Macroalgae to feed tangs

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Hello, I put some macroalgae in the tank (caluerpa, gracilaria, chaetomorfa), instead of running a refugium. It reduces nutrients but I started to see my tangs going there and eating them. It seems a good source of fresh food for them always available. Is somebody experiencing the same? Thanks.
 
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Do you think this could replace completely standard feeding with products or it could only be an integration?
 

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Hello, I put some macroalgae in the tank (caluerpa, gracilaria, chaetomorfa), instead of running a refugium. It reduces nutrients but I started to see my tangs going there and eating them. It seems a good source of fresh food for them always available. Is somebody experiencing the same? Thanks.
Its regarded as salad and will never last with tangs.
 

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I wonder if continuing feeding them with traditional food now would be overfeeding. Maybe it’s just a matter of finding the right balance
It's really hard to overfeeding marine fish especially when the supplemental food is part of their natural diet.
 

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I wonder if continuing feeding them with traditional food now would be overfeeding. Maybe it’s just a matter of finding the right balance
having many tangs, it goes in one end and out the other
 
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