Help with clown tang eating

[Ramdude4G]

Hey all. Looking for some advise from some more experienced tang keepers. I recently purchased a juvenile clown tang probably 2.5”-3” long. I believe he is a wild caught specimen. He will not eat prepared foods. Frozen or pellet. He does continuously pick at the rocks for algae. He will not even go for the Nori on a clip. He is starting to look a little thin. And ideas on how I can convince him to go after the other foods provided him. He pretty much has the rocks picked clean and I hate for him to starve himself.

 

[GoVols]

The only nori that my tangs like is Sally's Seaweed Salad

Find a smaller rock and rubberband some SSS to it and let that small rock sink to the bottom. If that works then slowly swap over to a clip.

Have also read some nice reviews on the below food

Easy Serve 80 Masstick Fish Food (80g) - EasyReefs

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Hope that helps your clown t to be able to make the conversion...

 

[G Santana]

My tangs wouldn't eat too much initially but what they did go for was Hikari spirulina brine shrimp, they love it plus I buy inexpensive nori from Amazon which they love.
Months into owning them, they started eating pellets and my own prepared food.
Good luck getting it to start eating

 

[CanuckReefer]

I've fed my Yellow 'Dulse ' for years now, eats it voracious. Can be found in some grocers , the unmarinated variety.
Best of luck in finding the right elixir for the Tang....

 

[Squidward]

How long have you had it? Just give it time. It'll notice the nori soon enough.

 

[nereefpat]

Try live brine, if your lfs has it.

 

[Ramdude4G]

The only nori that my tangs like is Sally's Seaweed Salad

Find a smaller rock and rubberband some SSS to it and let that small rock sink to the bottom. If that works then slowly swap over to a clip.

Have also read some nice reviews on the below food

Easy Serve 80 Masstick Fish Food (80g) - EasyReefs

Shop The Best Saltwater Aquarium Equipment & Supplies at Saltwater Aquarium. We Carry Everything you will Need for your Fish Tank.

www.saltwateraquarium.com

Hope that helps your clown t to be able to make the conversion...

Thanks I’ll definitely give that a try.

 

[Ramdude4G]

Thanks for all the tips. Some ive tried and some I will be trying. Thanks again all.

 

[G Santana]

Thanks for all the tips. Some ive tried and some I will be trying. Thanks again all.

Good luck, I love tangs

 

[Ramdude4G]

Good luck, I love tangs

Here are my babies. My pride and joy is the Blonde Naso. In the last pic you can see the Clown Tang in the middle back.

 

[G Santana]

Stunning tangs!!!

 

[Ramdude4G]

Thank you. Every evening when I get home from work I go sit in front of the tank and the blonde comes out and parades around right in front of me. Lol. She is something else. Disregard the looks of the tank lol. Was fighting a bad case of dino. About ready to add sand back to the tank. Finally got that problem defeated.

 

[Guttersnipe]

Thank you. Every evening when I get home from work I go sit in front of the tank and the blonde comes out and parades around right in front of me. Lol. She is something else. Disregard the looks of the tank lol. Was fighting a bad case of dino. About ready to add sand back to the tank. Finally got that problem defeated.

How’s your clown tang doing? Is it eating now? My clown tang didn’t eat for a week then one day he started going after the food I was putting in the tank. I feed hikari mysis.

 

[mehaffydr]

I was having trouble getting a new Orange Shoulder tang to eat and Jay suggested Mysis. I tried frozen Mysis and he went for it right away.