What does yellow tangs eat?

[Chuchu]

My yellow tang that i brought has not eaten for 2 day.....

[diki88]

Pellets seaweed almost anything u throw in. Just keep trying. Fish can survive about a week given ur tank is established.

[Kayakkite]

Sometimes, they are grazing on the micro algae growing on rocks. Give it more time. As long as your water parameters are okay, they should be okay.

[Boonboy]

Yeah, give it some time. My yellow tang eats anything like pellets and mysis. It may take a week before it feeds well but it will eventually.

[PordingPrime]

3 weeks now my tangs only eat mysis and seeweed..... how to train them to eat pellet?

[Boonboy]

3 weeks now my tangs only eat mysis and seeweed..... how to train them to eat pellet?

My yellow tang did not eat pellets initially too! It only started eating after my clownfish was added. The yellow tang sort of learn from the clownfish.

[PordingPrime]

My yellow tang did not eat pellets initially too! It only started eating after my clownfish was added. The yellow tang sort of learn from the clownfish.

i have clarks clownfish and feed anything like pellets, mysis and seeweeds...

I saw my tangs bite then throw the pellets

[hammy]

Try clipping algae sheet at the LR

[Boonboy]

i have clarks clownfish and feed anything like pellets, mysis and seeweeds...

I saw my tangs bite then throw the pellets

Not sure if your tangs are herbivorous… Maybe your would like to check if your pellets are for omnivore or herbivore?

[Chuchu]

Thanks for the reply!!sadly it died as the wave marker sucked it anyway any easy to keep and nice saltwater fishes

[Kayakkite]

Thanks for the reply!!sadly it died as the wave marker sucked it anyway any easy to keep and nice saltwater fishes

I think yellow tang is entry level. Try again and get a bigger size of at least 3". They will be more resistant to diseases and parasite infection.

Try to quarantine the fishes before adding to the main tank as the wave is usually strong making them difficult in getting food. In strong current, the moment they see the food, it's behind them. Healthy and strong fishes will dash for food.

[Chuchu]

Will get one, happen to know any easy to keep marine fish?

[Kayakkite]

Blue tang...

[domvonn]

Blue damsels also quite easy .

[Boonboy]

Switch off the wavemaker when you are feeding. Those wavemaker with controllers have a feeding function to stop the wavemaker too. My fishes will not touch the pellets once it touch the bottom. Try those pellets that are slow sinking or float on the surface.

[atollgreat]

Buy the SUSHI rolling seaweed from Chinatown, yellow tang loves it..

[blusafe]

Blue tang...

Blue tangs are more finicky than yellow. YT are the easiest in the surgeonfish group. The best way to acclimate and train a fish is to quarantine! QT QT QT procedure is a must yet people love to skip this step. YT need more green, marine matter than anything else. I read somewhere of 60-70% of their diet should be green. I primarily feed my YT Hikari Seaweed Extreme pellets and it loves them.

[angmoh]

get a stable and healthy specimen.

You can try Coral Farm. Their fish imo are quite healthy. I just bought a yellow tang from there recently. The fish is so healthy that it even ate pellets in the plastic bag when i was acclimating it.

[epicfish]

Red seaweed or green seaweed on a hanger. They take some time to coax them into pecking on the seaweed but once they do, theyll eat like ALOT....and poop alot too. For new tangs i usually crush thr seaweed and mix with garlic paste and spread in my wave maker.

[flo_reeftank]

U can try , damsel , chromis, red head solon wrasse or dottyback ( they are very easy to keep ) or get a bigger yellow tang QT him for 1-2 weeks until he eat and then put to the DT. Good luck

[Uptempo]

Blue tangs are more finicky than yellow. YT are the easiest in the surgeonfish group. The best way to acclimate and train a fish is to quarantine! QT QT QT procedure is a must yet people love to skip this step. YT need more green, marine matter than anything else. I read somewhere of 60-70% of their diet should be green. I primarily feed my YT Hikari Seaweed Extreme pellets and it loves them.

My trio YTs love the hikari seaweed pellets as well. Strangely mine do not really like mysis.

[flo_reeftank]

Hi bro My yellow tang eat : seaweed, new life spectrum, ocean nutrition formula 2, mysis and brine shrimp

[Deron Ng]

Are they reef safe?

[kenyee]

Primarily, all tangs are reef safe..