Tennent Tang Diet?

Hi all, I have added a tennent tang to the aquarium, and he/she spits out
everything he/she eats. The fish is happy and active and mouths almost
everything, but spits it all back out. I have tried Seaweed Selects Green
Marine Algae, Formual Two flakes, and even some seaweed I got at the Korean
Market down the road (I figured if its good enough for me...) Can anyone
offer any suggestions? I got this fish assuming I'd be able to find lots of
info on it, like you can with a LOT of other tangs, but info has been
scarce, to say the least.

Thanks, mikekelly (at) carolina (dot) rr (dot) com

It's probably a Lieutenant Tang.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



August West wrote on 5/29/2006 8:05 PM:
Hi all, I have added a tennent tang to the aquarium, and he/she spits out
everything he/she eats. The fish is happy and active and mouths almost
everything, but spits it all back out. I have tried Seaweed Selects Green
Marine Algae, Formual Two flakes, and even some seaweed I got at the Korean
Market down the road (I figured if its good enough for me...) Can anyone
offer any suggestions? I got this fish assuming I'd be able to find lots of
info on it, like you can with a LOT of other tangs, but info has been
scarce, to say the least.

Thanks, mikekelly (at) carolina (dot) rr (dot) com

Oops that was not suposed to go through with Test as the
name. Newsgroup problems, had to rebuild :-(

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Test wrote on 5/30/2006 4:01 PM:
It's probably a Lieutenant Tang.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



August West wrote on 5/29/2006 8:05 PM:
Hi all, I have added a tennent tang to the aquarium, and he/she spits
out everything he/she eats. The fish is happy and active and mouths
almost everything, but spits it all back out. I have tried Seaweed
Selects Green Marine Algae, Formual Two flakes, and even some seaweed
I got at the Korean Market down the road (I figured if its good enough
for me...) Can anyone offer any suggestions? I got this fish assuming
I'd be able to find lots of info on it, like you can with a LOT of
other tangs, but info has been scarce, to say the least.

Thanks, mikekelly (at) carolina (dot) rr (dot) com

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. I did find out they like spinach zuchinni, broccoli and
brine shrimp. Mostly the first three
"Test" wrote in message
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It's probably a Lieutenant Tang.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



August West wrote on 5/29/2006 8:05 PM:
Hi all, I have added a tennent tang to the aquarium, and he/she spits out
everything he/she eats. The fish is happy and active and mouths almost
everything, but spits it all back out. I have tried Seaweed Selects
Green Marine Algae, Formual Two flakes, and even some seaweed I got at
the Korean Market down the road (I figured if its good enough for me...)
Can anyone offer any suggestions? I got this fish assuming I'd be able to
find lots of info on it, like you can with a LOT of other tangs, but info
has been scarce, to say the least.

Thanks, mikekelly (at) carolina (dot) rr (dot) com

"August West" wrote in message . ..
I did find out they like spinach zuchinni, broccoli

It must be very hard for them to find this stuff in
the vast oceans I am surprised they survived in there ;-)

BTW - have you tried live marine algae already?
Something like widely available red or green gracilaria,
ulva sp., caulerpa - other various species of "feeder algae"?

Feeding terrestial plants long term to marine animals
is just asking for troubles... it is a different
food chain - not all "green stuff" is the same...

p.s. this fish belongs to a large family of tangs with
similar needs: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/acanthurTngs.htm
More info: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ac...us+tennenti%22

Pszemol wrote:
"August West" wrote in message
. ..
I did find out they like spinach zuchinni, broccoli

It must be very hard for them to find this stuff in
the vast oceans I am surprised they survived in there ;-)

One of my cats seems to think that her natural food is pork. Since she weighs
less than 8 pounds, I find it difficult to picture her running down wild board
in her native environment.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

"George Patterson" wrote in message news:H87fg.12698$lN5.8716@trnddc04...
Pszemol wrote:
"August West" wrote in message
. ..
I did find out they like spinach zuchinni, broccoli

It must be very hard for them to find this stuff in
the vast oceans I am surprised they survived in there ;-)

One of my cats seems to think that her natural food is pork. Since she weighs
less than 8 pounds, I find it difficult to picture her running down wild board
in her native environment.

Put is this way: her natural food is meat of other mammals.
Does it make more sense now? :-)

I'll do that today. Surely one of the LFS's here in Charlotte will have it
in stock.

Has anyone seen brown spots appear on their Tang's before? Mine got some
This AM is the first they've been there.

Ammonia, nitrite, phosphates, 0. Nitrate 10~15 (working on this, water
changes w ith R/O, adding more live rock, etc)

Could this be lack of correct grub for the "Lieutenant Tang?"
"Pszemol" wrote in message
...
"August West" wrote in message
. ..
I did find out they like spinach zuchinni, broccoli

It must be very hard for them to find this stuff in
the vast oceans I am surprised they survived in there ;-)

BTW - have you tried live marine algae already?
Something like widely available red or green gracilaria,
ulva sp., caulerpa - other various species of "feeder algae"?
Feeding terrestial plants long term to marine animals
is just asking for troubles... it is a different
food chain - not all "green stuff" is the same...

p.s. this fish belongs to a large family of tangs with
similar needs: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/acanthurTngs.htm
More info: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ac...us+tennenti%22

"August West" wrote in message . ..
I'll do that today. Surely one of the LFS's here in Charlotte
will have it in stock.

I would rather check some online sources growing algae in Florida.
They can send you a bunch or two and you can throw it into your
lighted sump/refugium and have a constant supply of fresh food
for your fish. There is also a product called "Tangs Heaven".
This is a mixture of 2 or 3 species of live algae for you to use
as direct feeding or to start your own culture if you have room
to do it in the sump/refugium. If not, at least during the summer
you can just keep the algae in an aerated tub in your backyard
under the Sun and when winter arrives you can order more for feeding.

Test wrote:
It's probably a Lieutenant Tang.

The scientific name of Lieutenant Tangs is Acanthurus Tennentii, so they are
some times called Tennent Tangs.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.