Macroalgae to feed tangs

[Billyreef-ita]

Hello, I put some macroalgae in the tank (caluerpa, gracilaria, chaetomorfa), instead of running a refugium. It reduces nutrients but I started to see my tangs going there and eating them. It seems a good source of fresh food for them always available. Is somebody experiencing the same? Thanks.

 

[Spare time]

Yeah that's pretty normal

 

[Cthulukelele]

A lot of tangs love macroalgae.

 

[Billyreef-ita]

Do you think this could replace completely standard feeding with products or it could only be an integration?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello, I put some macroalgae in the tank (caluerpa, gracilaria, chaetomorfa), instead of running a refugium. It reduces nutrients but I started to see my tangs going there and eating them. It seems a good source of fresh food for them always available. Is somebody experiencing the same? Thanks.

Its regarded as salad and will never last with tangs.

 

[Billyreef-ita]

Its regarded as salad and will never last with tangs

Its regarded as salad and will never last with tangs.

I wonder if continuing feeding them with traditional food now would be overfeeding. Maybe it’s just a matter of finding the right balance

 

[Cthulukelele]

I wonder if continuing feeding them with traditional food now would be overfeeding. Maybe it’s just a matter of finding the right balance

It's really hard to overfeeding marine fish especially when the supplemental food is part of their natural diet.

 

[Billyreef-ita]

Ok thanks!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I wonder if continuing feeding them with traditional food now would be overfeeding. Maybe it’s just a matter of finding the right balance

having many tangs, it goes in one end and out the other

 

[SaltBabies]

I always supply fresh macroalgae to tangs and angles. It's part of their natural diet. I also still feed mysis. It makes for fat happy fish.