clown tang not eating

[big_ben102000]

got a clown tang about 2 inches long. i got it for 12 days now. it ate all my hair algae at the begining and now its pecking on my LR. its not taking pellets or frozen brine i throw in everyday. i left some red bamboo in the tank as well.. it also didnt touch it.

anyone has any suggestions ? it freaking skinny right now

cheers

[mansiz]

Before you bought it, you should have make sure it is feeding on food that was given instead of natural food. If the LFS owner refuse to test it for you to see, then try not to buy from him. Clown tangs are not very rare, many other LFS will definately have it. Tangs may be hard to make it get use to eat what we throw in when it's in a tank with other fishes, it is better to isolate one alone, throw in all kinds of food and remove any uneaten, I'm sure it will be easier to train them this way.

[big_ben102000]

ok will try that later. thanks

[little bull]

red Bamboo maybe a bit diff. not all tangs like it. You can get those Red Grapes or seaweed from lfs. As for my Purple tang, it take only seaweed for quite sometime then only started to take frozen foods. I did not feed Red Grape due to space contraints. Price wise, Red Grapes algea is much cheaper lol

As long the fish start eating, then should be quite safe. somemore you said it has been with you for more than 2 weeks. No worry

[big_ben102000]

yea i tried all kinds of food. seems like the only weed it likes is hair algae.. it went to heaven last sunday, juz before i went for my camp.

[bluezing]

sad sad ...

[Marinesavy]

bro.. sad to hear that, i suggest one of the LFS - SeaLife just opposite Robinson Hotel, the uncle very nice too and it feef pellets for you to see before purchasing, but slight higher price. I bought my BT from there after 1 fail attempt not knowing it feed before purchasing, this time round... my BT very healthy and feeding on all kinds of food.

[big_ben102000]

haha no more tangs for me right now. abit scared of them lar. the few i used to have either terrorise my tank or give me sleepless nights. will stick to some more common and easy fishes for now.

thanks for the suggestion bro. bt is in my wish list once i am ready for one

[Achilles Tang]

Clown tangs are notorious for poor survivability. Try getting them small, so they will unlearn their habits by watching other fishes eat prepared foods.

You should have introduced nori bits, all tangs will go for them.

[big_ben102000]

the one i got was quite small, around 1 1/2 inches.

[starrs]

yeah get it small..

I got my first clown tang from paris ris farm and it wasnt eating and died. learn my lesson about this tang.

Then i got my second clown tang from Sealife and it has been doing well in my tank ... it's been with me for a month and so right now ..hehe... strong and healthy and rushing for pellets or whatever food you throw in.

Sealife has a lot of feeding clown tangs in small size now. The uncle there trained them well to feed pellets.

Actually if u ask me about pricing i feel it the same one la... depending on your dealing with the uncle there.. haha;) and anyway paying slightly a bit higher is worth it for this fish!

Don't give up bro. i believe you will succeed someday.

[big_ben102000]

haha i used to have some tangs. after that clown died i decided to go with smaller fishes for now. doing some upgrading dont wanna take any risk for now. sealife is located in the west rite ? i live in YCK. so i get my supplies from AM and fishes from the area and pasir ris.

anyways thanks for all the suggestions ! really appreciate it

[starrs]

PMed u the details of sealife.

[big_ben102000]

thanks bro. appreciate it