seaweed question?

jbonez · 11/01/2011, 12:25 PM

what is the best seaweed for tangs

1. brown
2. red
3. green
4. purple
also what brands ocean nutrients, julian sprungs, nori , rods (if you can get it?)

sporto0 · 11/01/2011, 12:47 PM

I buy bulk sheets (100) of Sanfranciso Bay Brand Green Seaweed or Nori, I have never seen my Tangs or Angels eat brown, red or purple, they picked at it but never took to it. I am sure other people have had better success with other than green seaweed, but not me. I would think any brand is just as good as another, if you can find it a your supermarket, usually in the Chinese or Japanese food section, it is typically cheaper & it's the same thing.

jbonez · 11/01/2011, 01:00 PM

YA I GOT THAT GROCERY store seaweed its roasted its really green color correct. my tang really dont go nuts for it they like rods & ocean nutrients green (garlic added)

falconut · 11/01/2011, 01:38 PM

I buy the Ocean Nutrition green and just got the Petsolutions green. My tangs, clowns and my Watchman goby love it.

Palting · 11/01/2011, 02:05 PM

Forget the stuff you buy at the LFS. Too pricey. Forget brands, too. Dried sea weed is just that: dried seaweed. No one brand is better than the other. Get un-flavored dried Nori, AKA unflavored sushi wrap, from your grocery store or oriental store.

If you realy want the best, get live seaweed. Gracilaria is often sold in cups at the LFS. So is caulerpa. If you have a tang, don't worry about caulerpa. The tang will demolish any caulerpa that dares take root in your DT. Roots, tendrils and all, the tang will root it out and eat it.

Dustin1300 · 11/01/2011, 02:36 PM

I would have agreed with them all being dried seaweed and no one was different before but disagree after I started using a new kind last year. My tangs LOVE it and is fairly priced and smells fresh when you open up the bag!

http://premiumaquatics.com/store/mer...Category_Code=

cloak · 11/01/2011, 04:44 PM

If anything, I would go with the green seaweed, whether it's from the LFS or the Asian market. My tangs weren't to fond of the brown or the red. This, along with some spirulina flakes and maybe some formula two frozen and your set IMO.

Dustin1300 · 11/01/2011, 04:56 PM

I've not seen a tang yet that does not like purple. I like rotating between purple, red, and green. I also like to soak the green in garlic as it is least favorite and helps protect them from ich.

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cloak · 11/01/2011, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dustin1300

I've not seen a tang yet that does not like purple. I like rotating between purple, red, and green. I also like to soak the green in garlic as it is least favorite and helps protect them from ich.

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Purple, where did you get that at? Are you sure it wasn't a red macroalgae that looked purple once it was processed & packaged?

jbonez · 11/01/2011, 05:34 PM

well i got rods seaweed today it comes with== red, purple, gree, & brown what is the stuff that looks like stringy seaweed i soak in selco & seachem garlic guard..

Dustin1300 · 11/01/2011, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloak

Purple, where did you get that at? Are you sure it wasn't a red macroalgae that looked purple once it was processed & packaged?

Look at the link I earlier referenced. Tangs go CRAZY over the purple ime

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cloak · 11/01/2011, 08:17 PM

I'm not "seeing" purple. That's ok. I've tried the red, the green, and the brown, I just thought the purple might have been something different. Seems as though it's in the mix.

Dustin1300 · 11/02/2011, 08:32 AM

In the link it is labeled: "Two Little Fishies Julian Sprung Purple SeaWeed - 30 gram"

http://premiumaquatics.com/store/mer...Category_Code=

cloak · 11/02/2011, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dustin1300

In the link it is labeled: "Two Little Fishies Julian Sprung Purple SeaWeed - 30 gram"

http://premiumaquatics.com/store/mer...Category_Code=

"Seeing" was the operative word. That just looks like packaged food. There could be yellow algae in there for all I know.

cloak · 11/02/2011, 06:02 PM

Woops...

Party on!

jbonez · 11/02/2011, 06:10 PM

i got the RODS FOOD SEAWEED it comes with green, red & purple seaweed

cloak · 11/02/2011, 06:28 PM

Can you please show me some purple seaweed? The seaweed in this link is labeled as red, but I'm not "seeing" red. Do you know what I mean?

You know what, nevermind. I'm done...

http://www.marinedepot.com/Ocean_Nut...ON1511-vi.html

Ron Reefman · 11/02/2011, 06:34 PM

I'm with Palting on this one. We get nori from the seafood section at the local grocery store. My tangs, rabbitfish and blenny all love it... in fact, even the mithrax crabs like it.

Dustin1300 · 11/02/2011, 06:37 PM

Now can you see it cloak?!

jbonez · 11/02/2011, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloak

Can you please show me some purple seaweed? The seaweed in this link is labeled as red, but I'm not "seeing" red. Do you know what I mean?

You know what, nevermind. I'm done...

http://www.marinedepot.com/Ocean_Nut...ON1511-vi.html

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...8/GEDC0562.jpg
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...8/GEDC0563.jpg
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Dustin1300 · 11/02/2011, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

I'm with Palting on this one. We get nori from the seafood section at the local grocery store. My tangs, rabbitfish and blenny all love it... in fact, even the mithrax crabs like it.

Ron, I will make a believer out of you! Next time you place an order online for the reef add this and I promise you won't be disappointed.

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Dustin1300 · 11/02/2011, 09:20 PM

....or should I say your tangs won't be disappointed?!

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aarond419 · 11/03/2011, 06:31 AM

i use the ocean nutrition green algae with garlic added. my tomini tang likes it a alot. i want to try the purple algae as well just to mix it up.

