Bad luck for tangs! - Aquarium Advice

Hookman · 01-26-2006, 08:33 PM

My newest fish, yellow tang, has been nipping at my corals. I leave nori in there and he'll eat it but he still picks on the corals. This is why I got rid of my whitecheek tang. I guess i'll take him to an [acronym:6d7cfb18cf="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:6d7cfb18cf]. I think I might try a naso tang!

TCTFish · 01-27-2006, 03:33 PM

Tangs don't eat coral, but they may nibble on the algae that could be growing on the coral. This can be beneficial to the coral as the tang cleans the coral of this growth.

seaham358 · 01-28-2006, 08:03 PM

agree with Tfish.. when I add new corals every one is picking at it and the crabs will bee all over it also. This happens mostly when the coral is mounted on a rock.

01-26-2006, 08:33 PM	#1
Hookman Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Chester, PA Posts: 128	Bad luck for tangs! My newest fish, yellow tang, has been nipping at my corals. I leave nori in there and he'll eat it but he still picks on the corals. This is why I got rid of my whitecheek tang. I guess i'll take him to an [acronym:6d7cfb18cf="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:6d7cfb18cf]. I think I might try a naso tang!

01-27-2006, 03:33 PM	#2
TCTFish Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 1,470 Images: 20	Tangs don't eat coral, but they may nibble on the algae that could be growing on the coral. This can be beneficial to the coral as the tang cleans the coral of this growth. __________________ http://www.tricitytropicals.com ------------------------------------ We, as a people, know so much more about outer space than we do about our own oceans. This lack of knowledge can very well spell the dangers that lay in wait for us. The oceans surely would swallow us before a rock comes down to smite the planet of it's life. Nov/2004

01-28-2006, 08:03 PM	#3
seaham358 Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2004 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY Posts: 3,296 Images: 21	agree with Tfish.. when I add new corals every one is picking at it and the crabs will bee all over it also. This happens mostly when the coral is mounted on a rock. __________________ 9/02-125 REEF, 125 lbs LR,LS 4x160 VHO, Reef Devil /Sump, Fuge 7/03-55 FOWLR 60lb LR, 50 lb SD sand 2x40 NO strip light, Reef Devil/sump, Fuge TANK PICS http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=98202

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