Nori issue

steved350 · 07/05/2017, 12:13 PM

I have several large fish that like love nori. My issue is they want to rip larger pieces than they can eat off the clip that I have on the side of the tank. Is there a better way to feed them that won't make a mess when the pieces they don't eat get shredded by my Wav pumps? I thought about making some kind of pouch out of gutter screen. Any ideas??

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gabloo · 07/05/2017, 06:39 PM

Following! I have the same issue too. 50% of nori that i feed became waste and float around the tank.

steved350 · 07/05/2017, 06:40 PM

Yep. It sucks.

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ali1 · 07/05/2017, 06:56 PM

Welcome to the club. In my case, my smaller tangs benefit from the shredded pieces.

What helped for me is folding the nori in half. Dont let the whole sheet stick out. If it continues to break up, fold it again and so forth.

carrots · 07/06/2017, 04:30 AM

If using a clip, I do the same as Ali1 above. During feeding time I just fold it so there isn't as much exposed. Try soaking some liquid vitamin on it before you put it in the tank. As they tear away the exposed nori take out the clip and expose a little more of the sheet. When the fish are full I remove the clip from the tank instead of leaving it in there all day.
For tanks that you want the nori in all day I use the netted clips.

ca1ore · 07/06/2017, 06:52 AM

I fold a full sheet 4 times and clamp it into a clip. Even if a fish is able to pull out a piece, it's in a fully edible size. Most of the time they cannot pull it out.

moriarty · 07/06/2017, 01:11 PM

When I have a fish in QT, I'll take part of a sheet of nori, put it into the clip, and then cut the nori into strips (so that it resembles a brush). I'm sure that someone has a better way to do it, but this has helped me cut down on waste quite a bit.

steved350 · 07/06/2017, 01:59 PM

I ended up making my own cages out of gutter guard. Worked like a champ. They took about an hour to get used to it but haven't left it alone since.

Baldguy · 07/06/2017, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriarty

When I have a fish in QT, I'll take part of a sheet of nori, put it into the clip, and then cut the nori into strips (so that it resembles a brush). I'm sure that someone has a better way to do it, but this has helped me cut down on waste quite a bit.

This is what I do.

kmbyrnes · 07/08/2017, 06:35 AM

Gonna try that gutter guard Idea.

scooter31707 · 07/10/2017, 01:47 PM

I used this and it works quite well.

https://www.marinedepot.com/Innovati...FDFECF-vi.html

LJLKRL · 07/11/2017, 11:46 AM

I got some white PVC gutter guard and cut it twice the length I wanted the feeder to be.
I then took a heat gun (blow dryer might work) and heated it enough to fold it in half. Make sure to press the fold as flat as you can.
I put a piece of fishing line on it and hang it in the tank.
a $3 version of the $30 fancy feeder.

m0nkie · 07/11/2017, 03:32 PM

Innovative marine nori grazer. Works like a charm

lg2725 · 07/11/2017, 03:58 PM

I use Innovative Marine 939031 Aqua Gadget Grazer Feeder

07/05/2017, 12:13 PM	#1
steved350 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Houston Posts: 236	Nori issue I have several large fish that like love nori. My issue is they want to rip larger pieces than they can eat off the clip that I have on the side of the tank. Is there a better way to feed them that won't make a mess when the pieces they don't eat get shredded by my Wav pumps? I thought about making some kind of pouch out of gutter screen. Any ideas?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro __________________ Don't let your kids Grow up to fast!!

07/05/2017, 06:40 PM	#3
steved350 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Houston Posts: 236	Yep. It sucks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro __________________ Don't let your kids Grow up to fast!!

07/05/2017, 06:56 PM	#4
ali1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 997	Welcome to the club. In my case, my smaller tangs benefit from the shredded pieces. What helped for me is folding the nori in half. Dont let the whole sheet stick out. If it continues to break up, fold it again and so forth. __________________ Originally Posted by Gogandantess "I'm totally frustrated by this disease. My display has been fallow for 2 months now. If ich happened to mysteriously appear again, I'm giving up and going back to African Cichilds."

07/06/2017, 06:52 AM	#6
ca1ore Grizzled & Cynical Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 17,319	I fold a full sheet 4 times and clamp it into a clip. Even if a fish is able to pull out a piece, it's in a fully edible size. Most of the time they cannot pull it out. __________________ Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs

07/06/2017, 01:59 PM	#8
steved350 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Houston Posts: 236	Nori issue I ended up making my own cages out of gutter guard. Worked like a champ. They took about an hour to get used to it but haven't left it alone since. __________________ Don't let your kids Grow up to fast!!

07/05/2017, 06:39 PM	#2
gabloo Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: San Jose Posts: 85	Following! I have the same issue too. 50% of nori that i feed became waste and float around the tank.

07/06/2017, 04:30 AM	#5
carrots Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Mendham, NJ USA Posts: 395	If using a clip, I do the same as Ali1 above. During feeding time I just fold it so there isn't as much exposed. Try soaking some liquid vitamin on it before you put it in the tank. As they tear away the exposed nori take out the clip and expose a little more of the sheet. When the fish are full I remove the clip from the tank instead of leaving it in there all day. For tanks that you want the nori in all day I use the netted clips.

07/06/2017, 01:11 PM	#7
moriarty Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 521	When I have a fish in QT, I'll take part of a sheet of nori, put it into the clip, and then cut the nori into strips (so that it resembles a brush). I'm sure that someone has a better way to do it, but this has helped me cut down on waste quite a bit.

07/08/2017, 06:35 AM	#10
kmbyrnes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 2,055	Gonna try that gutter guard Idea. __________________ 125g Mixed Reef 5/26/2015; 350 Butterfly Dominated FOWLR 11/26/2015 - 11/17/20217 & 07/31/18 to ??? ; 100g Mixed Reef 11/16/2013 to 06/16/2017 Current Tank Info: Too small

07/10/2017, 01:47 PM	#11
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	I used this and it works quite well. https://www.marinedepot.com/Innovati...FDFECF-vi.html

07/11/2017, 11:46 AM	#12
LJLKRL Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana Posts: 275	I got some white PVC gutter guard and cut it twice the length I wanted the feeder to be. I then took a heat gun (blow dryer might work) and heated it enough to fold it in half. Make sure to press the fold as flat as you can. I put a piece of fishing line on it and hang it in the tank. a $3 version of the $30 fancy feeder.

07/11/2017, 03:32 PM	#13
m0nkie Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: LA Posts: 6,264	Innovative marine nori grazer. Works like a charm __________________ 560gal in the making

07/11/2017, 03:58 PM	#14
lg2725 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 180	I use Innovative Marine 939031 Aqua Gadget Grazer Feeder __________________ Regards, Ron Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon long reef tank, 75 gallon basement sump/fuge, GHL 3.1T ex controller, GHL Doser 2.1, BRS dual GFO/Carbon, Rapid Led's