Hello, my Yellow Tang is not as yellow as it used to be, it eats well, mostly frozen mysis shrimp, what am I missing, my water levels & salinity are good my other fish are doing well, any ideas would be appreciated, thank you.
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Yellow Tang loosing color
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willieboy240
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More nori. Less carbon.
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More varied diet. Go to LFS and get several frozen foods. Feed Nori or get turf scrubber and feed hair algae
zheka757
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I hear you on that one. I have 3 of them that I got for $100 total. Now I don't know what they go for
It's either stress or diet. Any new tankmates added recently before the change? Any signs of the tang getting beat up? Was the change rapid or gradual? Just because you don't see it happening doesn't mean it's not getting a "blanket party" after the lights go out. If the change was sudden this would be what I suspect first. If this happened over a period of weeks or months I would suspect diet. My tang likes to eat algae that grows in my tank but he also likes to eat TDO-A Chromaboost. This stuff really helps with the color of any fish that likes to eat it. My yellow tang is young but bright yellow. https://reefnutrition.com/collections/tdo
minus9
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Your tank looks like it’s new with no algae growth at all? Yellow tangs are herbivores and spend every waking moment grazing algae on the reef, your tank shouldn’t be any different. I would feed more green, nori or caulerpa if you can find it. NLS max algae pellets, TDO, cool green flakes are more good choices.
Forgive me for sounding harsh, but I would do a little more research on the animals that you keep. We can’t assume that all fish eat mysis, but as mentioned earlier, providing fish with a varied diet is key to long term success. Good luck and give that little guy some greens. If you don’t have an algae fuge, maybe it’s time to grow some food for your fish?
Forgive me for sounding harsh, but I would do a little more research on the animals that you keep. We can’t assume that all fish eat mysis, but as mentioned earlier, providing fish with a varied diet is key to long term success. Good luck and give that little guy some greens. If you don’t have an algae fuge, maybe it’s time to grow some food for your fish?
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