Feeding herbivorous tangs

Yep it's good. You can use a clip to hold it in place. A
lot of times I just wad a piece in a ball, and then while
holding it in the tank, squeeze the air out of it and drop
it in.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Al Waitz wrote on 8/25/2006 7:41 PM:
I have a 120 gal reef tank established for 8 months. It has mostly soft
corals, hermit crabs, a brittle star a short spined sea urchin, some snails,
and 2 clown fish and 1 cardinal fish and a bunch of micro and macro algae.
I have been adding things very slowly and recently put in two young tangs--a
blue tang and a sailfin tang for their beauty and to help chew down the
algae. The local live fish store recommended holding back on feeding the
tank to encourage the tangs to focus on the algae and this has worked well.
Now they chomp up the daily small frozen cube of food and are making real
progress on the algae. I think I am getting to the point where I need to
supplement feeding with something for the tangs. I have read in this group
about using Nori which I can get from the local asian market. Is this a
good way to go? Just hang a piece of Nori in the tank? Are there better
approaches? Thanks in advance for your help.