feeding regal tang

donski84 · 10/12/2010, 05:40 PM

hi i am adding a regal tang to my tank and am after feeding suggestion.
i currently have 2 clowns, 1 coral beauty angel, 5 blue chromis, 1 yellow head sleeper goby( there were two but i think my pistol shrimp got to one when it tried to steal its cave), 1 filamented flasher wrasse and a variety of inverts (stars, shrimp, crabs etc ) . Will the regal tang eat the same food as these guys or do i need something extra.
thank you

Palting · 10/12/2010, 06:21 PM

The Regal, like all tangs, is a herbivore. I don't know what you feed your other fish, but tangs need seaweed and algae, and usually eat all day long in the wild. I leave my back wall alone to grow algae for my tangs, and I make a roll of dried seaweed and put it on a clip daily.

donski84 · 10/12/2010, 06:26 PM

i usally rotate between frozen brine, frozen mysis, flakes, pallets, fresh chopped seafood, frozen krill, frozen marine greens and every 2 days a new piece of nori in a clip

10/12/2010, 05:40 PM	#1
donski84 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: MELBOURNE VICTORIA Posts: 25	feeding regal tang hi i am adding a regal tang to my tank and am after feeding suggestion. i currently have 2 clowns, 1 coral beauty angel, 5 blue chromis, 1 yellow head sleeper goby( there were two but i think my pistol shrimp got to one when it tried to steal its cave), 1 filamented flasher wrasse and a variety of inverts (stars, shrimp, crabs etc ) . Will the regal tang eat the same food as these guys or do i need something extra. thank you

10/12/2010, 06:21 PM	#2
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	The Regal, like all tangs, is a herbivore. I don't know what you feed your other fish, but tangs need seaweed and algae, and usually eat all day long in the wild. I leave my back wall alone to grow algae for my tangs, and I make a roll of dried seaweed and put it on a clip daily. __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

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10/12/2010, 06:26 PM	#3
donski84 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: MELBOURNE VICTORIA Posts: 25	i usally rotate between frozen brine, frozen mysis, flakes, pallets, fresh chopped seafood, frozen krill, frozen marine greens and every 2 days a new piece of nori in a clip