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After watching our fish yank off huge chuncks of nori they could not possibly eat and seeing it float into the overflow and down to our sump for many years, we started experimenting to find a way to reduce the waste while giving our fish their much-needed veggies. We tried suction cup veggie clips, rocks with rubber bands, adding smaller sheets, and rolling or folding the sheets as tightly as possible without much success.
The suction cup clips did not hold up well for us and our larger fish would pull them off the glass. We decided to try the TLF VeggieMag on a whim, but didn't really hold out much hope that it would stay in place. Amazingly, it does a fantastic job and we don't even have to put our hands in the water to remove the clip.
Although the clip is fantastic, we still had the problem of waste to resolve. I decided to try cutting small strips in the algae to see if it would make it easier for our fish to pull off smaller more appropriate sized pieces and it worked.
Although we do use Nori on occassion, we really like Ocean Nutrition's algae sheets because they come in 3 varieties (Green, Red and Brown). We cut a full sheet in half. We then fold the half sheet in half and cut small strips. We then fold the sheet like a fan and place it in the clip. We soak the nori/algae for about 15 minutes in Selcon before adding to the tank.
The fish love it and best of all, there is no waste.
What tips/tricks do you use? Please share! :bigsmile:
The suction cup clips did not hold up well for us and our larger fish would pull them off the glass. We decided to try the TLF VeggieMag on a whim, but didn't really hold out much hope that it would stay in place. Amazingly, it does a fantastic job and we don't even have to put our hands in the water to remove the clip.
Although the clip is fantastic, we still had the problem of waste to resolve. I decided to try cutting small strips in the algae to see if it would make it easier for our fish to pull off smaller more appropriate sized pieces and it worked.
Although we do use Nori on occassion, we really like Ocean Nutrition's algae sheets because they come in 3 varieties (Green, Red and Brown). We cut a full sheet in half. We then fold the half sheet in half and cut small strips. We then fold the sheet like a fan and place it in the clip. We soak the nori/algae for about 15 minutes in Selcon before adding to the tank.
The fish love it and best of all, there is no waste.
What tips/tricks do you use? Please share! :bigsmile: