Cliff519
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I just added a yellow minic tang to my 120 gallon reef tank. For the 3 weeks he was in QT and for the week he has been in the main tank, he will only eat seaweed. This guy will not touch any other type of food. I've been placing seaweed in the tank twice a day for him and he usually makes really short work of that. He also spends he day picking at the rocks but there is minimal algae for him and the dwarf angle and snails usually do a pretty good job of keeping the rocks clean. I have been soaking the seaweed in a marine fish vitamin supplements to try to ensure he is getting all the nutrients that he may need. But no matter what I try he won't eat any mysis or blood worms, even when I soak them in garlic.
I know these guys are herbivores, but should I be worried that he won't eat anything but seaweed ?
Set-up info:
The tank has been set up for about 9 months now, it's a 120 gallon with a 55 gallon sump and about 140 to 160 lbs of rock (tank +sump) . Water parameters are stable at 0 ammonia and nitrite, 1ppm of nitrate, 8.1 to 8.2 PH, dKH of 9.6, Cal at 450ppm, and Mag at 1300.
I know these guys are herbivores, but should I be worried that he won't eat anything but seaweed ?
Set-up info:
The tank has been set up for about 9 months now, it's a 120 gallon with a 55 gallon sump and about 140 to 160 lbs of rock (tank +sump) . Water parameters are stable at 0 ammonia and nitrite, 1ppm of nitrate, 8.1 to 8.2 PH, dKH of 9.6, Cal at 450ppm, and Mag at 1300.
