Archivarium 2004

[DGoldense]

what diet do you recommend for a yellow tang I am introducing to my 75g tank? I know its an herbivore, but will it still eat brine shrimp and flakes? what types of vegetables should/can I feed it?

[DanG]

They will eat algae, lettuce, flakes, etc.

Just make sure to let him sit in your QT tank for at least 3 weeks, as tangs, espceially the yellow ones are very prone to ich.

[DGoldense]

what should I do to the lettuce in preparation before giving it to the tang???

[FloridaBoy]

DanG is correct about QT. Focus on green foods like Nori algae, you'll find plenty of green based options at your LFS so you can avoid terrestrial greens completely.
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[KDodds]

What it WILL eat may not be best for it. Yes, they'll eat shrimp, but a diet high in vegetable matter is really necessary to maintain health. I would suggest Nori as well. But a varied diet is also important. Emerald Entree from SFBB and Formula Two from Ocean Nutrition are frozen foods I use all of the time. For flake food, I'd try to stick with something like Formula Two.
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