Tang eating sponge?

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  1. ynzheng

    ynzheng Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I got a nice yellow tang of around 4-5 inch three days ago... Now it's adapting to my tank. However I notice that beside pecking at algae in my tank, it is also developing interest on my red sponges... I have never read about tangs eating sponge yet... And my coral beauty is not interested in sponge either...

    Has any one every observed tang eating sponge?
     
    ynzheng, Oct 4, 2010
    ynzheng, Oct 4, 2010
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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    I have seen tangs picking at sponges but not actually eating them. It seems like sometimes they are eating sm. pieces of algae or some mico thing I can not see. Tangs just love to cruise and pick.;D
     
    Corailline, Oct 5, 2010
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  3. coldshot

    coldshot Blue Ringed Angel

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    They do pick but not at the sponge like he said it is thing's ya can't see.
     
    coldshot, Oct 6, 2010
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  4. gabbagabbawill

    gabbagabbawill Pajama Cardinal

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    yeah, I'd say it's probably eating algae off of it... my emerald crabs pick at my red sponge occasionally and my sea hare will graze across it every once in a while... they're definitely going after the algae that's on it.
     
    gabbagabbawill, Oct 6, 2010
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