitamin supplements. The diet is an important consideration, as Paracanthurus hepatus are extremely prone to Head and Lateral Line Erosion (HLLE). Though the root cause of HLLE has yet to be determined, most researchers agree that an insufficient diet plays a large role. Many times when the diet was improved, the condition reversed and cured itself.

RK Mag

 

[paOol]

thanks everyone.
but what is nori, and how much does it cost?

 

[jeffbrig]

I get a pack for $1.29 by the sushi display at the grocery store. It's dried green seaweed sold as a sushi wrap.

 

[reverendmaynard]

nori is dried seaweed that is used to wrap sushi rolls. It is found in asian markets or the international aisle at the supermarket. It's pretty cheap. I think I paid $3 for 1oz, which is 10 7x8" sheets. I get about 15-20 feedings per sheet.