Why do I keep losing Yellow Tang's?

[A. Henin]

Tangs do nothing but eat, poop, swim, and...Grow. I have two sheets of sea weed (green, red, or purple) either warped around rocks or hanging from a clip, at all the time for my tangs to graze on. In addition, I feed them at least twice a day varied diet (pellets, flacks, and frozen food). I am sorry my friend, but I must agree with all the comments here, Your tangs are starving. The good news is that they are fast healing, and as soon as you start feeding them, they will come back fat and happy. Best of luck!

 

[A. Henin]

OrionN, Agree with everything you said.

 

[WVfishguy]

A trick I use is to take a strip of nori, soak in water with fish oil (selcon, whatever) and feed that to tangs.

 

[shaginwagon13]

A trick I use is to take a strip of nori, soak in water with fish oil (selcon, whatever) and feed that to tangs.

Selcon is awesome and I used to do the same as you.

For some reason I found when I added selcon to the food my skimmer would shut down for hours and not make any skimmate so I stopped using it.

 

[WVfishguy]

Selcon is awesome and I used to do the same as you.

For some reason I found when I added selcon to the food my skimmer would shut down for hours and not make any skimmate so I stopped using it.

I buy high quality fish oil from Drug Emporium for a fraction of the price of Selcon. Exactly the same thing, just a lot cheaper.

 

[shaginwagon13]

I buy high quality fish oil from Drug Emporium for a fraction of the price of Selcon. Exactly the same thing, just a lot cheaper.

That's actually a good idea..... I'm going to look into that.

Any oil in particular you use?