Ideas for feeding Algae sheets

[Kenneth Hooper]

Greetings
I have a black sailfin goby whose diet seems to be strictly herbivore. I have very little algae in the tank and it doesn't seem to like macro algae I've tried. Right now, I clip about a third of a sheet of nori and stick it on the side glass. He/she absolutely loves it.

The problem is that it goes to where the clip meets the nori and pretty much saws the sheet off right there which has the sheet sent adrift to wind up shredded in the wave maker.

Any ideas out there on how to feed it without messing up the tank with tons of uneaten nori floating around?

Thanks in advance

Ken

 

[LovesDogs_CatsRokay]

I fold it up into a little square and rubber band it to a small rock. Pieces do get loose sometimes but they’re usually pretty small.

 

[Captain Quint]

IME beside smaller more frequent strips on the clips I like using rubber bands and securing it to a small piece of LR. Seems to last a little longer.

 

[Captain Quint]

I fold it up into a little square and rubber band it to a small rock. Pieces do get loose sometimes but they’re usually pretty small.

I was typing while you posted. Good idea

 

[Shluffer]

2 inch pvc pipe. 4 holes on top with string threaded through. Rubberband a full sheet of nori (folded on half) to the pipe. Hang it in the tank by the string.

Almost all my nori get eaten.

 

[Shluffer]

Double post.

 

[Kenneth Hooper]

Thanks all
Rock and rubber band works!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Have you tried some of the nori holders (other than the clips) on the market? There are a few of them that might be useful.

 

[Bluespottedjawfish1]

I have a mixed reef with a lot of both carnivore, omnivore and herbivore fish and everyone loves nori, I just take a sheet dip it in the tank and work it between my fingers until it turns to mush and breaks apart in a power head stream. This ensure maximum dispersal and everyone get a feast.

 

[ReeferReefer]

Innovative Marine Grazer works well IME.

 

[Shluffer]

Big fan of the innovative marine grazer. Drilled a hole in it and hung it in the tank. The magnet wasnt strong enough for me.

 

[ksf1]

I cut the sheet into 1/8th inch strips until about 1/2 from the bottom. Then put it on a clip or rubber band to a pice of pvc. The fish can pull off and eat each strip separately so it doesn’t break apart and end up all over the tank.

 

[Rich Klein]

Innovative Marine Auqa Gadget - Gourmet Grazer: I use it everyday. Not problem at all with the magnet on my 1/2" glass. The only downside is that I have had 2 fail when the water gets into the embedded magnet (each after about 8 months), so I keep an extra just in case.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Marine grazer works well until you have a tank with extra thick glass it cannot hang on to. Rubber band to rock is effective until like my situation, you have a tank 30-36” deep.
My alternative is to utilize cleaning magnet to hold sheet until it is gone

 

[naterealbig]

https://octoaquatics.com

 

[Realposition]

I have the octo aquatics nori cage and it works really well. Holds solid as a rock on 1/2" glass.

 

[mtnrunner]

I cut the sheet into 1/8th inch strips until about 1/2 from the bottom. Then put it on a clip or rubber band to a pice of pvc. The fish can pull off and eat each strip separately so it doesn’t break apart and end up all over the tank.

This works for me too. I take 3 pieces, each about 2”x4”, fold in half, insert the fold into the clip, then I take scissors and cut into 1/8” strips down to the clip. When my fish eat, they tear off a strip and eat away.

 

[naterealbig]

This works for me too. I take 3 pieces, each about 2”x4”, fold in half, insert the fold into the clip, then I take scissors and cut into 1/8” strips down to the clip. When my fish eat, they tear off a strip and eat away.

Great idea!

 

[Achilles Torben]

 

[klesel]

I dont use anything any more just put a 2x2 sheet in the tangs just come up and fight over it n shread it apart lol worked for years