chuysvt
hi
i have some fish that eat seaweed..i dont have seaweed..can i give them some other vege...
help with food...
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marcah
Reef enthusiast
I hear alot of people use nori
Northstar24
The Tang Herder
You can get Nori sheets from the LFS or even from the grocery store in the Asian food section. If you do get them from the grocery store, make sure you get the plain ones, not the seasoned/salted/flavored ones.
/flame suit on
I know there are people here that feed veggies and fruits to thier tank (I believe BL1 is one of them) - but in several places, Bob Fenner sugguests this is not a good idea, as terrestrial veggies dont have the same nutrients that marine veggies do. I think you'd be okay for a while on other veggies, but if they need seaweed (such as tangs) you really should be feeding that to them
/flame suit off
/flame suit on
I know there are people here that feed veggies and fruits to thier tank (I believe BL1 is one of them) - but in several places, Bob Fenner sugguests this is not a good idea, as terrestrial veggies dont have the same nutrients that marine veggies do. I think you'd be okay for a while on other veggies, but if they need seaweed (such as tangs) you really should be feeding that to them
/flame suit off
reeftanker84
Reefing newb
i get ulva and grac online live and they will grow pods as well as provide veggies for your veggie friends,only cost 3 bucks on reefcleaners.com
sen5241b
Reef enthusiast
If you have omnivorus fish or algea eaters you MUST give them an algae based food of they will eventually die.
cms722
Reefing newb
Still kind of new to this, what is that? Lol
marcah
Reef enthusiast
ulva and grac are both a type of macro algae that tangs and other fish love to eat..
Reef Nutz
Reefing newb
I use Romaine Lettuce. And look at all the tangs I keep using it.
chuysvt
hi
thanks i did see them at the store...
little_fish
Reef pro
I agree with Northstar. The various vitamins, proteins, oils and carbohydrate structures can be different between marine species and land species. Marine fish are adapted to eat marine plants, and function best off of those plants. Supplement with land based plants if you wish, but its no substitute for the marine plants.
Nutz - You might only be feeding them romaine lettuce, but im sure they are grazing on the naturally growing algae in your tank all day to make up for that.
Nutz - You might only be feeding them romaine lettuce, but im sure they are grazing on the naturally growing algae in your tank all day to make up for that.
