Opinions on Kole tangs

[JokerGirl]

I absolutely love my Kole Tang. Mine was saved from petco, but that's another story.

Anyways... mine is constantly grazing, has pretty well rid me of my hair algae, is rather pretty. My only negative comment is that it's as dumb as a doornail, but most tangs are or so I've heard.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

Here's my binotatus, the blue eye kole. I love the bristletooths, they are very good algae and detritus feeders plus they stay small and are pretty mellow for a tang.

 

[sj miller guy]

What's everyone feeding their Kole?

I've had mine for a week now and he wont eat anything I've tried. I've offered prime reef flakes, Omega one veggie flakes, emerald entree, brine shrimp, and the Oceanic sea weed sheets on a clip. All on their own and also soaked in garlic guard (especially since he had some ick). He won't touch a thing, he just grazes.

I was talking to a guy in a LFS in Savannah about it and they have one in their coral tank and they never feed him and he's doing great.

I'm just not sure what to think.

 

[JokerGirl]

Mine WOULD NOT eat any prepared foods for about a month after I got him. It's just going to take some time. If you have plenty of algae in your tank, it should be fine until it starts taking prepared foods.

 

[sj miller guy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9925674#post9925674 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JokerGirl
Mine WOULD NOT eat any prepared foods for about a month after I got him. It's just going to take some time. If you have plenty of algae in your tank, it should be fine until it starts taking prepared foods.

I hope I have enough for him. He also pics off the glass too so I'm guessing he should have enough. I guess I will just keep trying.

Thanks for the info.

 

[fishyz]

I don't have a kole, but I do have a striped bristletooth tang. It is my favorite fish which I have ever owned. I feed her mysis, nori, and new life spectrum marine fish formula. You can't go wrong with any of the bristletooth tangs, you won't be disappointed!

 

[Toledofishguy]

Mine has been in QT for a week. Eating Nori like a champ and picking at veggie flakes and omega one. I havent tried mysis yet.

 

[reefer_for_life]

if your still having trouble getting your kole to eat you might try taking a small piece of rock, drilling a hole thru it, tie some small diameter fishing line to it and rubber banding your nori sheet to it. i think its a little more natural for them to graze that way, than from a clip, and with the fishing line make sure you make it long enough to come out of the tank, that way you can just raise and lower it at feeding time and never even get your hands. i fed a powder blue for years that way. hope this helps.

 

[Toledofishguy]

2 weeks into QT my Kole passed this morning. I noticed 2 days ago he wasnt eating. I tried nori, veggie flakes, regular flakes & pellets, mysis, cyclopeeze. Nothing. I wouldnt say he was a voracious eater at all in the 2 weeks. I only saw him eat the nori. He was breathing heavy yesterday so I did a 20% water change. When I woke up this morning he was dead on the bottom of the tank. I'll try another one, maybe I just got a bad fish. My water parameters were all great.