Blue Tang - Algae Clip

mosssw · 08/10/2008, 05:22 PM

Do I have to keep algae in the clip 24/7 for my Blue Tang? Or just once a day until gone? She does eat it buy also schreds it and it flows through the tank...I worry about the waste adding to the load?

Thank you
Shelley

reefergeorge · 08/10/2008, 05:56 PM

I don't even use a clip. It got all over the place. You could either use the clip with the black grid stuff on it, or just toss a piece in every once in a while. They will pick at the LR between feeding.

rkelman · 08/10/2008, 06:39 PM

I just do once a day. (If I remember)

crvz · 08/10/2008, 06:58 PM

I just do it a few times a week. As long as you feed the fish regularly, its not necessary to have nori all the time.

Tswifty · 08/10/2008, 07:12 PM

I use the clip once a day, and the tangs usually pick it clean within an hour... then I pull it out.

If they didn't pick it clean, I would still probably pull it out after an hour or so.

Aquarist007 · 08/10/2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally posted by mosssw
Do I have to keep algae in the clip 24/7 for my Blue Tang? Or just once a day until gone? She does eat it buy also schreds it and it flows through the tank...I worry about the waste adding to the load?

Thank you
Shelley

try sera spirulina algae tablets--no mess and the fish love them

http://www.reefcentral.com/wp/?p=258

otrlynn · 08/10/2008, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by capn_hylinur
try sera spirulina algae tablets--no mess and the fish love them

http://www.reefcentral.com/wp/?p=258

Anyone have any idea where these are available in the U.S.? Most of the online sources I found were in the U.K.

08/10/2008, 05:22 PM	#1
mosssw Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 144	Blue Tang - Algae Clip Do I have to keep algae in the clip 24/7 for my Blue Tang? Or just once a day until gone? She does eat it buy also schreds it and it flows through the tank...I worry about the waste adding to the load? Thank you Shelley

08/10/2008, 05:56 PM	#2
reefergeorge Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St Louis MO Posts: 4,222	I don't even use a clip. It got all over the place. You could either use the clip with the black grid stuff on it, or just toss a piece in every once in a while. They will pick at the LR between feeding. __________________ $35-50 for a <1" frag of some stupid named thing that came from a colony you bought for $40-60 wholesale and chopped into 20-40 pieces? No thanks. "JasonH" Current Tank Info: 125 aggressive reef, DIY led lighting, swc cone skimmer, 33 gallon sump, posiden Ps3 return.

08/10/2008, 06:58 PM	#4
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	I just do it a few times a week. As long as you feed the fish regularly, its not necessary to have nori all the time. __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?

08/10/2008, 07:12 PM	#5
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	I use the clip once a day, and the tangs usually pick it clean within an hour... then I pull it out. If they didn't pick it clean, I would still probably pull it out after an hour or so. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

08/10/2008, 06:39 PM	#3
rkelman Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Belleville, Ontario Canada Posts: 3,438	I just do once a day. (If I remember)