Tang Diet... what are you feeding?

[downhillbiker]

i also feed flake and pellet food once a day in the morning, i feed the mix at night right before lights go out. i just didnt want to add the flake and pellet to the mix in fear that it would become very mushy.

[L98-Z]

When people say garlic, what amount of garlic are they including?

[JKDMan]

my indian sailfin eats green alge sheets and hikari marine s,and my sohal will only eat the alge sheets

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by L98-Z
When people say garlic, what amount of garlic are they including?

Wow... interesting this thread resurfaced

when people add it right before they feed, they usually just soak the food in the garlic supplement for a few minutes before they offer it to the tank.

When I used it in a DIY frozen food mix, I just used the recommended dosage that was on the bottle of Kent Garlic Extreme. I forget what exact amount was for the mix I made though.

[guppychao]

i have been using OSI Spiralina flakes, and ocassionally mysis or brine shrimp as a treat (usually right before a water change)

[Gdubb]

Forumla 1 & 2, is that Ocean Nutrition Flakes?

also how is this as far as brine shrimp how is this?

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by Gdubb
Forumla 1 & 2, is that Ocean Nutrition Flakes?

also how is this as far as brine shrimp how is this?

Some people like the pellet variety better than the flakes. I find that my fish like the flakes better, because they stay suspended in the water column longer. Once the pellets hit the sand my tangs won't touch them.



I personally don't use the dried brine shrimp... If I feed brine shrimp I use the Spirulina Enhanced Brine Shrimp. Really Mysis Shrimp is much better for them though. I usually use the Hikari brand for my frozen foods.

[Gdubb]

Originally posted by Tswifty8
Some people like the pellet variety better than the flakes. I find that my fish like the flakes better, because they stay suspended in the water column longer. Once the pellets hit the sand my tangs won't touch them.



I personally don't use the dried brine shrimp... If I feed brine shrimp I use the Spirulina Enhanced Brine Shrimp. Really Mysis Shrimp is much better for them though. I usually use the Hikari brand for my frozen foods.

thanks!

I feed Dainichi pellets and my clown and p. br. tang love those, as well as every other day 1/2 sheet of nori.

I know I need to improve thier diets so this was a great thread. going to add those to my ever growing cart at marinedepot.

[Tswifty]

I feed the flakes 2 or 3 times a week... Nori once per day on a clip, and most of the time I feed a DIY mix twice a day which includes the following:

Squid
Oysters
Whiting Filets
Raw Shrimp
Octopus
Silversides
Scallops
Krill
Brine Shrimp
Daphnia
Mysis
Golden Pearls (all sizes)
Vita-Chem
Kent Garlic Extreme
Red Nori
Green Nori
Pure 100% Spirulina Flake
Naturose
DT's Phytoplankton
Formula One cubes
Formula Two cubes
Frozen Cyclopeeze
Prawn Roe

[Gdubb]

Originally posted by Tswifty8
I feed the flakes 2 or 3 times a week... Nori once per day on a clip, and most of the time I feed a DIY mix twice a day which includes the following:

Squid
Oysters
Whiting Filets
Raw Shrimp
Octopus
Silversides
Scallops
Krill
Brine Shrimp
Daphnia
Mysis
Golden Pearls (all sizes)
Vita-Chem
Kent Garlic Extreme
Red Nori
Green Nori
Pure 100% Spirulina Flake
Naturose
DT's Phytoplankton
Formula One cubes
Formula Two cubes
Frozen Cyclopeeze
Prawn Roe

thats a serious diy mix!
do you get all of your ingredients all at one place?

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by Gdubb
thats a serious diy mix!
do you get all of your ingredients all at one place?

Yeah it's a pretty extensive mix. I couldn't even ballpark how much of each ingredient was used.

About 6 or 8 guys from the C-Sea reef club got together one night to make it. Everyone brought a handful of ingredients, we grinded it up, and split it up so everyone got some.

[Tangweed]

This is the same food I feed my Tang. Do you think fish eat better in our tanks than in the ocean?