Yellow Tang Eating Seagrass

[Mr. Awesome]

Hi. I put some shoal grass in my 125g tank and the yellow tang devoured them. Has this happened to anyone else? I want to know if I just have a "defective" tang and I can swap it out for a different one or if all yellows eat seagrass.

 

[Chaozu]

Yellow tangs are herbivores... If you want plants or macro algae in your display, tangs may not be the fish for you. 

[Mr. Awesome]

I know they'll eat macro, I just hadn't heard of any kind of fish eating seagrass before. 

[RoyalGramma001]

I’m Yes I agree any seaweed or sea grass you try to put in will just get eaten and devoured by the yellow tang because of its herbivorous nature.

[DSA65PRO]

Mine doesn’t touch the Seagrass, the Blades are about 1/4” to 3/8” wide. Also Doesn’t touch Mermaids Fan. Red Grape that was beat up in shipping, he ate all the Grapes. Try Julian Sprungs Sea Veggies and a Clip, to keep him full. 

[Mr. Awesome]

1 minute ago, DSA65PRO said:

Mine doesn’t touch the Seagrass, the Blades are about 1/4” to 3/8” wide. Also Doesn’t touch Mermaids Fan. Red Grape that was beat up in shipping, he ate all the Grapes. Try Julian Sprungs Sea Veggies and a Clip, to keep him full. 

Do you have shoal grass? 

[DSA65PRO]

This is what I have 

[Mr. Awesome]

Nice, looks like turtle grass 

[DSA65PRO]

The Macro in the middle picture is Mermaids fan, it’s is the third shoot since October. Mermaid Fan looks like that when there is no wave surge, from a Dump Box. With a Dump Box, you get the more rounded Fan shape. I have very high calcium levels.