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Old 09-08-2008, 03:37 PM
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flake, pellets, nori and the odd time I throw in some mysis.

Every few feedings I'll soak the flake and pellets in Selcon.

Never seen HLLE.
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Old 09-08-2008, 04:44 PM
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I have one in a qt tank right now that I am holding for a friend of mine.
Picked this one up with some other stuff was a package deal.
HE/She is about 3" and it won't eat Nori only frozen and flake.
I think it might be because it was never fed Nori before.
Is it just a matter of getting it used to Nori or do some just not eat Nori?
I thought all tangs mainly ate algae.
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Old 09-08-2008, 05:34 PM
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Thanks for the replies guys. Where do you get your Nori?

I saw that J & L has some brown / green / red seaweed ( http://www.jlaquatics.com/info/288/O...ae+Sheets.html) . Is this stuff the same as nori?

About the fresh lettuce - do you feed it to your tangs? Anthony - please look at this: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...dspice&dbid=61 . It looks like the Romaine lettuce has quite a bit of nutrients actually....
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Old 09-08-2008, 07:09 PM
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I use Formula 2 pellets, Mysis, and green seaweed (rarely). I also soak the Mysis in Selcon one to two feedings a week, and use Tropic Marin Immuvit and Lipovit mixed in the food atleast twice a week. I used to have issues with HLLE in tangs that I had for a while, but since adding the Selcon an Tropic Marin products I've been good.
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My bad. Romaine is better than the other types.
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The nori you get at supermarkets (Superstore, T&T, wherever) is the same stuff that's repackaged and sold with a massive markup at LFS. Just look for the plain nori for making sushi as opposed to the stuff with the salt and spices in it.
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Unlike other tangs which eat algae in the wild, the Hippo or Pacific Blue Tang is omnivorous. It eats primarily meaty food.
Accordingly, I feed it pieces of shrimp and it gets its algae from the pieces of nori which I feed the other tangs.
I soak the food in garlic extreme and add selcon from time to time.
These fish are ich magnets so the garlic is a good preventative.
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