Clownfish eating seaweed?

[Kapachuka3]

Ive recently started putting seaweed rubber banded to a sea shell i found on the beach for my urchins and conchs. My clownfish has just started to tear it apart and eat it. Arent clownfish carnivores? Anybody else had this happen? Should i feed him more?

 

[Biglew11]

Clownfish are omnivorous. Most of there diet coming from small zooplankton.

 

[Kapachuka3]

Clownfish are omnivorous. Most of there diet coming from small zooplankton.

Oh ok, did not know that.

 

[damsels are not mean]

All my fish eat seaweed and always have, most won't take it off the clip but broken pieces they can swallow they will in a heartbeat. Even had a wrasse that would share the clip with a tang.

 

[mindme]

All my fish eat seaweed and always have, most won't take it off the clip but broken pieces they can swallow they will in a heartbeat. Even had a wrasse that would share the clip with a tang.

My cleaner wrasse is always the first one to take a bite at the nori in my tank.

 

[Spare time]

My melanarus wrasse if the primary nori/seaweed eater in my tank lol

 

[Chortanator]

My clownfish will eat the algae off the glass when I scrape it off, lol. They'll put pretty much anything in their mouths

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

The Clownfish is only doing it to irritate you.

 

[Kapachuka3]

The Clownfish is only doing it to irritate you.

Haha he hates just about everything in the tank, he always kicks the sand out of his cave with his tail. And always pushes these shells around i have in the tank.

 

[Idech]

Mine eat it from the nori dispenser. Not a lot but some.

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

Mine puts Shell Fragments and Gravel on my Corals.

 

[Kapachuka3]

Mine puts Shell Fragments and Gravel on my Corals.

Mine has not bothered my coral yet thankfully.

 

[i cant think]

I throw nori into the tank (About 3-4 strips) and everyone will take some with the foxface taking the most.
Definitely not unusual for a clown to eat nori!

 

[Kapachuka3]

I throw nori into the tank (About 3-4 strips) and everyone will take some with the foxface taking the most.
Definitely not unusual for a clown to eat nori!

Ill try to get a video of it.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Clown are opportunistic feeders especially in the wild and their diet consists of zooplankton, small crustaceans, and small portions of algae and all meaty foods which is why I state often to others- they are not a flake and pellet feeder as many LFS suggest.

 

[Kapachuka3]

Clown are opportunistic feeders especially in the wild and their diet consists of zooplankton, small crustaceans, and small portions of algae and all meaty foods which is why I state often to others- they are not a flake and pellet feeder as many LFS suggest.

Oh, im going to get some black worms most likely tomorrow and see if he likes those

 

[vetteguy53081]

Oh, im going to get some black worms most likely tomorrow and see if he likes those

Careful those as if any remain uneaten, can quickly foul tank water

 

[exnisstech]

Interesting as my clowns are the only fish that I have not seen eat the nori when I put it in. Probably because the larger tangs and Niger go after it so none is available to them.

 

[davidcalgary29]

The only fish that I have that seems to be a pure carnivore is a squirrelfish. Everything else, from a spotband butterflyfish to a matted filefish to multiple angels (spread across various tanks) make a beeline for the nori whenever it's put into the tank.

 

[damsels are not mean]

Clown are opportunistic feeders especially in the wild and their diet consists of zooplankton, small crustaceans, and small portions of algae and all meaty foods which is why I state often to others- they are not a flake and pellet feeder as many LFS suggest.

Everything's a flake and pellet feeder if you get it to feed on flakes and pellets.