How much nori/veggies do you feed your tangs?
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Allmost
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I have an anchilles about 5", purple about 4", and blue about 4" and an idol.
I feed them half a nori sheet, in morning before I leave to work
and anothe rhalf when I Get back.
NLS pellets auto feeder all day [4 times]
flakes when I can.
brine shrimp or PE mysis alternative nights.
I feed them half a nori sheet, in morning before I leave to work
and anothe rhalf when I Get back.
NLS pellets auto feeder all day [4 times]
flakes when I can.
brine shrimp or PE mysis alternative nights.
Putty
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3 Tangs (Purple, yellow, Naso). I usually soak a piece in garlic xtreme and Zoe mix before I put it in the tank. I hardly feed this because they rip if off the clip and it ends up floating around getting cause in my powerheads or overflow holes. I have not found a way to make it stay on the clip until it's mostly gone.
My Angel wants nothing to do with it.
My Angel wants nothing to do with it.
aandfsoccr04
Active member
six inch atlantic blue and five inch blue hippo.
I feed about 1/8 of a sheet in the morning on the clip and it's gone in 5 mins.
I'm starting to think maybe that's not enough compared to what others are saying.
I feed about 1/8 of a sheet in the morning on the clip and it's gone in 5 mins.
I'm starting to think maybe that's not enough compared to what others are saying.
McLoki
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I fold a sheet in half width wise and cut it (so I have 2 long sheets the same width.)
Then I fold that in half (lenghwise) and put the fold in the nori clip. (now it looks like there are 4 - equal width pieces sticking out of the nori clip about the same width as the nori clip.)
Then I hold the 4 sheets together (so it looks like one sheet) and cut them from the end down towards the clip. I keep doing this until I have a bunch of strips. (if any strips come off or apart - just stick them in the clip)
Now just put it all in the tank and let them go to town....
rhdoug
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I made 2 "pouches" out of clear plastic netting, the kind used to make light-friendly tops to prevent fish suicides. In fact I made with them 2 layers so the fish (scopas tang and starry blenny - they are best buddies) would need to work at it longer and get out smaller pieces, preventing large chunks from floating around. I just use a small cleaning magnet to hold it against the glass. Works great and I only get my fingertips wet, plus I can move it from place to place even with the food in it.
This.. good food and keeps em fat and healthy.
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Here's something interesting...
Nitrogenous waste comes mainly from the breakdown of protein. I'm assuming foods like mysis are higher in protein than nori. So feeding the same amount of food but swapping out some meaty foods with nori could help keep nitrates down. This is why you can put whole sheets of nori in the tank and it pollutes less than dumping whole sheets of mysis in your tank.
Nitrogenous waste comes mainly from the breakdown of protein. I'm assuming foods like mysis are higher in protein than nori. So feeding the same amount of food but swapping out some meaty foods with nori could help keep nitrates down. This is why you can put whole sheets of nori in the tank and it pollutes less than dumping whole sheets of mysis in your tank.
nonimmigrant
New member
Four sheets 2x day.
windyridge
Fish Mother
My Tomini Tang loved nori at first and then stopped eating it. Fortunately I have seaweeds in my home made frozen food mix.
elegance coral
They call me EC
Thanks for all the responses.:thumbsup:
I have taken some of the tips from this thread, and I'm amazed at the results. I added a second algae clip, and started cutting the nori in strips like McLoki pictured. I add one third of a sheet to each clip, twice a day, so that's one and a third sheets split between two, 3" to 3.5" tangs every day. That's at least double what I was feeding. It's only been a little over a week, but I swear there's a noticeable difference in the amount of meat on these tangs. They weren't anorexic to begin with, but they're looking so much better. I can't wait to see them in six months.:beer:
My tangs thank you
EC
I have taken some of the tips from this thread, and I'm amazed at the results. I added a second algae clip, and started cutting the nori in strips like McLoki pictured. I add one third of a sheet to each clip, twice a day, so that's one and a third sheets split between two, 3" to 3.5" tangs every day. That's at least double what I was feeding. It's only been a little over a week, but I swear there's a noticeable difference in the amount of meat on these tangs. They weren't anorexic to begin with, but they're looking so much better. I can't wait to see them in six months.:beer:
My tangs thank you
EC
Williams27
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After reading this i feel like I'm not feeding mine enough. could be part of the reason they are aggressive. For those having trouble with Nori floating around your tank id suggest trying the innovative marine gourmet grazer. works great so that that fish are only tearing out a mouthful at a time and i don't notice any waste floating around my tank. old thread but o well.
