Powder Blue Tanger eating habits

RonD · 07/24/2006, 07:06 PM

Hi All.. My Tang is a lover of all things green like most other tangers.. Question though.. When I feed the others and give them mysis and brine etc the tang eats that as well... to the point of out eating the others .. I give it formula II in pellet and frozen and spirolina tables and grape caulpora .. is this normal?

Paintbug · 07/24/2006, 07:11 PM

mine does the same thing, has since i have owned him. the others seem to get what they need. he eats anything i put in the tank. meaty flakes, veggie flakes, frozen foods, live foods everything! i also put out algae strips every 2-3 days for him. just about all my fish eat that as well.

roons · 07/24/2006, 07:18 PM

ive yet to be able to put more in the tank than hell eat, they are pigs

RonD · 07/24/2006, 11:02 PM

Ahh so we have the great white of the Tang world... finned garbage cans

Bebo77 · 07/24/2006, 11:12 PM

tangs are pigs.. feed "greens" first to try and fill him up and then feed the other stuff.. dont know if it will work but its worth a try

Peter Eichler · 07/25/2006, 12:16 AM

In nature and the aquarium they're more omnivores when young than strictly herbivores. Think of them as lousy vegetarians, they prefer their veggies but if a shrimp scampi is placed in from of em they'll gladly take a few bites.

Asuran · 07/25/2006, 07:26 AM

tangs will eat anything and everything espically as they mature but a eating tang is a good thing espically a PBT

highquality · 07/25/2006, 07:32 AM

I would feed mine torn off nori morning and evening along with flakes and mysis for other fish and he ate it all. Algae is really important for them tho I think.

07/24/2006, 07:06 PM	#1
RonD Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 721	Powder Blue Tanger eating habits Hi All.. My Tang is a lover of all things green like most other tangers.. Question though.. When I feed the others and give them mysis and brine etc the tang eats that as well... to the point of out eating the others .. I give it formula II in pellet and frozen and spirolina tables and grape caulpora .. is this normal? __________________ If I had a clue... I'd be sitting on the floor playing with it. My vid's http://www.youtube.com/user/rondev Current Tank Info: 210 Gal Display, 220 Gal frag tank, 300 gal sump, Sequence Hammer head Pump, Reeflo Orca 250 Skimmer, 2x400w MH. Tit. Heaters, 200+ lbs Jakarta LR and an empty wallet :)

07/24/2006, 07:11 PM	#2
Paintbug Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stoneville, NC Posts: 6,169	mine does the same thing, has since i have owned him. the others seem to get what they need. he eats anything i put in the tank. meaty flakes, veggie flakes, frozen foods, live foods everything! i also put out algae strips every 2-3 days for him. just about all my fish eat that as well. __________________ Never ask a girl over to see your crabs!! <-Tony-> Current Tank Info: NONE currently

07/24/2006, 11:02 PM	#4
RonD Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 721	Ahh so we have the great white of the Tang world... finned garbage cans __________________ If I had a clue... I'd be sitting on the floor playing with it. My vid's http://www.youtube.com/user/rondev Current Tank Info: 210 Gal Display, 220 Gal frag tank, 300 gal sump, Sequence Hammer head Pump, Reeflo Orca 250 Skimmer, 2x400w MH. Tit. Heaters, 200+ lbs Jakarta LR and an empty wallet :)

07/24/2006, 11:12 PM	#5
Bebo77 Premium Nonpaying Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lost Posts: 14,377	tangs are pigs.. feed "greens" first to try and fill him up and then feed the other stuff.. dont know if it will work but its worth a try __________________ Gabriel Current Tank Info: 300 Gal Envision Tank(98Lx30Wx26T) 120 Gal SoCalCreations Sump, Deltec TC2560, 2 LumenarcsMini 1 Reg on a light mover W Radiums 250& 400, Gallaxy ballasts, Red Dragon 10m3 return W/ 2 WavySeas, 2 6155 Tunze streams

07/25/2006, 12:16 AM	#6
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	In nature and the aquarium they're more omnivores when young than strictly herbivores. Think of them as lousy vegetarians, they prefer their veggies but if a shrimp scampi is placed in from of em they'll gladly take a few bites. __________________ April 2015 TOTM

07/24/2006, 07:18 PM	#3
roons Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: saugerties ,ny Posts: 1,240	ive yet to be able to put more in the tank than hell eat, they are pigs

07/25/2006, 07:26 AM	#7
Asuran Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Scarborough Posts: 504	tangs will eat anything and everything espically as they mature but a eating tang is a good thing espically a PBT __________________ 180gallon reef, 70gallon sump 110gallon reef, 50 gallon sump (former tank) 70gallon FOWLR, 30 gallon sump

07/25/2006, 07:32 AM	#8
highquality Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: n.c. Posts: 550	I would feed mine torn off nori morning and evening along with flakes and mysis for other fish and he ate it all. Algae is really important for them tho I think. __________________ " If you can touch people with wildlife, then they want to save it." Steve Irwin Current Tank Info: One of my tanks is a 50 gallon Mini Reef - 250 wt 20k on a PFO mag. ballast - a 250 wt krystal star 11k on a dynamic E-ballast - ASM G2 1/2 skimmer -TLF phosban reactor with 1 1/2 carbon in it -