red sea sailfin not eating lettues

[big_ben102000]

my sailfin have been with me for around 3 -4 months .. cant really remember. it was previously feeding on pellets and brine shrimps and today i tried feeding lettue

BUT instead of it eating or trying out the lettue it started show agression at it .. the typical rise fins dancing around and stuff . any idea how to convince it to take the lettue ?

the lettuce is still in the tank .. how long before i have to take it out if it doesnt eat it ?

thanks

[glim18]

how about trying the red bamboo plant...

[stevenmukoo]

bro , for the lettuce can put in the tank for one whole day . Can check is it a lettuce or a cabbage cos many ppl mix up these 2. If she is the first time eating, it will take about 1 to 2 days before they will start eating on it.

[big_ben102000]

eh comfirm is lettues bro .... those i throw in are the left over ones after i made my sandwich off course no contamination from myonese or any other sause

and ya its the first time i am introducing it to the sailfin .. btw red bamboo are like for display rite ? as in like for asthetic purposes .. isnt it expensive to feed them those ? talking about the "living" ones not the ones that are dried

[flamey]

eh comfirm is lettues bro .... those i throw in are the left over ones after i made my sandwich off course no contamination from myonese or any other sause

and ya its the first time i am introducing it to the sailfin .. btw red bamboo are like for display rite ? as in like for asthetic purposes .. isnt it expensive to feed them those ? talking about the "living" ones not the ones that are dried

red bamboo are used to entice tangs to eat bro ... i always use it when i intro new tangs... HTH

[big_ben102000]

haha ok i will try red bamboo next time round .. btw its ok if the tang is juz feeding on pellets rite ? currently feeding omega one

thanks for all the inputs .. appreicate it !

[flamey]

all the better if its feeding on pellets.. personally i feel a tang is better off eating pellets than brine or mysis shrimps.. get those vege based pellets..

[big_ben102000]

haha ok .. thats great .. cause that tang is the only joker that need the veggie .. the rest dont .. ans also quite troublesome and quite of waste of lettuce

thanks !

[cci[RR]us]

I feed my tangs with "supermarket", unmarinated, dried seaweed everyday. They LOVE it and it keeps them very healthy. Lettuce doesn't grow in the sea while seaweed does, so I presume seaweed contains more essential nutrients for the fish than lettuce.

[big_ben102000]

woah... hmm... now i only have a sailfin wait until i get other tangs.. then i will try the dried "supermarket" seaweed

btw can pm me the brand of the weeds ? thanks

[cci[RR]us]

My tangs refused to eat any market leafy veggies but the moment i put in seaweed, they flew over and eat non-stop until the weed is gone. Sometimes I give them a treat by bringing home some FRESH seaweed (not dried ones) from the beach.

Pictures and videos here.

[big_ben102000]

haha thats cool.. btw those rocks not easy to collect leh .. i go to pasir ris beach everyweekend .. have to wait until low tide .. and then pick the rocks without oil stains.. but i guess it all pays off at the end

btw nice tangs u have there