Tangs and their diet

[mattseattle]

I have a yellow tang that eats meaty substances as well as nori and other seaweed / algaes. Most of her diet is made up of nori and other seaweeds I clip onto the side of the tank which she goes crazy for.

Is it normal for Tangs to eat both meaty foods and algae based foods? is it detrimental to their health if they eat both?

 

[DonW]

My sailfin will eat anything that goes into the tank. Probably why he/she is so fat. I do make sure there are plenty of greens anyways.

Don

 

[EvilMel]

I think it's common for them to accept meaty stuff occasionally. My Naso doesn't much care for meaty foods. She's all about the algae and sh*t tons of it. (I'm from TN you have to let me talk a little bit redneck.)

 

[mattseattle]

well I'm from Mississippi so I think I have ya beat on the redneck thing. i don't say "reckon" or "fixin' to" any longer.

 

[EvilMel]

atleast you don't say "fit'na." I'm fit'na go do this and fit'na go do that. Man it kills me every time someone says that.

 

[mattseattle]

yeah i don't think i've said that in probably a decade. my speech has greatly improved since living on the West Coast.

 

[EvilMel]

Well I'll be joining you out there pretty soon. My husband and I are moving there in June, but I won't be talking redneck for real because I don't have an accent despite living here my whole life.