Nori mess

[sweetcoralina]

Hi all.
Today when I was taking the piece of nori(1”x2”) that was almost untouched out of the tank it disintegrated and made a huge mess in tank.

I tried to remove as much as I can but only manage to get the big chunks. The tank is just a week old will it cause anything like ammonia spike?
I’m also taking my filter socks out tomorrow and switching it to filter floss+cup set up. But I’m sure some nori flakes is just hidden somewhere in display tank. Thanks in advance.

 

[Dan_P]

Hi all.
Today when I was taking the piece of nori(1”x2”) that was almost untouched out of the tank it disintegrated and made a huge mess in tank.

I tried to remove as much as I can but only manage to get the big chunks. The tank is just a week old will it cause anything like ammonia spike?
I’m also taking my filter socks out tomorrow and switching it to filter floss+cup set up. But I’m sure some nori flakes is just hidden somewhere in display tank. Thanks in advance.

Not likely an issue. How large is the aquarium? How did you cycle the aquarium?

 

[VintageReefer]

Not likely an issue. How large is the aquarium? How did you cycle the aquarium?

Just confirming, do you have a tang in an aquarium a week old?

 

[Eastside reefer]

Lol

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Just confirming, do you have a tang in an aquarium a week old?

Got here as quick as we could.

 

[Nano_Man]

Yep it is messy but if you have fish that love eating it’s gone before that stage. Cuc might have a go at the loose bits. Get a proper peg for holding it close to the surface . My shrimps eat it off the peg . Good luck

 

[sweetcoralina]

Not likely an issue. How large is the aquarium? How did you cycle the aquarium?

It’s 65g, I added three bottle of fritz turbo start 900 then a tomini tang as my LFS suggest.

 

[sweetcoralina]

Just confirming, do you have a tang in an aquarium a week old?

My LFS recommends me to get a tomini tang after adding the fritz turbo start lol

 

[Dan_P]

It’s 65g, I added three bottle of fritz turbo start 900 then a tomini tang as my LFS suggest.

OK, thanks.

Just wondering, are you monitoring ammonia?

 

[VintageReefer]

Do you have any snails or hermits or shrimp?

 

[Doctorgori]

It’s 65g, I added three bottle of fritz turbo start 900 then a tomini tang as my LFS suggest.

My LFS recommends me to get a tomini tang after adding the fritz turbo start lol

TBH that doesn’t sound right, perhaps doable but that wouldn’t have been my suggested way to start a tank …

Do you have any snails or hermits or shrimp?

if not, that would be my next move regardless

added. Tank thread maybe to take advantage of all the experienced advocates here on R2R … wishing you success

 

[sweetcoralina]

OK, thanks.

Just wondering, are you monitoring ammonia?

Yeah I’ve been doing testing every other day and have a seachem ammonia badge in the tank.

 

[sweetcoralina]

Do you have any snails or hermits or shrimp?

No there’s nothing except one fish in there

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi all.
Today when I was taking the piece of nori(1”x2”) that was almost untouched out of the tank it disintegrated and made a huge mess in tank.

I tried to remove as much as I can but only manage to get the big chunks. The tank is just a week old will it cause anything like ammonia spike?
I’m also taking my filter socks out tomorrow and switching it to filter floss+cup set up. But I’m sure some nori flakes is just hidden somewhere in display tank. Thanks in advance.

It gets soft and pliable when wet. It falls apart in my tank and are simple picked up by the fish causing no issues with parameters

 

[sweetcoralina]

TBH that doesn’t sound right, perhaps doable but that wouldn’t have been my suggested way to start a tank …

if not, that would be my next move regardless

added. Tank thread maybe to take advantage of all the experienced advocates here on R2R … wishing you success

Yeah I was skeptical about having a tang as first fish but so far everything seems to be fine. I do plan to add a shrimp next, any recommendations on something that will eat things on the sand bed?

 

[Minifoot77]

Yeah I was skeptical about having a tang as first fish but so far everything seems to be fine. I do plan to add a shrimp next, any recommendations on something that will eat things on the sand bed?

Blue leg hermits and extra shells and nassarias snails

 

[Dan_P]

Yeah I’ve been doing testing every other day and have a seachem ammonia badge in the tank.

Perfect.

Good luck with your aquarium.

 

[VintageReefer]

Yeah I was skeptical about having a tang as first fish but so far everything seems to be fine. I do plan to add a shrimp next, any recommendations on something that will eat things on the sand bed?

Scarlet hermit crabs
Mexican turbo snails
1 fighting conch
Some nassarius snails

You can get a shrimp like a cleaner or peppermint but if you plan to get coral be aware these have a reputation for pulling food out of corals mouths and irritating them