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seafan Small Fry Posts: 2 Kudos: 2 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Jul-2006	i'm looking for table greens to feed my tangs i feed them seaweed but am looking for something i can buy at the market i tried romaine lettuce but they didn't seem to like it .......any ideas
Posted 15-Aug-2006 06:10
mattyboombatty Moderator Tenellus Obsessor Posts: 2790 Kudos: 1507 Votes: 1301 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	You can buy the seaweed pretty cheap at asian food stores. I'm thinking they call it nori or something like that. Formula 2 is also a good veggie food. Other than that I'm not too experienced feeding them people food....and I'm not sure how good it would be for them. Maybe try spinach? Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients
Posted 15-Aug-2006 16:03
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Really, you're better off feeding nori or food which is formulated for tangs/herbivores. Sometimes people can get away with feeding table foods to fish, but it seems pretty unnatural. Plus, there would not be as much of a nutritional benefit to feeding something like lettuce when compared to a natural algae diet. Not only that, there is the matter of pesticides. Though they probably aren't lethal in those small doses, they aren't going to be good for the fish. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 15-Aug-2006 17:02
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	sushi nori they love it! you can buy lots of different kinds of algaes and seaweeds at your LFS or online, and sometimes Asian markets sell the stuff too...believe it or not, the stuff the pet store sells isn't too different from what's in sushi my purple tang loves seaweed selects and julian sprungs algae sheeets too -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 19-Aug-2006 00:40


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