Yellow tang ignoring seaweed

[NormanB]

Recently my yellow tang has avoided the seaweed put in the tank. Now it's color has started to fade.

Suggestions? Change the seaweed? It's been eating the sally's for a year now.

Thanks

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

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Recently my yellow tang has avoided the seaweed put in the tank. Now it's color has started to fade.

Suggestions? Change the seaweed? It's been eating the sally's for a year now.

Thanks

Is it eating other foods normally?
Jay

 

[kutcha]

is it still eating mysis or flake or pellet food?

 

[NormanB]

Yes, pellets, brine shrimp and marine cuisine.

Its belly isn't pinched in any way.

 

[guylaga]

Feed some spirulina enriched BS if not already.

It may take some time for them to figure out that they are supposed to eat Nori.

 

[Garf]

You got plenty of Algae on the rocks it’s picking at?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Yes, pellets, brine shrimp and marine cuisine.

Its belly isn't pinched in any way.

You’ll want to increase the amounts to make up for the missing nori. Have you tried any of the Two Little Fishies product?
Jay

 

[Thuan]

I have 7 including 2 yellow tangs. I've been using LRS seaweed. Recently , I introduced Masstick by Easy Reefs. They can't enough of either one.

 

[NormanB]

Maybe I'll change the seaweed and see if that helps.

Thanks to all for your help.

 

[PeterZammetti]

Recently my yellow tang has avoided the seaweed put in the tank. Now it's color has started to fade.

Suggestions? Change the seaweed? It's been eating the sally's for a year now.

Thanks

Proper Seaweed Feeding

Even when you have fish that don't eat and or need it, seaweed strips should be added to all reef tanks by way of smooshing.
Yes, I said smooshing...
put 5-7 turkey basters of water in a bowl
place one sheet in and smoosh until all the water has particles of seaweed but them remove the thick sheet.
one time a week add it this way for a month
second month add garlic to the mix (garlic extreme is fine one drop)
third month do this but start leaving larger strips in with the mix
eventually because all the fish will consume the small particles they will naturally pick up on the fact that the larger sheet is the same.

 

[Squidward]

That's odd. Never heard of a tang refusing nori for a year.