Keeping Nori on a Clip?

[Hugh Mann]

This may sound like a strange question, but my 3” purple tang wastes so much nori it’s ridiculous. The thing rips and tears at it like a shark, and more often than not the nori is torn free of the clip before it is done eating. Sometimes it chases it, sometimes it doesn’t but it always end up stuck to an overflow. So much so my urchin just kinda… lives there and eats nori. About the only way I’ve managed to get it to eat most of a piece is giving it 1/4 sheets at a time. Even then it often gets ripped free. Wouldn’t even really complain about it if it wasn’t awful for water quality and available either online with shipping or in stores 100+km away.

Wonder if anyone else has had this problem and has figured out a solution?

 

[fishguy242]

have you tried folding into quarters ?

 

[Garf]

And then cutting it into fingers?

 

[reefz]

You should cut it up into fourths or strips. What i do is just tear off a small strip and throw it into the tank 3-4 times a day

 

[Kmst80]

I fold my nori sheet in 3/4 inch strip and then fold the strip 2 times and cut Ends. Stays on the clip perfect.

 

[Gtinnel]

I also just fold mine into quarters and it helps, although my purple still pulls pieces off sometimes. I’ve never used them but the pouch type feeders may help.

 

[dedragon]

add mesh netting like those used in other algae clips, it only lets the tang grab small pieces at a time , just take the netting and attach to the current magnetic algae clip

 

[doubleshot00]

add mesh netting like those used in other algae clips, it only lets the tang grab small pieces at a time , just take the netting and attach to the current magnetic algae clip

Ive only been in this hobby for a few months now and figured this out. Why dont more people use this?

My tang and FF are scared of the floating nori on a clip now.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ive been using this 3 years and Zero waste

IM algae feeder

 

[LeeLoo Lola]

I have been folding and it helped tremendously. I have a wrasse that would rip it off just for the fun of it. We gave the wrasse a new name for being such a brat!

 

[dedragon]

Ive been using this 3 years and Zero waste

IM algae feeder
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same idea, more money

 

[aggrofish]

 

[JGT]

My tangs love romaine lettuce more so than nori. The beauty of it is it doesn’t soften and float away or get torn when they go all Jaws on it. They have to take distinct individual bites of it to get some so there’s 0 waste.

 

[Garf]

My tangs love romaine lettuce more so than nori. The beauty of it is it doesn’t soften and float away or get torn when they go all Jaws on it. They have to take distinct individual bites of it to get some so there’s 0 waste.

Do you blanch it? I’ve only tried it once, perhaps I over did it but it disintegrated in the tank, not done it since.

 

[youcallmenny1]

I feed a 1/2 sheet a day of nori on a clip. I just fold it into quarters and tuck the loose ends in to the clip. I have a huge purple tang, a big foxface, a pair of genicanthus and a host of wrasses that devour it post-haste though. Anything floating is fair game but it's pretty minimal.

 

[billyocean]

My foxface will only eat from my hand for some reason..no clip..no rubberband rock.

 

[JGT]

Do you blanch it? I’ve only tried it once, perhaps I over did it but it disintegrated in the tank, not done it since.

Nope, straight out of the bag. I feel they like the fact that it’s crunchy. It’s also cheap. Get a 3 pack of romaine hearts for like $3. Lasts for several weeks.

 

[vetteguy53081]

same idea, more money

Very stable and super easy to clean with extra strong magnet
Stays on my 1.25” glass

 

[Hugh Mann]

Thanks everyone for the tips!

I have definitely tried the folding before, but it’s the same result every time. Rips and tears until it is done. I think I will definitely be adding one of those mesh bags to my wish list. Just seems super useful.

 

[dedragon]

definitely the im is good but if he already has a strong magnet clip i just wanted to give a good budget option