Nori all over my tank

[Chris Van Daele]

Hello,

Just wondering if anyone has the same issue as me. I feed Nori on a clip twice a day to my fish who seem to be messy eaters. Pieces of it end up all over the place and unless I do a water change it can get everywhere. I do have a goby that sifts through the sand but he doesn’t come close to keeping up. wondering if anyone has experienced similar issues?

 

[Hemmdog]

That seems like a lot of nori. What fish are you feeding that to? I have tangs and a foxface and they only get 1 sheet per week, maybe every other week. I mainly feed frozen mysis along with a few other frozen foods.

 

[Chris Van Daele]

I was always under the impression it needed to be fed daily. I have a blue face angel and a couple tangs.

 

[BigHildy53]

Are you folding the nori? I use a mesh poutch. But folding it and cutting strips helps with the situation you refer to.

 

[DaneGer21]

I always cut mine in strips. So when they go up to grab a piece they can’t rip the whole piece out.

 

[Chris Van Daele]

Are you folding the nori? I use a mesh poutch. But folding it and cutting strips helps with the situation you refer to.

What type of pouch are you referring to?

 

[Auquanut]

Totally agree with @Hemmdog. I have 3 tangs and a foxface in my 125. They get about a quarter sheet of nori every few days. They have a job to do. When I see them pecking at the rocks and glass, I know they are earning their keep. If I fed them that much nori, I'm sure they would have no interest in common aquarium algae.

 

[BigHildy53]

What type of pouch are you referring to?

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[sarcophytonIndy]

I feed my tangs one sheet of nori daily. I roll the sheet into a tight cylinder/cigar shape and then zip-tie it to a rock, and drop the rock on the sand. They attack it, but it takes them a while (hours) to finish it off.

 

[Goodair]

Foxface would be very messy and some pieces of nori would always get stuck in powerheads, causing more cleaning. Don't have him anymore and cleaning is nowhere near the same as before, lol.

Folding it tightly does help alot though.

 

[dadnjesse]

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I use one of these

 

[boacvh]

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I use one of these

I had same issue when using a clip, after two pulls the nori would be all over my tank. I also got one of these listed above and problem solved.

 

[Greg P]

I use a couple Two Little Fishies Veggie Mags - 1 for green and 1 for purple nori.
I tear the sheets into 3x3" squares and they get 1 square of each at a time, folded a couple times so it stays on the clip as they tear small bits off.

 

[AZMSGT]

Less Nori..let them eat Algae. Think of Nori as a treat for them.

 

[NanoDJS]

That seems like a lot of Nori - Hemmdog. ya think ? I am cracking up right now ! I would suggest grabbing a tuft like 1" and a few layers , and hand feed them once a day if your feeling nice as a snack like AZMSGT said. No more than 5 mins worth if its a normal sized or newer (less than 2 yrs old ) system ,grab it tight exposing like lil edge to prevent big peices flying around when they bite off it , then chuck the uneaten blob from the grip it this will help out alot. I overfed like a madman in the beginning , battled all that came with it. At least your asking , took me forever to get my seawaeed game down dang fish corals are so much easier , yuk swamptank.

 

[WVNed]

I feed 2 sheets a day. They are waiting because I haven't put it in yet.

I just fold it 3 times and stick it in the clip.

Now I did

 

[NanoDJS]

I am curious what size tank and stocking are we talking about.

 

[Bossman]

I feed nori every other day. My tangs, blennies, triggers and most of my wrasse's (including cleaner) eat the nori. It's good for the fish and not all of these eat algae in the tank.

Like was said, after folding into a small square, cut the nori in strips. Helps to keep large pieces from floating around or plugging your overflow.