OrionN
Moved on
Old thread------
I had 4 tangs (Chevron 6 inches, Purple 5 inches, Yellow 4.5 inches, Powder Blue 5 inches), three Regal angles (2-3 inches), and a Fox Face (6 inches). I feed them 1.5 of the 10X10 inches sheets. I put them on clips suspended from top, to keep my abalones, snails and sea urchins from eating them.
My tangs start at about 7:30 AM and wold finish all the Nori by about 3 PM or so. I also feed frozen Mysis (1/2 cubic inch) and flake food (heaping teaspoon) in AM and flake food in PM.
My tangs (RIP) are as fat and healthy as they can be.
I had 4 tangs (Chevron 6 inches, Purple 5 inches, Yellow 4.5 inches, Powder Blue 5 inches), three Regal angles (2-3 inches), and a Fox Face (6 inches). I feed them 1.5 of the 10X10 inches sheets. I put them on clips suspended from top, to keep my abalones, snails and sea urchins from eating them.
My tangs start at about 7:30 AM and wold finish all the Nori by about 3 PM or so. I also feed frozen Mysis (1/2 cubic inch) and flake food (heaping teaspoon) in AM and flake food in PM.
My tangs (RIP) are as fat and healthy as they can be.
hogfanreefer
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Two tangs. A 4.5-5 inch purple and a 4 inch Gold Rim. I feed a half sheet a day split between two clips (the purple is a pig). If I don't split it up the more shy Gold Rim has a tough time getting any with the purple and about 8 wrasses that also eat nori.
Rilelen
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Old thread, but always popular question.
One kole tang and one foxface...they'll tear through a whole sheet in a half day. I usually feed about a quarter sheet (folded) on days that I remember and have time in the mornings to clip it to the nori clip (let's call it 3-4 days a week). I'll feed a half or whole sheet if I go a couple days without feeding nori.
One kole tang and one foxface...they'll tear through a whole sheet in a half day. I usually feed about a quarter sheet (folded) on days that I remember and have time in the mornings to clip it to the nori clip (let's call it 3-4 days a week). I'll feed a half or whole sheet if I go a couple days without feeding nori.
McPuff
New member
Wow, now I also believe that I don't feed enough nori!
I have a foxface, scopus tang, naso tang, pyroferus tang, and lieutenant tang (other fish eat the nori too). I feed about 1/2 sheet, folded and stripped in a clip but only about every other day or less. I mainly feed LRS herbivore frenzy which has quite a lot of veggie matter in it. I also throw in rocks that are covered in turf algae (from the refugium) and this is a nice treat for them to graze over the course of a day or so (depending).
Normally the nori gets consumed within minutes. Because the naso and the pyroferus seem to prefer the nori more than most other foods, I think I will increase the amount I feed. None of the tangs are skinny (the Lt is super fat!), but the pyroferus and naso could put on some weight. Decision made. Glad I found this thread.
I have a foxface, scopus tang, naso tang, pyroferus tang, and lieutenant tang (other fish eat the nori too). I feed about 1/2 sheet, folded and stripped in a clip but only about every other day or less. I mainly feed LRS herbivore frenzy which has quite a lot of veggie matter in it. I also throw in rocks that are covered in turf algae (from the refugium) and this is a nice treat for them to graze over the course of a day or so (depending).
Normally the nori gets consumed within minutes. Because the naso and the pyroferus seem to prefer the nori more than most other foods, I think I will increase the amount I feed. None of the tangs are skinny (the Lt is super fat!), but the pyroferus and naso could put on some weight. Decision made. Glad I found this thread.
SAT
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As part of my morning ritual, I pull out a 4x4 sheet of "sea veggies", alternating green and purple, wet it under the tap and then hand it to my tang. It lasts about 2 seconds... he takes it whole.
I have a 11" Atlantic blue (total length). We call him Big Blue. My avatar is a shot of him from 2012.
I have a 11" Atlantic blue (total length). We call him Big Blue. My avatar is a shot of him from 2012.
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