carnivoris Tang

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Originally Posted by naesco

The regal tang is the only tang that is NOT an algae eater and NEEDS meaty foods to survive

To keep Regal's healthy they also need to be feed frequent supplements of herbivorous foods like nori and veggies; they will eat algae off of rocks and readily take all sorts of prepared foods, but require a diet high in vegetable matter.

My Regal Tang is spoiled with all sorts of meaty foods, brine shrimp, mysis, krill, squid, etc. But I wanted my Regal Tang to eat his veggies too.

No worries Adie, give some time. Your Tang should come around? How long has it been since you got him? Another idea would be to soak a little piece of Nori in Selcon or even garlic worked great for me. Also hey I noticed your using RED Nori, try GREEN Nori. My yellow tang won't touch the RED Stuff but LOVES the GREEN stuff. Only my Regal Tang will eat the RED Nori. So maybe try the green for your purple tang. Just a thought.

Best of Luck!