Feed nori to urchin and yellow tang?

[kmwd1206]

I’ve had a red tuxedo urchin for several weeks in a tank that’s 3 months old. Some diatoms have shown up but not much else in the way of algae so I supplement the urchin’s diet with squares of nori. He grabs it and carries it around for a day before it’s all getting eaten. I want to get a yellow tang but I wonder if it’s possible to still feed the urchin nori if there’s a hungry yellow tang eating all the nori in sight. Opinions??

 

[Spare time]

You can still feed it. If the tang keeps eating it all before the urchin gets some, try putting some pieces in front of the urchin.

 

[kmwd1206]

You can still feed it. If the tang keeps eating it all before the urchin gets some, try putting some pieces in front of the urchin.

I do that now for the urchin but it’s pretty slow to get a hold of the nori. It also spends many hours carrying around the nori on its back while it eats it slowly over the course of the entire day. I feel like it would get stolen from him pretty quickly at the pace he eats right now.

 

[Spare time]

I do that now for the urchin but it’s pretty slow to get a hold of the nori. It also spends many hours carrying around the nori on its back while it eats it slowly over the course of the entire day. I feel like it would get stolen from him pretty quickly at the pace he eats right now.

I still think it is ok. I have also placed urchins right on top of some nori if the tank is too clean and that seems to work.

 

[mrrealmadrid]

If you have a sump maybe you can put a rock or two with the urchin to keep it fed and once you get any nuisance algae you can get him back into display.