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Old 01-09-2012, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by naesco View Post
Part of your problem may be the food you are feding your regal tang. All tangs require algae as the mainstay of their diet but the Regal Tang is the exception. They are meat eaters.

So soak some best quality shrimp dryed meaty foods etc in selcon and with the other advice given, the tang's condition should improve.
Not entirely true, they are omnivores (most tangs are actually) they feed on plankton (especially when young) which can be zooplankton or algae but will graze as well
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