How much nori is too much?

[phreezee]

Cool, thanks for you input. I thought I might ask cause it's a new tank and I've avoided algae blooms for the most part (cross-fingers).

That's funny that your other fish have developed a taste for nori... I was quite surprised when my 4 chromis started to eat it also LOL

[TheReefGeek]

That is terrific you feed your reef 3 times a day, I feed nori a couple times a week, but every day they get veggie flake, and a frozen variety.

You might want to vary their diet up a bit more than nori and brine/mysis.

Brine is just a treat, so really you are feeding nori and mysis.

I would get a veggie flake food too, and vary up the frozen. I buy flat packs of mysis, bloodworms, spirolina, etc, anything I can get my hands on. Then I puree it, and re-freeze it flat in large ziplock bags. Then I just break of a chunk every day for them, and they get a nice varied diet.

I also use meaty flake, and pellets on ocassion too. I think variety is the key to health and disease prevention, i've never lost a fish to disease.

[TheReefGeek]

Amount of skimate doesn't tell us much, because it depends on tank size, bioload, feeding, and of course the actual skimmer.

You could be pulling out nothing with a crappy skimmer, or tons with a great skimmer, hard to say.

[phreezee]

Regal and a Yellow Tang, 4 chromis. 240G + 100G sump.

Cool, thanks for the advice. I've been meaning to pick up some spirulina flakes also.

[TheReefGeek]

That is a light bioload, add more fishiessssss.

[Tangman]

Nori is really all your Tangs need to fulfill their dietary needs. Be careful with flakes as they all contain phosphates.

[Ruth]

Nori is the only thing that my very large Naso Tang will eat - and only if clipped to the side of the tank - no free floating food for this beast. Of course my 2 Angels and Moorish Idol saw how much he was enjoying it and joined in to make it a free for all. I feed this tank (190g) 1 to 1 1/2 full sheets of nori a day.