Rethinking how I feed nori ..

Milad · #1 11-11-2010, 05:46 PM

here are some crappy IPhone shots

Delphinus · #2 11-11-2010, 05:54 PM

I like that. So you don't find that there is a lot of messy nori bits floating off into the water column that way? That was one of the things that pushed me to roll it over a pipe in the first place. But I just lost yet another elastic last night.. the tangs must really be picking at them harshly, that one only lasted about 2 days. No idea where this one ended up, couldn't see it anywhere.

365seasons · #3 11-11-2010, 05:55 PM

We use hair elastics. The ones with no metal of course. They're thin enough not to be a pain in the butt with nori getting left over, but don't break (easily, at least) and are never touched if they do fall.

Milad · #4 11-11-2010, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

I like that. So you don't find that there is a lot of messy nori bits floating off into the water column that way? That was one of the things that pushed me to roll it over a pipe in the first place. But I just lost yet another elastic last night.. the tangs must really be picking at them harshly, that one only lasted about 2 days. No idea where this one ended up, couldn't see it anywhere.

i fold the nori several times and clip it right in the middle so they cant take big junks. There isnt much nori floating around in the water so its not biggie to me. One thing i hate about it is when they poop. Then there is a bunch of nori all over the place for a bit. Ive been trying to feed before i go to work so then i dont have to deal with the poop nori because the filters pick it up.

Milad · #5 11-11-2010, 06:00 PM

here is a glimpse of my LMB tarzaning, hes a bit shy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMzwzClbTgE

Delphinus · #6 11-11-2010, 06:08 PM

Haha, those guys are hilarious. I had one that would put on a huge show of bravado anytime I cleaned the glass on the outside with a white cloth - he HATED that white cloth! He would chase it away the whole time.

Well I must say I'm sort of intrigued of just rolling it like a cigarette or something like that and letting them go berserk at the "stick" of nori. I'll have to try it and see how it goes. Used to be that it was too messy for my liking but maybe things will be different now.

Milad · #7 11-11-2010, 06:29 PM

so do people just clip a full sheet on without folding? is that why people dont like the clip?
i did that the first day and said, wtf thats bs, so i started folding because i thought thats what you were suppose to do.

when i put just a sheet in without folding there is bunch of nori floating around

Delphinus · #8 11-11-2010, 06:36 PM

I had been folding. The issue was in the way the tang would eat the nori. If he grabbed the end there was no problem. If he grabbed at any part in the middle, the end part would get torn off and float away. By wrapping around a pipe, the only part that can be eaten is at the outside edge no matter what.

A unfolded sheet was even worse. I'd end up with a square of nori flying around in the current and the fish was too scared of the flying nori to even chase after it. Happy times.