How do I get my yellow tang to eat seaweed?

Try tying nori to a rock with fishing line or a rubber band. This would be my recommendation. They pick algae off of rocks in the wild and this most closely mimics their feeding they’re accustomed too. If a tang finds a clip, they’ll all figure it out pretty quickly.

How do you get tang to eat nori?

Take a sheet of nori, cut it in half. Take some frozen mysis, thaw them out, and add some small pellets and/or flakes to them. Mix up all of the food with a little garlic and/or selcon (to entice it to eat, does nothing for parasites), and place it into the nori sheet like you are making a burrito or cigar.

Do tang fish eat seaweed?

Green Seaweed/Nori tends to get most of them going. My Yellow Tang sure loved it (but it also loved a meaty based diet as well ie Reef Frenzy, fresh killed turbo snail).

Do yellow tang eat kelp?

Yes tangs will eat just about any type of macro algae, they may prefer a particular type over another but if the only thing being feed is cheato, they will eat it.

How do you feed Tang seaweed?

Stuffing the pouch with any type of nori (dried algae) or other types of soft and frozen food works great and lets your fish feed throughout the day like they would in the wild. Using a grazing style feeder is perfect for tangs,…

Does tomini Tang eat GHA?

No guarantee that any tang will eat GHA. Rabbitfish are a better bet, but they get quite large and grow quickly. Not even a rabbitfish are a sure thing. Visit jubjub’s homepage!

Do tangs need seaweed everyday?

Nothing that they can get to goes to waste. I feed my tangs 1/2 sheet a day and sometimes a whole sheet a day. They are very healthy and their colors are great.

How often should I feed my tang seaweed?

You can feed them all you want. Like most fish, they will keep eating and just poop it out as they eat it. Their digestive system is very simple and everything gets pushed out when they eat more. There is no need to keep feeding them, they don’t need that much, unless you like feeding them.

Can my yellow tang eat mysis?

Yellow Tang Fish Diet While their favorite and most often eaten foods are all plant matter, they will occasionally venture into the world of meat and eat things like mosquito larvae, brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp, and other such smaller creatures.

How often should you feed a yellow tang?

To keep them happy and healthy, you should feed them at least three times a week. Most people try to feed them daily, though.

Is seaweed good for tropical fish?

Tropical fish have evolved to digest aquatic based veggies more so than we humans typically eat. Seaweed and other aquatic based algaes are best for both tropical and marine fish and they can help improve the immune system and offer anti-inflammatory benefits also.