Vege food for fish

[kokhui]

Hi bro,

Can anyone share what vege food you give to your tangs and angels?

I saw some marine algae green, red and brown from Ocean nutrition in the LFS. Anyone use them? I am using the green ones and my yellow tangs loves it, just curious if anyone has tried the red and brown ones.

What other food can we give for these herbivores? Lettuce?

[tineng]

use Nori from the jap section in NTUC.....

[kokhui]

use Nori from the jap section in NTUC.....

Hi bro tineng,

I saw them in NTUC too @ Punggol Plaza but not too sure which one as I cannot read Japanese and the packaging does not say too much in English. Can help on this? Thanks.

[hotlemond]

the nori from NTUC are a good choice for thier price. the fishes love them equally.

I think have English wording la. Just make sure you dun end up with "seasoned seaweed". Think they post it as Toasted or Dried.

[lhchye]

use Nori from the jap section in NTUC.....

R they expensive???

[FuEl]

Alternatively try the dried seaweed use for making the "Or Chai" hokkien soup. After hydrating it, it looks purplish. My yellow tang in the past loved it.

[Noddy]

I buy those dry seaweed from the chinese medical shop. One BIG round packet type..from China one. Use it to cook fish soup sometime.

Even cheaper than NTUC lei....and a long time also cannot finish

[kokhui]

Anyone tried any fresh vege, like spinich?

[ckkoon]

Beside pellets, I frequently feed my tangs with lettuce (properly washed). They're fat as pigs

[prec]

im feeding mine with nori soaked with selcon and also any leafy vege that can be found in my fridge..

[Kelmen]

I also tried those "purple" vegi, probably what Noddy described. But only my hermit take them.

I'm still looking for "green" dried seaweed. Those used for sushi skin one all got spiced or seasoned one.

Is there really got pure green dried seaweed? Mind to post a picture?

[djviper]

get those nori sold in supermarket under jap section .. it should say roasted and its a big pack use for handroll... should cost 2.75++ per pack.

Don't get the seasoned ones...

and for veg that we eat i don't recommend it cuz it contain lots of water which doesn't help in the fishes diet...and i believe they contain a lot of nutrients which is bad...

[XPeriment 626]

I also tried those "purple" vegi, probably what Noddy described. But only my hermit take them.

I'm still looking for "green" dried seaweed. Those used for sushi skin one all got spiced or seasoned one.

Is there really got pure green dried seaweed? Mind to post a picture?

not home at the moment or i would post a pix. been using NTUC nori for months now, tangs can't get enough you must check the ingredients carefully. the ones they bring in are covered with Jap words, but the ingredients are translated into english. you should see "roasted seaweed" or something like that, but without "salt, seasoning" etc etc. Can definitely find non seasoned type if you go to the larger NTUCs or Cold Storage, Giant, etc

[djviper]

i bought mine at Carrefour Plaza Singapura

[cyclop]

The cheapest is those seaweeds sold in markets or chinese medical shops - 70cts for a big round piece, $2.00 for 3 pcs. My tangs and angels love them. I cut the seaweeds into reasonably small pieces (Ideal size would depend on the size of your fish and observation when you feed them). I mixed the seaweeds with garlic juice, vitamin or some other fish food. Sometimes I just sprinkle dry seaweed bits on top of the water and the fishes would simply snap them up. I tried tying the seaweeds to rocks, etc, but the amount they could eat was limited. Hence my latest way of feeding which ensures alot of veg in their diet.

[koniyakutz]

The cheapest is those seaweeds sold in markets or chinese medical shops - 70cts for a big round piece, $2.00 for 3 pcs. My tangs and angels love them. I cut the seaweeds into reasonably small pieces (Ideal size would depend on the size of your fish and observation when you feed them). I mixed the seaweeds with garlic juice, vitamin or some other fish food. Sometimes I just sprinkle dry seaweed bits on top of the water and the fishes would simply snap them up. I tried tying the seaweeds to rocks, etc, but the amount they could eat was limited. Hence my latest way of feeding which ensures alot of veg in their diet.

My tangs love it.

[Happy Reefer]

I thought Ocean Formula 2 pellets would have enough "vege" materials for angels & tangs.

Is it really necessary to supplement with seaweed or other forms of fresh vegs?

Pls advise.

Thanks.

[kokhui]

I thought Ocean Formula 2 pellets would have enough "vege" materials for angels & tangs.

Is it really necessary to supplement with seaweed or other forms of fresh vegs?

Pls advise

I was thinking about that too then later I thought to myself:

No doubt cereal and milk is very nutritous and can probably use me all the energy to start the day but sometimes I will want to eat roti prata, fried bee hoon and nasi lemak too!

BTW, I guess it is just to give a variety to them, so as not to bore them

[daimy068]

Hi bro,

Can anyone share what vege food you give to your tangs and angels?

I saw some marine algae green, red and brown from Ocean nutrition in the LFS. Anyone use them? I am using the green ones and my yellow tangs loves it, just curious if anyone has tried the red and brown ones.

What other food can we give for these herbivores? Lettuce?

Hi kokhui,

Using the Ocean Nutrition brown marine algae. My YT loves it, as do my percs who take the occasional nip at it and my coral beauty (wierd huh...the greedy pigs!).

[hotlemond]

anyone tried dried sea kelp b4??

saw Daiso selling it

[kokhui]

Hi kokhui,

Using the Ocean Nutrition brown marine algae. My YT loves it, as do my percs who take the occasional nip at it and my coral beauty (wierd huh...the greedy pigs!). 

Thanks daimy086,

Yah bought the brown one and as what you said, my tangs and angels love them!

I also tried the NTUC type but they "dissolve" too fast and not too suitable.

Also tried the purple type and the small pieces float away from my clip and pvc tube too fast.

Looks like I will stick to the ocean nutrition types.

Anyone tried some live algae like red algae that I saw selling in LFS?

[limbssg]

fish also want some variety, at times eat weatern food, sometimes chinese food.

this is how I hold the seaweed inside the PVC pipe (bottom of the pic):

[kokhui]

Hi bro, where did you get the net?

[limbssg]

Petmart, LFS and some hardwareshops sell them. Remember to buy plastic type and the holes must be just big enough for the fish to pull out some seaweed.