Is Cheato Healthy for tangs

[Reilly Stv]

I have cheato growing like mad in my new fuge.....can i feed my tangs (kole and yellow) cheato exclusively for a week or two to keep the cheato in check?

 

[Scuba_Steve]

sure, but i wouldnt feed it exculsivly. for all you know they may not even eat it if its becoming tomuch, feed it to them, give some to other reefers, or throw it away!

 

[drummereef]

Try feeding dried Nori. Good for the tangs.

 

[demonsp]

I would go with the nori. I give mine some 1 time weekly and he gets very excited whene i clip it in the tank. He doesnt touch cheato.

 

[Frick-n-Frags]

someone else posted about too much chaeto can mess up a tang's digestive system

probably like feeding goldfish to a lionfish, here and there is OK, but too much can cause trouble.

 

[Amador]

I have a sailfin, and he will gleefully eat any chaeto that escapes from the fuge. However he doesn't digest it very well - it looks the same coming out as it did going in! I have noticed that sometimes he (and my coral beauty) have trouble pooping it out, so I try to not introduce any chaeto to the display.

 

[murfman]

I feed both caulerpa and cheto to my tangs and they eat real fish food and nori as well.

 

[szwab]

definately a variety is best. it is a marine based food so that gives it a plus but should not be their only diet. Try growing some other varieties in your fuge to round things out a bit.

 

[agsansoo]

Ditto to what Amador said.
Mine eat it. Though not sure it's good for them. I try to keep it out of the display tank also.

 

[rustybucket145]

1 time weekly

I'd definately step that up a little bit. Tangs in the wild constantly pick algae off rocks...etc. Once they have stripped your tank they need something to pick at throughout the day. I would suggest feeding some type of seaweed at least 3-4 times a week. And variety is definately key to good nutrition.

 

[Reilly Stv]

thanks to all!

 

[iggyman1971]

Never have fed my tangs chaeto, only nori and mysis

 

[sunfish11]

Mine used to eat it. I did notice that my Naso would poop it out almost the same way it went in, only whiter so it made sense to remove it from their diet. Once my Naso went off feed for a couple of days and finally pushed out a ball of cheato that seemed to be blocking him. It just made sense to take it away from them.

Also, a gentleman here posted about a couple of fish sudden deaths. The necropsy showed that the guts were completely bound with cheato. Another reason not to risk it.

 

[steri]

My blue tang goes nuts whenever I put Nori in my tank (3-4 times a week). From all I read, Nori is very very good for tangs. I don't know about cheato. Sorry.