Best way to feed seaweed?

revenant · Sep 4, 2020

How are people feeding seaweed ? I tried strapping it to a rock but the rubber band breaks it all up... should I pre-soak it so it doesn’t snap ?

AltitudeAquarium · Sep 4, 2020

revenant said:
How are people feeding seaweed ? I tried strapping it to a rock but the rubber band breaks it all up... should I pre-soak it so it doesn’t snap ?

Two Little Fishes has a nori clip that is easy to use. I have seen it the local fish store.

najer · Sep 4, 2020

revenant said:
How are people feeding seaweed ? I tried strapping it to a rock but the rubber band breaks it all up... should I pre-soak it so it doesn’t snap ?

If you mean nori use the elastic band to pull tight in 3 or 4 spots.

Cell · Sep 4, 2020

I just use a $3 plastic clip with suction cup. But I only have 2 fish that eat nori like this, a kole tang and a starry blenny.

revenant · Sep 4, 2020

najer said:
If you mean nori use the elastic band to pull tight in 3 or 4 spots.

It’s this

revenant · Sep 4, 2020

Cell said:
I just use a $3 plastic clip with suction cup. But I only have 2 fish that eat nori like this, a kole tang and a starry blenny.

Ok I’ll pick a couple of those up.. with the rock rubber band method the band seems to crush the dried seaweed and then it eventually rips and floats all over the tank...

Cell · Sep 4, 2020

If you have a large/deep tank and need to be able to move the food around, then I'd recommend a magnet clip.

najer · Sep 4, 2020

revenant said:
It’s this

England here, my nori comes in half inch wide strips, fold it x number of times and snip the edges and grip it hard, nori clips are great.

RyanFish · Sep 4, 2020

Use a clip. Like the ones you use for chips.

Cwentz758 · Sep 4, 2020

I turn my powerheads down and just toss a small piece in and it sink and hit a rock. Then the tang goes at it. Clips always broke on me or would start rusting if there was metal

Sleeping Giant · Sep 4, 2020

This is what I use

RyanFish · Sep 4, 2020

Sleeping Giant said:
This is what I use

This is great. Especially if you dont have predators. I used to have something similar and the triggers/puffer destroyed the suction part.

revenant · Sep 4, 2020

Cwentz758 said:
I turn my powerheads down and just toss a small piece in and it sink and hit a rock. Then the tang goes at it. Clips always broke on me or would start rusting if there was metal

Interesting... I do that for regular feeding.. maybe I add a bit of seaweed to the mix now.. thanks.!!

Pistondog · Sep 4, 2020

revenant said:
Interesting... I do that for regular feeding.. maybe I add a bit of seaweed to the mix now.. thanks.!!

This makes them work for it, like grazing on rocks.
Rather than getting the whole sheet at once.

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AltitudeAquarium · Sep 5, 2020

I went to the LFS and took a picture.

clm65 · Sep 5, 2020

revenant said:
It’s this

I've found the sea veggies nori to be a bit more delicate than some of the others, so it will break off into pieces more easily.

jelazar · Sep 5, 2020

I take an 8"x8" sheet of nori and fold it a bunch of times until it's 2"x3". Then I use a couple rubber bands like a net to hold it to a scrap of rock and throw the whole thing in the tank.

A sheet lasts for several hours this way, and only rarely do large pieces get loose.