Nori

[subz88]

I've been trying to get my fish to eat nori for a while with no luck, even my chevron tang ignores it.

Does anyone have any hints and tips for educating their fish? I've tried showing them pictures of other fish enjoying nori, and they don't believe me.

Can't think of what else to try...

[Buster]

you could try spraying a little garlic Supplement on to it. that may help.:cool:

[Paul P.]

My tangs won`t eat algae off an algae clip so I rip it up into small pieces and mix it in with their frozen food, they soon eat it up,
despite it looking the same just smaller pieces i`m presuming the smell it absorbs from the frozen food makes it more attractive to them.

[Chris, Reef Ranch]

Try the herbivore flake from New Era. It is bland of 5 different algae. They have also increased the protein content plus lots of vitamins.

It is really to off stay lateral line disease. I have spoken to great scientific minds on this subject. There seems to be consensus that lateral line is caused by a deficiency of iodine and vitamin C. This then may lead to an auto immune disease where the fish immune attacks its own cells.

Those most prone are yellow tang, emperor tang and emperor angels.

Chris

[subz88]

Hi guys, thanks for your advice.

I've been feeding the New Era herbivore stuff for the last few months, I'm impressed by the willingness of my fish to eat it, previous attempts over the years to feed flakes have resulted in a happy clean up crew while the fish wait for some frozen food.

So is the iodine deficiency caused by a lack of iodine in the water, or does it need to be ingested via food? Do you recommend iodine supplementation? I supplement it only because I don't rely on regular water changes to maintain my aquarium, and I want to ensure there is enough iodine in the water to allow my shrimps etc to moult unhindered.

I've read that garlic contains components that marine fish are unable to digest/assimilate, resulting in haemorrhaging of the kidneys, at the same time I've also seen how some fish go beserk once they smell garlic. One of my fishkeeping books from the 70s actually recommends garlic to be used in a freshwater system to combat bacterial disease, I guess it was referring to garlic's antibiotic properties. Again I'm not sure if this is helpful in marine fishkeeping. What are your views on this?

I'll try Paul's moethod of ripping up some nori and feeding with frozen, I've lost two algae clips under my reef rack over the last couple of months and until I've trained one of my shrimp to go fetch I'm not buying another one! :D

Cheers,
Sub

[Tangman]

Hi. I feed my tangs with seaweed salad from TMC and they love the stuff, i have a clip with a piece of rock tied to it then tied to a length of strong fishing line which is then tied to my brace bar and as soon as i put the clip in the water they go mad for it. I have tried the New Era flake food and my fish wont touch it, i even mixed it with the flake i use and they just leave it which at the price of it it's a waste. HTH. Eric

[liquidlogic]

garlic in a bottle is waste of money tbh. was told once the chemicle / substance in garlic that helps ur ammune system only lasts 40 odd minutes so how it can be put in a bottle??

get a clove crush it ;) hey presto

[thereefshop]

I had a chevon tang in the shop for sale! It stopped eating and its lateral line started showing and head started sinking in!!!:mad:

So placed it in quarantine and fed it 6 small meals aday, of garlic soaked nori and within a week the chevon looked 100% better and was eating better then before:D

SO WHAT CAN I SAY:confused:I think garlic imo is good stuff,

so many people over look the need for nori in there fishes diets and not just tangs!

[newkidfish]

Hi, we have a purple tang that when initially pt in the tank suffered from LLE,I too rushed out and bought a seaweed clip and various varieties to tempt it, along with some nutrafin flake (until then only fed a mix of frozen).
The tang ignored the seaweed clip initially but after the cleaner shrimp had a go and broke it up a bit the tang loved it. So I would concur that if you break it up you may have more success. Havent tried garlic personally but another fishkeeper suggested soalking the food in RO that had a crushed clove of garlic in (cheaper than some of the marine preps and apparently as effective).
The tang is now v healthy and has no lle. So good luck.

[Blue]

Try the herbivore flake from New Era. It is bland of 5 different algae. They have also increased the protein content plus lots of vitamins.

It is really to off stay lateral line disease. I have spoken to great scientific minds on this subject. There seems to be consensus that lateral line is caused by a deficiency of iodine and vitamin C. This then may lead to an auto immune disease where the fish immune attacks its own cells.

Those most prone are yellow tang, emperor tang and emperor angels.

Chris

I must agree, the New Era range is very good and I use it throughout our center, I feed the fish and also most of our inverts on it too.
Chris

[subz88]

garlic in a bottle is waste of money tbh. was told once the chemicle / substance in garlic that helps ur ammune system only lasts 40 odd minutes so how it can be put in a bottle??


From what I've read, garlic doesn't provide the same immune benefits in fish as we get from it. AFAIK it's only used as an attractant. Hmmm, I wonder if this means the French are more adept at marine fishkeeping?

Thanks all again for your advice. I like Eric's foolproof method of never losing another algae clip! I wish I'd thought of that the other week when I was using a toothbrush to rescue a ricordia from under my reef rack, you guessed it, the toothbrush is still in the tank six weeks on! (The ric is fine :D)

I'll definitely break up some pieces of nori and try that first.

Cheers,
Sub