andy Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 This morning was my tank's once-a-week all-you-can-eat Mysis buffet. Each head on my Torch and Hammer gets a squirt, and Scooter the Blenny clears up the left-overs. YellowFred, the Yellow Tang (one kid wanted to name him 'Yellow' and the other 'Fred' so....) hid in the rock like he usually does when anything even remotely scary is happening within 25 feet of the tank (scary) As soon as the corals seemed finished, I turned the circulation back on and a few remaining leftovers were swirled up into the water column -- no problem, a weekly treat for the Hermits. Once Fred got a glimps of the Mysis, he was out of the rockwork in a hot second... chowing down on the smaller bits of shrimp. He couldn't manage the larger/whole ones, but anything smaller than half was scarfed. I was really surprised. I thought that Yellow Tangs were herbivores. Do they normally like a protein snack, or is Fred a heretic? Maybe it is time to toss some Nori into the tank? He's been cleaning the GHA off the live rock for the past couple of days and while it is getting kind'a sparse, there's still a meal or two there for him. Maybe he's just a vegetarian when there are other vegetarians there watching (laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 No they feed on algae as grazing but they will eat meaty treats, tangs in general are pigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ahbrit Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 i fed my tang daily on mysis i fed my tang daily on nori i fed my tang daily on cyclopeze i fed my tank daily on defrosted frozen shrimp if you follow my feeding regime, get yourself a large skimmer My Tang was a Sailfin. It refused to eat algae of the rocks....i guess it tasted bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Tangs eat most anything, even poop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESBlofeld Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 We got one of the tiny Blue Tangs from Cichlids and Salt a few months ago and I just noticed it chasing our big female Pink Skunk Clown out of the way to pick some mysis out of our BTA, seems a bad way to get a snack, that Skunk could beat the heck out of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nu2reef-n Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 My sailfin tang will eat just about anything,including poop. My pacific blue tang is the same way. The last few days big blue has been hovering around the clownfishes GBTA trying to eat their eggs. He is a glutton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Ya, I named my Sailfin "Mikey". From a popular 70s comercial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Make sure your tang gets lots of spirulina. I had one die on me from poor diet, wont make that mistake again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 20, 2010 Author Share Posted March 20, 2010 Yeah, Fred's still doing fine 4 years later (laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 IMHO if you name a fish Yellow you can't complain when they turn out to be a coward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradth Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 I have a sailfin, kole and a hippo and they all eat anything I feed them. They all love there weekly mysis and brine dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Hey I name all my fish, thats the only way hubby knows which one I'm talking about! Beckie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Hey I name all my fish, thats the only way hubby knows which one I'm talking about! Beckie Yeah, I name them, too. But, I name them all the same thing, so the wife still doesn't know which one I'm talking about. DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 "Oh that? That's just Bob... I've had Bob for months... no, he's not new and expensive. Not good old Bob." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 We name most of our fish too but they still don't come when we call them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Well, they're no worse than cats in that regard. DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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