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#1
09-07-2009, 07:38 PM
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Some tangs are really skittish and take a little longer to recognize food sources. He might just be highly suspicious of the clip. My blue tang, about 5 years old now is still a huge chicken and is scared of anything I put into the tank at first. Give him some time, I'm sure he'll figure it out.
Something to try is to change the delivery method. What I do is wrap seaweed around a tube like 1/2" PVC with a rubber band and stick the tube in the tank. It is weird.. at one end I'll have a clip and the other end i'll have the tube. My blue tang will eat off of the tube but not the clip. Other tangs will eat off of both. One other thing you can try is other leafy matter like Romain lettuce. My tangs LOVE romain lettuce more than seaweed! If they do end up liking Romain lettuce, try wrapping it together with seaweed so that when the eat the romain they'll probably end up nibbling on the seaweed as well. 
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09-07-2009, 08:52 PM
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My Dori is 6 years old, she will eat a little bit of Nori but it is not her favorite. My hippo eats anything from shrimp pellet, spirulina flakes, Mysis and squid. Just ensure you are offering a variety of food not always the same thing. Give it sometime your fish will come around.
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09-07-2009, 09:07 PM
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If you have a magnfloat(magnetic cleaner) on your glass,try putting the seaweed between the cleaner,my tang and angel wouldn't touch the seaweed in the clip,but when I used the cleaner they went to it,I guess they were used to the magnfloat because it's always there.
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#4
09-07-2009, 10:41 PM
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you can try cutting seaweed (I buy mine in Save-On-Foods....) into pieces, presoak it in aquarium water in a separate container and then dump the water+ soaked seaweed into the ank. My hipo loves it this way! Make sure that the pieces are not too small....
Last edited by edikpok; 09-07-2009 at 10:53 PM.
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09-07-2009, 10:49 PM
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or try a different brand. mine was picky, wouldn't touch it until someone gave me a different brand to try. I guess some are prepared differently or something. once they get it figured out they'll eat pretty much any brand.
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