Feeding question

CallSign · 04/26/2016, 08:38 PM

Just a quick question. I have a sailfin tang that I cant get to eat seaweed from a veggie clip. I am feeding flake and mysis and I have seen him picking at the algae on thr rock. Any ideas on how to entice him to eat the seaweed off a clip? Should I be concerned?

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pyithar · 04/26/2016, 08:44 PM

rubberband seaweed to a piece of rock. some tangs like to eat that way. soaking the seaweed in selcon might help as well. if it's eating something, i wouldn't be worried too much.

Dogshowgrl · 04/26/2016, 08:52 PM

I train the ones at the LFS I work at to eat off a clip by rubbing/crumbling a small sheet of nori. small pieces go EVERYWHERE. When I have half of what I started with left in my fingers, I place it in the clip. Yes it is messy but I found it works the fastest. And most of the time I can train them to eat out of my hand, quiet the crowd pleaser, not convenient for cleaning the tank though! Lol

scooter31707 · 04/27/2016, 09:40 AM

Also what helped me was put the Nori on the clip and just dropping the clip on the sandbed. I did this for about 2 weeks and then the 3rd week I started to put the clip on the glass and it worked.

CallSign · 04/27/2016, 07:23 PM

Cool, I'll try the clip trick. I banded some seaweed to a rock this morning and he seems to be nibbling it.

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04/26/2016, 08:38 PM	#1
CallSign Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Kennewick Washington Posts: 37	Feeding question Just a quick question. I have a sailfin tang that I cant get to eat seaweed from a veggie clip. I am feeding flake and mysis and I have seen him picking at the algae on thr rock. Any ideas on how to entice him to eat the seaweed off a clip? Should I be concerned? Sent from my GT-P5113 using Tapatalk

04/26/2016, 08:44 PM	#2
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	rubberband seaweed to a piece of rock. some tangs like to eat that way. soaking the seaweed in selcon might help as well. if it's eating something, i wouldn't be worried too much. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

04/26/2016, 08:52 PM	#3
Dogshowgrl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: North Central Florida Posts: 298	I train the ones at the LFS I work at to eat off a clip by rubbing/crumbling a small sheet of nori. small pieces go EVERYWHERE. When I have half of what I started with left in my fingers, I place it in the clip. Yes it is messy but I found it works the fastest. And most of the time I can train them to eat out of my hand, quiet the crowd pleaser, not convenient for cleaning the tank though! Lol

04/27/2016, 09:40 AM	#4
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	Also what helped me was put the Nori on the clip and just dropping the clip on the sandbed. I did this for about 2 weeks and then the 3rd week I started to put the clip on the glass and it worked.

04/27/2016, 07:23 PM	#5
CallSign Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Kennewick Washington Posts: 37	Cool, I'll try the clip trick. I banded some seaweed to a rock this morning and he seems to be nibbling it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk