Sohal Tang

[SeaSydney]

I got a sohal on Sunday past (which makes it 4 days ago) and so far I am having difficulty feed him. I have fed OSI spirulina flakes, formula 1, mysis shrimp, live brine, lettuce and he has not taken any of them. I am very concern and not sure what else to try. He still swims energeticly and is still pretty fat. Should I be concerned or does he need a little more time to settle down?

Thank for your help

 

[Tube Worm]

I cant help you on this one but, i hear you are feeding him lettuce...Am i right? You are really not suppost to feed tang lettuce. its not the healthyst thing on the menu. Try to feed him some kelp and algea, not lettuce.

 

[xKEIGOx]

give him some more times~ you can't do anything about it if he doesn't want to eat. algae is a good idea.
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[Anonymous]

Yes indeed, algae, specifically Nori (available in sheets for people-food) or one of the commercially-packaged-for-fish versions like Seaweed Selects.

After you get him eating that, he will eventually take a variety of food including the things you mentioned (but I agree with Tube, forget the lettuce).

My Sohal is a glutton in typical tang fashion and will eat seaweed literally out of my hand, before I can get it clipped to the aquarium wall.

 

[SeaSydney]

Thank you guys, I will get sone nori today.

 

[AF Founder]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SeaSydney:
<strong>Thank you guys, I will get sone nori today.</strong><hr></blockquote>

One more thing: attach the Nori with a rubberband to a submerged piece of coral. If that doesn't work, try some red algae. I don't know of a tang that can resist red algae, except one that is already dead but doesn't know it. What I mean by that is some wild caught fish have been caught with poison that is slowly killing them.