Naso tangs had for a few weeks not eating well frustrated but love them:)

[BrentH]

I got a blond and regular naso about 3 weeks ago both about 7 inches beautiful fish love them and all I can get them to eat up to this point is bubblegrape algae out of my refugium.... I've tried everything tieing nori to rock with bubble grape wrapped around mixing the grape algae with mysis in a cup hoping they will
Eat the mysis on accident then like it lol.... If anyone has some
Crazy trick and you've had this problem let me
Know there still kinda thick but slowly getting skinnier and skinnier... There in a 500 gallon sps reef so they have room

 

[ezerasurfr]

First: Awesome tank, I would love to see more pictures.

Second, I don't see any naso tangs in there. Are you talking about the yellow and black tangs? If so, they'll probably pick on algae until they get comfortable in the tank. That powder blue may also be aggravating them as (in my experience anyway) they are typically very territorial.

Did you QT them at all? if yes, did they eat in QT? Also, if you got them locally ask your LFS what foods they fed to them.

 

[trembz]

Have you tried New Era pellets? I have one about 6.5" and he goes crazy for those, I find the bigger the naso the more easily they eat and also will accept a larger variety.


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[anbosu]

Live brine has worked for me in the past with finicky nasos, but I had one that refused to eat no matter what I did.

 

[pinnatus]

Agree that I do not see any Nasos in the picture.

That being said, I have had a lot of trouble with Nasos, particularly blonde nasos. I suspect that many are cyanide-caught, and even if they are eating when you get them they often stop eating and die over a time period of up to several months. Getting healthy ones is difficult, but if you do, they are typically a care-free species (at least relative to tangs) and mild mannered. I really like them - I have two blondes in my tank now. I hope you can get them eating and happy.

Live blackworms will often entice fish to feed. Also Rod's food or Larry's reef frenzy may work.

 

[BrentH]

Thanks for there replYs...The pics are older so that's why your not seeing the naso tangs theres not a lot of aggression from other tangs...ill try the pellets and live brine thank u and if anyone thinks of anything else please let me know I'm surprised there so finicky

 

[BrentH]

I do use rods food and have love black worms in the fridge for my freshwater stingray pups I'll try those today thank u.... As far as getting a good one I'm going to Hawaii in sept my sister loves there and is friends with a loca fish distributor so I thought about bringing home a nice Hawaiian naso we will see if I can't get these 2 to make it ... I've tried many times this isn't the first but the farthest so far

 

[brett559]

Those fish are tough. I tried two in the past, couldn't get either of them eating well. My buddy has had the same track record. They seem to really not like bullies (tangs) when first introduced. If he doesn't eat soon, try and take him back to the store.

 

[BrentH]

So I'm
Not the only one that struggles with naso I do well with pretty much anything else that's supposed to be difficult ....

 

[BrentH]

I've tried at least 8 before these but smaller
I know
That sounds awful this will be 9 ,10 I'm trying hard

 

[TinaMcCord]

I'm having a similar issue with my young little bristle tooth tang thats still in QT. Its in there with a clown fish and they hang together but its so shy as soon as I come in the room it bolts for the PVC pipe to hide. I would feel alot better if I could see it eat something. Looks like it may be gitting a little bigger....The clowns a total pig.

 

[Sapelo]

I've heard a number of comments about the difficulty of getting them to eat. It may be that I just got lucky but I started with a juvenile who has never missed a meal. I know someone else said their experience was that the older/bigger specimens eat better but that has not been my experience. I almost always buy younger fish when possible, I just think they transition to tank life better.
Good luck with yours, awesome fish for sure!