Learning how to properly feed your Powder Blue is a great investment of time and the effort of establishing good feeding in this surgeonfish will pay you back in good health and longevity. In this article, we will run through some key pointers on the Powder Blue Tangs diet and add some pointers on how you can create a great diet for your fish. To thrive, Powder Blue Tangs need to be fed properly. This requires effort as in the presence of stressors of any kind, captive Powder Blues may quickly stop feeding.
This loss of appetite will impact the overall health of the fish, reduce growth and increase susceptibility to disease. If feeding is not properly established a Powder Blue Tang can die from anorexia, even if adequate food is presented. In their natural habitat, the Powder Blue Tang diet will consist of grazing on benthic algae that grow abundantly in the bright, oxygen-rich waters of the reefs they patrol.
I will go to petsmart tomorrow and see if they have the emerald entree or the aforementioned pellets. Thanks for the help. Your clown will eat mysis when he gets hungry enough, I would still go with it! I also second the NLS pellets, they are also a good choice. Reefrookie, May 13, I have a frozen mixed seafood that has something for all my fish. Try looking for one that has a mixture including meat and veggies. AmberSunrise, May 13, Show Ignored Content. Ask a Question Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?
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Quote: Nori is the best for them. It is also useful to decide whether a smaller or larger individual is better stocked in your particular circumstance, and that might be influenced by the size and disposition of the other fish to be stocked.
When it comes to the time to buy, ensure that you see it feeding before you commit to the purchase. Occasionally, specimens that are feeding well on flake and pellet diets can be found, and those are likely to be the best settled. How do we define 'better'? Sometimes fish held in intensive marine fish-only systems can lose a little colour over time.
The good news is that if the aquarist prioritises the fact that they are feeding well and have recovered from shipping over vibrancy of colour then the intensity and beauty of their colours should be regained within a matter of days in most instances. The benefit of the creation of an aquarium that provides for the needs of fish that can be classed as 'tricky', is that more straightforward species will usually benefit from the extra planning and enhancements to the system.
For example, surgeonfish are not the only species to suffer from white spot infections and therefore inclusion of a UV benefits all newly introduced fish. The good news is that the Powder blue will live with almost any tank mates given sufficient time to settle in a new home, but its territoriality can be an issue. The willingness to form schools with other, similar algae-grazing species in the wild is not something to be attempted lightly in the aquarium.
Indeed, it can be best avoided altogether. Their intolerance of competitors for algae might be understandable, but less easily explained is their apparent hatred of butterflyfish. None of these blends of fish groups are impossible to recreate in the home aquarium but perhaps best avoided in a system where the well-being of the Powder blue is a priority. Bear in mind that the territorial nature of this surgeonfish is likely to be enhanced by the aquarist offering meagre rations; an approach often adopted by aquarists who understandably want to prioritise their water quality.
One of the best ways to avoid conflict is to make this the final large-fish addition to the aquarium, i. This might not eliminate territoriality entirely, but it should reduce it. That, together with some suitable choices for tank mates can make all the difference. Another possible solution to the stocking of territorial species is to stock all potentially aggressive species simultaneously and as small juveniles. In the case of most surgeonfish and tangs, which may compete for natural algae resources in the aquarium, there may be limits regarding just how small the specimens available to be stocked are.
At least adding them at the same time means that they are all in the position of having been stressed while being moved to their new aquarium and will settle in at similar rates. Smaller, busy fish such as anthias Pseudanthias spp. Stock larger fish such as dwarf angelfish, larger wrasse and angelfish before the Powder blue.
Of course, any species choices will also be influenced by the variety of sessile invertebrates, if any, that are also stocked. For the majority of specimens, once the first month in their new home has been successfully negotiated, they will go from strength to strength.
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