Is nori enough?

[Jholli90]

This is a dumb question. I plan to add a kole tang in a few months. My tank is a year old. Other than coralline, I have no algae of any kind growing in my tank. I mean zero. I consider this a blessing, but realize I don't have any natural food for a tang. Will strips of Nori be enough for it?

 

[erk]

Depends how often you feed nori. My yellow tang has a voracious appetite and since the algal growth in the DT shifted from edible algae to bubble algae, it started losing weight. I used to feed my tang quarter sheet of nori every other day when there was natural growing algae, but now I feed almost everyday. As they get older they will need more as well.

If the kole tang is skinny, you will want to feed everyday until it gets some weight. Then taper off and see how it reacts. If you see it with a pinched stomach, then you need to increase feeding. If the nori sits on the clip all day, then probably need to cut back.

 

[JasonK84]

The tang will also start eating brine, mysis, krill, clam, and everything else you feed the rest of your fish. My powder blue eats it all and still cleans up a sheet of nori per day.

 

[rkpetersen]

There are also frozen products that contain a fair amount of algae.
LRS Herbivore and Hikari Mega Marine Algae, to name two.

 

[Jholli90]

Depends how often you feed nori. My yellow tang has a voracious appetite and since the algal growth in the DT shifted from edible algae to bubble algae, it started losing weight. I used to feed my tang quarter sheet of nori every other day when there was natural growing algae, but now I feed almost everyday. As they get older they will need more as well.

If the kole tang is skinny, you will want to feed everyday until it gets some weight. Then taper off and see how it reacts. If you see it with a pinched stomach, then you need to increase feeding. If the nori sits on the clip all day, then probably need to cut back.

I strive to have fat fish. It must be the American in me lol I will watch that it isn't turning to waste tho. Is there anywhere in the tank that is best to put the clip?

 

[Jholli90]

There are also frozen products that contain a fair amount of algae.
LRS Herbivore and Hikari Mega Marine Algae, to name two.

I will definitely try those as well. I want to make feeding easy for when I am gone on vacation. My mom won't appreciate sticking her hand in the tank when she comes over to feed dogs and fish.

 

[KrisReef]

My tanks don't use a clip. I drop in a 1/4 sheet and they play tug-o-war. They also get lots of cubes, mixed up each day. The trick is to only feed as much food as your bacteria can process to keep phosphate and nitrate low.

 

[Jholli90]

My tanks don't use a clip. I drop in a 1/4 sheet and they play tug-o-war. They also get lots of cubes, mixed up each day. The trick is to only feed as much food as your bacteria can process to keep phosphate and nitrate low.

That sounds fun to watch. A live documentary at feeding time. The only 2 playing in my tank would be the foxface and tang, unless a carnivore goes after it?

 

[JasonK84]

That sounds fun to watch. A live documentary at feeding time. The only 2 playing in my tank would be the foxface and tang, unless a carnivore goes after it?

My Picasso trigger takes chunks from the clip and then spits and repeats. Pretty annoying but my tang and angel scurry around gobbling up the pieces he spits out.

 

[Jholli90]

My Picasso trigger takes chunks from the clip and then spits and repeats. Pretty annoying but my tang and angel scurry around gobbling up the pieces he spits out.

The few times I put nori in, my fire shrimp attacks it and rips it to shreds, sending pieces floating all over. The foxface was the only one interested in it, and even tho he's a pig he can't eat that Fast. I spent 30 mins fishing it out. I figured I would wait to add it when I had another herbivore.

 

[Hemmdog]

Hakari reef riot has a bunch of algae bits in it along with meaty food.