Urchins, foxface, tangs not eating diatoms: normal?

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My list of herbivores:
Yellow tang
Naso tang
Orange shoulder tang
Blue tang
Foxface
2 pincushion urchins
1 tuxedo urchin

It seems like only the orange shoulder tang and the tuxedo urchin are eating the diatoms. Is this normal? I expected all these herbivores to go to town on the diatoms.
 

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