Best Macro Algea for Yellow Tang

[Darren in Tacoma]

I have had this Tang in my 90 gal for about 6 months and has been very healthy and doing fine aside from being a little skittish. I have lots of rocks and he is the dominant fish in a somewhat lightly stocked tank. About 2 weeks ago he stopped eating. He is the last fish I stocked and no changes have been recently made. I have tried a variety of meaty foods and frozen veggie foods and he will not consume anything. He was eating brine and nori previously. I am hoping to find a macro algae that he will graze on throughout the day as I am running out of ideas. Thanks for any and all replies.

 

[JCM]

All the tangs I've kept have loved ulva.

 

[MNFish]

My yellow tang eats like a hog but her favorite food seems to be patagonian red shrimp, I buy it frozen from Costco and I chop it up into little pieces and she goes crazy. Also she seems to prefer purple (laver) algae over the others which I get from Brineshrimpdirect, they actually have a mixed bag with Sea Lettuce, Dulse, and Laver.... A tang not eating is not a good thing, I hope you find something he likes.

 

[CanuckReefer]

Dulse works for my Yellow...has devoured it for years.

 

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Also you can grow fresh algae in a scrubber, and let the tang eat from it, or pull it out and feed it.

 

[Darren in Tacoma]

Thanks for the replies. We bought some live sea lettuce and live brine shrimp and hoping he will go for one of them.

 

[Darren in Tacoma]

Amazingly our Tang started eating again yesterday. He didn't go for the live brine and I have not seen him munching on the sea lettuce, but I'll be danged if we didn't see him eating frozen brine with all the other fish 2 days in a row. I am really stunned as he went for so long without eating, I was prepared to find him dead any day now. Super happy and I will just keep some macro algae in the display from now on.