clowns WILL eat greens like tangs do as ALL clowns are omnivores, my clown picks at the seaweed right along with the tangs as well as eat peas and lettuce.
Yellow Tang??
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Hehe, so do mine. They eat the seaweed and anything else I throw in there, including greens.
My clown and my bangai cardinals are the only ones who WON'T eat my algae sheets
Back to the topic of your tang - I'm afraid I've got to agree with the others. My Tang is 3.5 inches in a 60 (US) gal and she's too big for it and has been really aggressive towards my other fish and feather dusters.
Sounds like you might have seen one with his fright stripe or night coloring showing. It happens when you first turn the lights on or they get stressed.
My tang doesn't seem at all stressed and is swimming around and eating quite happily without bullying any other fish. I have been feeding more often though as I was only feeding once although I am feeding smaller amounts. I will go out tomorrow and get some more different foods to add variety and will hopefully will be making my own frozen food too. If I kept him/her in this tank temporarily until I get a bigger tank would it be ok?
I am not sure if it is HLLE. He seems to eat during feeding time and swims around the tank quite readily (not in a stressed out manner).. He does seem quite shy however and hides behind anything he can.
I wish I could get a shot of him, but like I said he has a tendency to hide unless you are "not looking directly at him".. He really is quite comical.
I was just wondering because her had a beautiful yellow coloring, and he has this area that is not really yellow.. It is and it isn't. Its hard to explain.
Yellow tangs are nice fish, mine, also named Bubbles, died on Sunday. I had him in a 56 gallon tank and he grew from 1" to 4" in just 3 months. We upgraded to a 90 gallon to make him happier, and to have a nicer looking tank. He loved it, but we don't know why he died (was fine, then just died randomly). Just plan on upgrading, and start saving up for it soon. I decided not to wait any longer, wish I could have had a 125 or 150 for a 6ft length but I have no where to put it.
