my tang wont eat seaweed... why?

[itsaNYthing]

Ive been trying to feed my yellow tang seaweed for over a month now, and he wont even pick at it, he eats like a pig when i put mysis shrimp in, i put seaweed in my tank maybe 5 times a week and he never even picks at it, is there anything i can do to make him eat it?

 

[brick-brothers]

I had the same problem. I end up buy another tang and when the non-eating tang saw the other eating. It followed

 

[THEDLO]

I had the same problem. I end up buy another tang and when the non-eating tang saw the other eating. It followed

yup this will work what kind of tang is it? and how are u serving it?

 

[itsaNYthing]

yellow tang.... even my damsel picks at it, he swims by it and wont even look at it.

i have a seaweed clip, and i hang a decent sized piece on it, i change the location of the clip everytime and he still hasnt even checked it out.

 

[THEDLO]

try rubber band and a rock.

 

[itsaNYthing]

try rubber band and a rock.

can you better explain this technique?

 

[THEDLO]

step 1 remove small (3-4 and generally flat) rock from water, step 2 take nori sheet of similar size and place over rock, step 3 wrap a rubber band around it till its secure, step 4 place rock with nori rabberbanded to it back in tank near the rock work, step 5 observe and report

 

[nanchil]

step 1 remove small (3-4 and generally flat) rock from water, step 2 take nori sheet of similar size and place over rock, step 3 wrap a rubber band around it till its secure, step 4 place rock with nori rabberbanded to it back in tank near the rock work, step 5 observe and report

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[THEDLO]

:tongue1:

he did say "can you better explain this technique?"

 

[Imbarrie]

Step 1, get a box
Step 2, cut a whole in the box
Step 3, @)(&@(*&%@()%$_)(*%

 

[dj ze]

break up the nori into small bite size pieces and put them in a cup with fresh water add garlic extract and selcon wait about an hour or two untill the nori is nice and soft and give him small a small amount to see if he will eat it .it always works for me

 

[Wes]

Have you tried just soaking the sheet in garlic before you put it on the clip?


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[lionfish]

no the rubber band to a rock will work all that other stuff is extra you got to make it look real and trick him . i got my naso blond like that now he eats off of the clip and he didnt wanna eat anything for days

 

[itsaNYthing]

i work a late shift, so il try rubberbanding it to a rock tomorrow, and if that doesn't work il use some garlic extreme and see which one works.

 

[Reeftanker3295]

Hmm... Thats very weird. My yellow will devour a whole sheet of nori in one day if I gave it the chance, and its still only about 1/2 grown up!

 

[THEDLO]

Urs was probably held in a tank with other tangs that ate nori from the clip. I its a wild caught one that hasn't spent too much time going from sea to tank the it would make sense that it would not go for the nori. I notice that tangs in general train each other onto other foods, for instance my naso helped get my yellow tang get into new feeding styles like eating nori of a rock wrapped in mesh I also fed my naso by hand so this made getting him used to it much fast, and the yellow tang just followed suit. (There is a thread on this, and I'm in the process of post a video it)

 

[itsaNYthing]

*update*

I tried rubberbanding a piece to a small rock, didnt even phase him.
Then i cute a piece into small pieces and put garlic extreme in it, my damsel loved it, tang didnt go for it.

Now i guess im gona try hand feeding it, if this dosnt work i guess i have to wait till i get a new tang so it can train my yellow.

 

[THEDLO]

How long did u leave the rock in there?

I never heard of yellow tangs being hand fed....they're a very skiddish fish and don't like anything they aren't used too....IME good luck!

 

[Wes]

you just have to leave it in there and let him graze. Switch it for a new sheet every 24hrs. He will figure it out.



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[itsaNYthing]

How long did u leave the rock in there?

I never heard of yellow tangs being hand fed....they're a very skiddish fish and don't like anything they aren't used too....IME good luck!

put it on this morning, still there... wont touch it... and thanks


edit: cant hand feed him either, too skiddish, he swims to the back of the tank behind some rock as soon as i get within a couple feet of the tank.