Nori question

[StirCrazy]

well I bought my first fish for my tank and he is cruzin all over learning every little nook and cranny in my rock work.
I want to buy some Nori for him to chow down on but all I could find was dried roasted nori, is this the right stuff or is there fresh stuff available?

also I got 2lbs of golden pearls in the mail today so i can start feeding my corals.

Steve

[ 16 July 2002, 20:10: Message edited by: StirCrazy ]

[kris]

thats the stuff steve. Just make sure under ingreadents it only list sea weed.

[StirCrazy]

thanks Kris

Steve

[EmilyB]

I feed nori at least once a day to three tanks, plus the dogs and I get a nibble. :D

The fish are not quite as picky as I, however, they do not care much about floating particles.

I keep our local grocery store shelf empty of the stuff, and after many samplings, this is our preference......however, the empty pack went out with the trash. I will have to post when I repurchase. smile.gif

Keep in mind, a freshly opened pack is very dry, and crumbles easily. Left to rehydrate, or even soak it with vitamins, etc., it will be easier to roll and attach with a clip or whatever.

[ 16 July 2002, 23:55: Message edited by: EmilyB ]

[StirCrazy]

Thanks Emily, I was wondering about the dryness as to me it looked so fry it could have been weaved fiberglass :D

Steve

[Aquattro]

Originally posted by StirCrazy:

also I got 2lbs of golden pearls in the mail today so i can start feeding my corals.

Steve<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't you mean WE got golden pearls?? ;)

[DJ88]

Steve,

Go to Thrifty's. They sell packs of Nori for like $3($2.69 if I remember right). I always bought mine there. My old Tang and Cowfish went through almost a sheet a day. :D

[StirCrazy]

ok this dried nori is crap.. falls apart as soon as it hits the water.. whare can I find fresh nori? is there some trick to this?

yes Brad I will give you some golden pearls when yuo are here tonight hehe smile.gif

Steve

[Samw]

Is there any difference between this Nori and Ocean Nutrition Seaweed Select other than price?

[StirCrazy]

I don't know Sam I have never seen that but I will tomorrow.

Steve

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

Nori tends to be contain lower amounts of vitamins and fatty acids (depends on grade). So, if your fish are having colouration/health problems, then the selects are better. Selcon soaked nori is good and calerpa is good too.

- Victor.

[AJ_77]

well I bought my first fish for my tank and he is cruzin all over learning every little nook and cranny in my rock work.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You didn't say what kind of fish?

Tang?

[ 17 July 2002, 23:13: Message edited by: AJ_77 ]

[StirCrazy]

Shhhhh.. don't say that word :D :D

Steve

[Aquattro]

Steve bought a tang!! Steve bought a tang!! Steve bought a tang!! Steve bought a tang!! Steve bought a tang!! Steve bought a tang!!

It's OK though...the tank is 92g, not 90 :D

[StirCrazy]

it is just a little one though.. here look

http://members.shaw.ca/stircrazy/17julypic/92tangtank.jpg

Steve

[AJ_77]

Hey that's some good photo retouching to make it look so big! Like a dinner plate or so?

[Aquattro]

Steve, I think one would have been fine!!

http://www.islandreef.ca/post/92tang.jpg

[EmilyB]

:rolleyes: Obvious interbreeding ...... tongue.gif

[StirCrazy]

how long can I leave nori in there befor I should try taking it out? it would seam that my nori muncher isn\t to interested in nori :(

Steve

[stephane]

Tang police! Tang police! Tang police! :D

[StirCrazy]

Bah, I ain't ascared of them smile.gif wait till I buy EmilyB's tank from under her tomorrow for my 25 gal tank ;)

Steve

[stephane]

Dont worry you could let it in the tank for at least 12 hour without any problem

the nory will not start decaying that fast and your tang will soon discovert them

[canadawest]

Originally posted by Reef_Raf:
Steve, I think one would have been fine!!
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">ROFLMAO!!! :D

Man the board has been unusually clever and hillarious the past couple days! (Perhaps its because it's 1am, and everything is funnier at 1am?)

[canadawest]

And as an aside, I wouldn't worry too much about that nori stuff Steve. Tangs are omnivores and get far more sustanance from meaty foods than they do from algaes or seaweeds. My tangs (Blue and Yellow) both LOVE the mysis shrimp I feed the tank, as well as the flake foods. I occasionally feed them caulerpa when I prune, but other than that I leave their herbivorous intake to their grazing in the tank.

Both my tangs are happy, healthy and FAT!

IMO, nori schmori!

[smokinreefer]

stircrazy...LOL!!.

Andrew...i concur.

hey steve,
dont you have a refugium...get some caulerpra started in there, then you can just use the cuttings to feed the tang. my tangS eat flake, mysis, brine, plankton. i also try to always have a clump of grape caulerpra in the tank for them to munch on. besides that they just graze around the tank.

i,ve never tried feeding them nori, i'd much rather eat that myself!!

[StirCrazy]

Well today my non-Nori muncher turned into a Nori muncher hehe, seams he was curious about the veggi clip and after descovering that it didn't taste to good he saw the seaweed that was clipped into it and decided that it tasted mych better than the plastic hehe..

Steve