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01-27-2008, 04:56 AM
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Make sure you make seeweed available too. I think you said you were using that too. Mysis I think seems to be a favorite staple food as well, from what I have seen from different threads on the forum. So long as he is eating he should have a fighting chance. Saw a chevron at j+l,,pretty fish..
 
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01-27-2008, 05:14 AM
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brine shrimp is not the best food for him as it has little nutritional value and is a filler so he won't eat other stuff that is good for him...try the algaes that have been suggested, and mysis is a good one...good luck, it's a beautiful fish!
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01-27-2008, 05:17 AM
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Cheveron's need Spirulina. They are vegie's big time. Mine barely looks are Mysis.
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01-27-2008, 05:32 AM
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Try some Nori and some lettuce...spinach works to. Not as main diet but as supplements. (well the lettuce and spinach). Let the Cyanobacteria grow a little and he will eat it...(Spirulina)
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01-27-2008, 06:00 AM
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I agree with Jason....spirulina. I would be giving her as much as she can eat in about 15 or 20 seconds about 5 times a day. I would try a little mysis once a day and nori often. When she starts looking and acting heathly I would start heading towards a normal routine. I wouldnt consider moving her out of the Q tank until it looks like she is strong enough to get her fair share in your display tank.
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01-27-2008, 06:54 AM
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As others have stated, nori is important along with mysis.
You can soak both the nori and the mysis in Selcon and add a drop of garlic juice to whet the tang's appetite. Nori is best purchased from any supermarket for a fraction of the cost from an LFS. Just get the unsalted plain stuff used for sushi wrap.
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01-27-2008, 06:54 AM
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Veg like lettuce have almost no nutritional value for herbivore marine fish. Any Oriental grocery store should have packs of nori sheets available. Mine come from a place in Chinatown, in 50 sheet packs. You can soak these in Selcon or garlic too.
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01-27-2008, 08:28 AM
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Judges are still out on lettuce, though it is better than mysis. People have been feeding tangs lettuce for years and years. I did it for a couple of years and all my fish were healthy, anyways each their own. I would agree that Nori is better, Try to get spirulina flakes. If you find powdered spirulina it mixes well with a garlic/nori mush but dissipates rapidly. Flakes or pellets seem to be the best option, though again pellets sink quickly (at least the ones i've seen) and pollute if not cleaned up. Anyways from what i've read tangs feed almost exclusevly on green-blue algae (cyanobacteria/Spirulina) in the wild so i'm thinking that is defn your best bet. I also fed my tangs a lot of my prunings from various macroalgaes in my refugium. They really liked it. I had all kinds and they seemed to gobble it all up.
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