New Fish Kole Tang
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Ted
Living one day at a time
Looks really nice...
wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
I've heard people doing it.
Those rocks look familiar...... ;)
Those rocks look familiar...... ;)
Angelajean
I know that I don't know
Maybe we've been hanging out in the same places. The wrasse should look familiar too.:bounce:
Angelajean
I know that I don't know
Sorry he's not in that picture.
little_fish
Moderator
I personally don't believe in feeding land based veggies to saltwater fish, algae has different nutritional values and they evolved to eat those. But if I was to feed a land based plant, I would feed dark greens or other colorful veggies. They would be more nutritious than romain lettuce
Angelajean
I know that I don't know
I am with you. I had never seen that, but perhaps they have a reason. I did not ask.
Civicdemon
Go Big Or Go Home !
My kole tangs alwys die. IDK why. But yeah i actually had one that was doing really good for a bit then out of no where he just died, my Yellow tang and Sailfin are great and have ben great for months now.
grumpy
Reefing newb
Once in awhile I'll give my tangs and angels either collard greens or apeice of zucchini. They love it.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Some people feed their herbivorous fish lettuce, zucchini or broccoli. It's not uncommon, but I don't think veggies should be a replacement for a good quality frozen food and dried seaweed sheets.
RockStacker
Reefing newb
Feeding marine herbivores terrestrial greens would be akin to feeding marine carnivores adult live brine shrimp.
It gives them an analogous food mass for roughage, but would not have all the vital nutrients that they need to live healthy lives.
So this would be an acceptable substitute in emergencies, but should not be used as a long term food.
When I had a Kole tang, it absolutely went nuts on caulerpa - and my expensive halimeda( :( ).
If you have some reefkeeping folks near you who are harvesting caulerpa for nutrient export, you should ask them for a few clippings.
It gives them an analogous food mass for roughage, but would not have all the vital nutrients that they need to live healthy lives.
So this would be an acceptable substitute in emergencies, but should not be used as a long term food.
When I had a Kole tang, it absolutely went nuts on caulerpa - and my expensive halimeda( :( ).
If you have some reefkeeping folks near you who are harvesting caulerpa for nutrient export, you should ask them for a few clippings.
Angelajean
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SigEpLucas
Nano Reefer
Great looking fish!
Angelajean
I know that I don't know
Sorry about pic being upside down. I am not sure how that happened.
Ted
Living one day at a time
Its all good...kinda sideways really....
LoveJC03
Reef Enthusiast
Cute fish, but ours was a little devil. It wouldn't allow our goby on the sandbed..had to ditch the tang. Now we have a Magnificent Foxface, beautiful and a great fish. Not sure if we will get another tang anytime soon.. that kole tang was SO hard to catch, had to move just about every rock!
