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skeeter_ca
10/29/2006, 10:27 PM
I just bought a lemon peel angel and i just love the color. It goes around nipping at the rocks. I feed some mysis and it eats a few bites, but doesn't really go at it like the other fish. Is there something else i should be feeding it?

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skeeter_ca
10/30/2006, 04:01 PM
anyone, anyone, anyone.......

i was thinking about trying some veggies. Any recommendations on what kind.

aquadw
ozadars
10/30/2006, 04:27 PM
Try nori, this may help.
TereKers
10/30/2006, 05:55 PM
I'd have to agree on the Nori. Also any vegatation like foods. My lemonpeel accepts almost any food but seems to enjoy mostly veggie flakes, and Nori from clips.
skeeter_ca
10/30/2006, 08:27 PM
On my way to the store again. I heard about nori being good. Are there any grocery store type veggies i can buy that is good for them.

aquadw
clutch
10/30/2006, 08:51 PM
go in the chinesse section and buy regular not salted.... They should love it
skeeter_ca
10/30/2006, 10:14 PM
"go in the chinesse section and buy regular not salted.... They should love it"

Buy what, nori. It's sold at grocery stores.

aquadw
clutch
10/30/2006, 11:16 PM
ya man it's like sheet of green paper
Angel*Fish
10/31/2006, 11:11 AM
It's normal for them to take a while to eat much from anywhere but the rocks - and that's a message that microalgae type foods as well as other foods that grow on live rock are important to their diet - thus you really want to encourage lush growth on your live rock and also see if he will eat angel formulas which include sponge. He may or may not initially go for the nori, but keep offering it consistently -- one trick is to wrap it around a rock

If you really want to make his day, you might try buying him a nice fleshy open brain ;) :D

It is normal for angels to consume the occasional pod - a little Cyclopeeze is good for angels also
skeeter_ca
10/31/2006, 12:20 PM
I think i,m going to pass on the open brain thing. Don't want to start a diet i will regret. I did get some type of green algae a LFS had but it's not nori. He isn't interested in it at all but I will keep giving it to him. Maybe get some nori this weekend.

aquadw
Amphiprion
10/31/2006, 12:31 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8449936#post8449936 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Angel*Fish
It's normal for them to take a while to eat much from anywhere but the rocks - and that's a message that microalgae type foods as well as other foods that grow on live rock are important to their diet - thus you really want to encourage lush growth on your live rock and also see if he will eat angel formulas which include sponge. He may or may not initially go for the nori, but keep offering it consistently -- one trick is to wrap it around a rock

If you really want to make his day, you might try buying him a nice fleshy open brain ;) :D

It is normal for angels to consume the occasional pod - a little Cyclopeeze is good for angels also

The encouragement of filamentous microalgal growth is definitely something I would consider with pretty much any dwarf angelfish, especially ones from shallower areas. The nori is good, but merely a supplement to this diet. It can help make up for deficiency in algal growth.