Do you provide seaweed for your Tangs 24/7?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I feed both nori sheets (sushi "paper") and pieces torn from the seaweed they sell for making soup. The latter are way cheaper. At King's Market on Kingsway west of Gilley, it's $2/pack and a pack is 50g or equivalent to 25 Nori sheets, so very economical. $8 for four soup seaweed packs versus $15-25 for 100 sheets of Nori (both about 200g). My tangs love both and I go through the equivalent of 2 or 3 sheets a day at the most.

I have 7 med-large tangs, 2 med-large rabbitfish and a small porcupine puffer that all love seaweed. I feed it now maybe 5 times a week. Often just one sheet a day but once a week I'll give them more. And yes, it makes for a high bioload.

[mike31154]

I endeavour to keep the nori clip stocked with a small sheet, inch or two square. Generally need to take care of that daily, so one could say 24/7. I have a single Yellow Tang & the clip has been a useful gauge for me to monitor if he/she/it is getting sufficient sustenance. He/she/it is not the greatest tank grazer..... don't see much of that going on at all. He/she/it is not the only customer at the nori clip though, my Singapore Angelfish is right there whenever I attach a fresh sheet. Even my Mama Maroon Clownfish partakes. I've witnessed her tear off a good size chunk from the clip & duke it out with the Tang on occasion when I let the last bit float that has been stuck in the clip when I refresh. From my experience, all my critters know when they've had enough. Once the initial frenzy after I add a fresh sheet is over, it quite often sits untouched for hours. Both the Tang & the Angel also gorge on mysis & brine during the evening feeding, but the Mama Clown vacuums most of that stuff up in no time. The Singapore also picks at the rock work presumably taking pods & such. None of my fish look like they're starving nor are they obese... An Eheim auto feeder dispenses flakes & pellets 3 times a day, everyone gets in on that too.