Sohal tang - what to feed?

[roger]

Saw this tang at a LFS. It's very expensive.

What do they eat?

[hongqixian]

Saw this tang at a LFS. It's very expensive.

What do they eat?

Probably vegetable matter like most tangs...They need to be kept alone or they'll fight.

[kelstorm]

this is indeed a very expensive fish.. i have seen it eat lettuce.. u might want to consider that if u are planning to keep it.. and btw, it is extremely territorial... no similar shape tangs is recommended to be inside...

[chanbi]

I saw one in Sealife 5.5' display tank. Very nice fish but definitely territorial. Better don't consider if u have similar looking/shape tangs. But wonder whether this fish is also very sensitive to ich (magnet?)?

[kelstorm]

tangs are well-known to be a magnet to ich..

[derf]

i agree dat tangs are ich magnets. i've got a hippo tang. it got ich when i first introduced it in my tank but after a few freashwater dip, the ich juz disappeared....

[robe]

Sohal is more ich resistant than the other tanks as long you get a medium size 4-5 inch smaller ones not soo. The best way to get rid of ich is to use a cleaner wrasse but you can only put in one in a tank, Make sure you acclimate the wrasse thoroughly before you add to the main tank or it will die. cleaners are very sensitive to water parameters. Likewise when you buy one make sure it is alone in the plastic bag and don't let it stay too long in the bag or it will end up dead.

[Achilles Tang]

I think putting cleaner shrimps might be cheaper and more humane than buying cleaner fish....

Both serve the same purpose but the cleaner shrimp will be with you for many many months as compared to the life of the sensitive cleaner fish which can be measured in weeks or days in our marine tanks.

We should stop the demand for cleaner fish as they are clearly unsuitable for captive life.

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