Yellow tang help

I have a yellow tang that looks extremely skinny. It seems to eat, I've feed him brown and green nori, and he grabs some flakes I throw in. I was told this is kinda normal for a yellow tang to be skinny, but i was wondering if anyone knew of any food that their yellow tang just loves?

 

the only time i think a yellow tang is too skinny is when you can see its bones but even then i have seen some of those ones live a very long time

 

U can surely see its "ribs," its not super active but it doesn't seem to swim funny, good color, no noticeable diseases on it, and none of my other fish have problems.

 

I know ours like romain lettuce

 

i fed kelp before they seem to like that you just have to make it soft

 

I feed mine Green Marine Algae (Found Here).
He loves the stuff. I barely get it in the tank and he is already attacking it. Here is a picture of him, he is nice and big.

 

I feed mine green and brown marine algae... i wish mine looked as big as yours

 

THAT is one fat*** Tang.

 

what can I say, he loves his food. haha.

 

When I first got my tang, I went thru a ton of food, the only thing he ate was red algae (no green or brown)
After he was eating more I started "formula two"... Now he eats anything...
I would try the formula 2, Good luck.

 

Do you supplement with garlic and fish oil? As you can see from others, tangs will eat foods that one normally would think that they wouldn't. Garlic will stimulate appetite as well as a deterant to parasites. You can blanch some spinich, etc. Rpmaine lettuce is good too. Good luck with him ;-0)

 

One that thin needs a constant source of food. Do you use a veggie clip or attach the nori to a rock. Tangs like to graze off of the rocks and take some time to adjust to taking food out of the water column. Sinking pellets are also a good option as the will normally pick at the rock.

How long have you had the fish, what are the tank mates and what size tank? There maybe a fish in the tank that is picking on it so it is not comfortable coming out.

 

I would put a clip of nori every morning for it, and the last week or so I've constantly have had food in there, but sadly this morning i found it just blowing around. I had the fish for about a month or so, and it seemed to be kinda the boss of the tank when i first got it. I've read about yellow tangs having "warms" and like you said the garlic can take care of it some times but it must of just been to far off. I guess for future references though, could you explain the supplementing with garlic and fish oil?