Feeding tangs.

[Srt4eric]

So I put nori on a little magnetic clip and the tangs loved it. I then bought an algae grazer and they haven't touched it. Should I give it time or is the one I bought just garbage. It's from IM

 

[H2OPlayar]

Personally, I don't even bother with a clip, I throw 1/4 sheets in at a time and let them go to town. If it gets stuck on the overflow, I throw it on the feeding ring. I guess some tangs might not figure it out, but all of mine do. Same with macro algae, I just throw it in and let it float where it does.

 

[JVU]

So I put nori on a little magnetic clip and the tangs loved it. I then bought an algae grazer and they haven't touched it. Should I give it time or is the one I bought just garbage. It's from IM

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My tangs like this feeder. Maybe yours just need some time to figure it out. They also like the clips, but those are more likely to be torn off and go floating around.

In my experience, when sheets of nori are left to float around they get caught under a rock or in coral and become food for the CUC instead of the fish.

 

[ashburn2k]

I use the mesh from 2 little fish, my tangs loves that. If I use sheet, one of the asshole tang Will drag the entire sheet down to his hole.

 

[svreef]

It can take them some time to figure it out. Mine came from John, and he fed them using a rock and a rubber band. They did not get the clip at first.

 

[NanoCrazed]

If it makes you feel any better... my tangs won't touch nori at all.. lol. They just want their pellets

 

[newfly]

I rubberband it to a piece of rock. Haven’t tried the clip or feeder. My stupid tang only eat nori that is attached to rock. The loose piece that he tear out, will be floating in the tank forever until it get to the filter.

I’m alternating pellets and nori. Nori is a lot more messier.

 

[Srt4eric]

If it makes you feel any better... my tangs won't touch nori at all.. lol. They just want their pellets

These guys love their pellets

 

[787john]

Surprised to hear this. The grazer works great for me and my three Tangs.

 

[H2OPlayar]

I do think the fish learn from each other as to what is food and what is not (maybe by trial and error).

 

[BleepBloopMunchMunch]

I had the other problem where they weren’t eating it on the clip but they love the grazer. Definitely give it a few days, one of my favorite overpriced goods for my tank

 

[Vhuang168]

Takes time. You can help by pulling a little of the nori strip out of the holder so it waves a little in the water.

 

[Srt4eric]

Takes time. You can help by pulling a little of the nori strip out of the holder so it waves a little in the water.

Good idea

 

[Coral reefer]

Risque up that holder and make it show a little nori!

 

[SupraSaltyReefer]

That IM algae grazer is crap. I had one. The magnet on the inside will rust. Buy a roll of plastic mesh gutter guard and wrap it around a pvc fitting or use it with a clip. Not exactly sure what type of plastic it’s made out of, but it’s the same mesh Ocean Nutrition uses for their Grid Feeding Clips. Does not rust or corrode either according the the manufacturer.

 

[JVU]

That IM algae grazer is crap. I had one. The magnet on the inside will rust. Buy a roll of plastic mesh gutter guard and wrap it around a pvc fitting or use it with a clip. Not exactly sure what type of plastic it’s made out of, but it’s the same mesh Ocean Nutrition uses for their Grid Feeding Clips. Does not rust or corrode either according the the manufacturer.
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FYI IM made changes to the grazer to address the issue of the leakage into the magnets, and I haven’t had issues with it since.

 

[SupraSaltyReefer]

FYI IM made changes to the grazer to address the issue of the leakage into the magnets, and I haven’t had issues with it since.

Ahhh good to know. I love IM products, glad they fixed the issue.

 

[newfly]

My tang only pick on the pellets that sink to the glass bottom. He is a bottom feeder. Haha. Well half the pellets seems to drop on the rock and stuck at the crevices .

I bought a glass tube shrimp feeder. Works perfectly. Algae pellets goes to the feeder tube and in less than a day the tang knows to wait at the bottom of the tube for the food to drop.
I’m using hikari seaweed extreme. I’ll still give nori every other day.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

I have made my feed list know in past threads
Variety and frequency are key
Your fish should be thick in stature...NO NY runway model thin!!
They need food, more than you think
Appetizers 5-6 times each day
With each feed a wide variety

 

[Jonathan Chia]

I have made my feed list know in past threads
Variety and frequency are key
Your fish should be thick in stature...NO NY runway model thin!!
They need food, more than you think
Appetizers 5-6 times each day
With each feed a wide variety

What about the variety frozen foods (Rods / LRS Reef frenzy). Does that cover the variety part of it?