11/01/2011, 12:25 PM	#1
jbonez SALT LIFE Join Date: May 2008 Location: alabama Posts: 1,188	seaweed question? what is the best seaweed for tangs 1. brown 2. red 3. green 4. purple also what brands ocean nutrients, julian sprungs, nori , rods (if you can get it?) __________________ IT IS WHAT IT IS! Current Tank Info: 75GL MIXED REEF\|40B FRAG LIGHTING -4ft DIY 120 3W CREE LEDS ROYAL BLUES & COOL WHITES\| FLOW-vortech mp40 \| BRS HC GFO TLF REACTOR W/COBOLT MJ600\| REEF OCTOPUS BH90 SKIMMER\| TUNZE OSMOLATOR 3155 ATO W/MAGNETS\|REEF KEEPER ELITE.

11/01/2011, 01:00 PM	#3
jbonez SALT LIFE Join Date: May 2008 Location: alabama Posts: 1,188	YA I GOT THAT GROCERY store seaweed its roasted its really green color correct. my tang really dont go nuts for it they like rods & ocean nutrients green (garlic added) __________________ IT IS WHAT IT IS! Current Tank Info: 75GL MIXED REEF\|40B FRAG LIGHTING -4ft DIY 120 3W CREE LEDS ROYAL BLUES & COOL WHITES\| FLOW-vortech mp40 \| BRS HC GFO TLF REACTOR W/COBOLT MJ600\| REEF OCTOPUS BH90 SKIMMER\| TUNZE OSMOLATOR 3155 ATO W/MAGNETS\|REEF KEEPER ELITE.

11/01/2011, 02:05 PM	#5
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	Forget the stuff you buy at the LFS. Too pricey. Forget brands, too. Dried sea weed is just that: dried seaweed. No one brand is better than the other. Get un-flavored dried Nori, AKA unflavored sushi wrap, from your grocery store or oriental store. If you realy want the best, get live seaweed. Gracilaria is often sold in cups at the LFS. So is caulerpa. If you have a tang, don't worry about caulerpa. The tang will demolish any caulerpa that dares take root in your DT. Roots, tendrils and all, the tang will root it out and eat it. __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

11/01/2011, 02:36 PM	#6
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	I would have agreed with them all being dried seaweed and no one was different before but disagree after I started using a new kind last year. My tangs LOVE it and is fairly priced and smells fresh when you open up the bag! http://premiumaquatics.com/store/mer...Category_Code= __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

11/01/2011, 04:56 PM	#8
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	I've not seen a tang yet that does not like purple. I like rotating between purple, red, and green. I also like to soak the green in garlic as it is least favorite and helps protect them from ich. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

11/01/2011, 12:47 PM	#2
sporto0 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Posts: 2,924	I buy bulk sheets (100) of Sanfranciso Bay Brand Green Seaweed or Nori, I have never seen my Tangs or Angels eat brown, red or purple, they picked at it but never took to it. I am sure other people have had better success with other than green seaweed, but not me. I would think any brand is just as good as another, if you can find it a your supermarket, usually in the Chinese or Japanese food section, it is typically cheaper & it's the same thing.

11/01/2011, 01:38 PM	#4
falconut Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Blackwood, NJ Posts: 3,813	I buy the Ocean Nutrition green and just got the Petsolutions green. My tangs, clowns and my Watchman goby love it.

11/01/2011, 04:44 PM	#7
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	If anything, I would go with the green seaweed, whether it's from the LFS or the Asian market. My tangs weren't to fond of the brown or the red. This, along with some spirulina flakes and maybe some formula two frozen and your set IMO.

11/01/2011, 05:34 PM	#10
jbonez SALT LIFE Join Date: May 2008 Location: alabama Posts: 1,188	well i got rods seaweed today it comes with== red, purple, gree, & brown what is the stuff that looks like stringy seaweed i soak in selco & seachem garlic guard.. __________________ IT IS WHAT IT IS! Current Tank Info: 75GL MIXED REEF\|40B FRAG LIGHTING -4ft DIY 120 3W CREE LEDS ROYAL BLUES & COOL WHITES\| FLOW-vortech mp40 \| BRS HC GFO TLF REACTOR W/COBOLT MJ600\| REEF OCTOPUS BH90 SKIMMER\| TUNZE OSMOLATOR 3155 ATO W/MAGNETS\|REEF KEEPER ELITE.

11/01/2011, 08:17 PM	#12
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I'm not "seeing" purple. That's ok. I've tried the red, the green, and the brown, I just thought the purple might have been something different. Seems as though it's in the mix. Last edited by cloak; 11/01/2011 at 08:26 PM.

11/02/2011, 08:32 AM	#13
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	In the link it is labeled: "Two Little Fishies Julian Sprung Purple SeaWeed - 30 gram" http://premiumaquatics.com/store/mer...Category_Code= __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

11/02/2011, 06:02 PM	#15
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Woops... Party on!

11/02/2011, 06:10 PM	#16
jbonez SALT LIFE Join Date: May 2008 Location: alabama Posts: 1,188	i got the RODS FOOD SEAWEED it comes with green, red & purple seaweed __________________ IT IS WHAT IT IS! Current Tank Info: 75GL MIXED REEF\|40B FRAG LIGHTING -4ft DIY 120 3W CREE LEDS ROYAL BLUES & COOL WHITES\| FLOW-vortech mp40 \| BRS HC GFO TLF REACTOR W/COBOLT MJ600\| REEF OCTOPUS BH90 SKIMMER\| TUNZE OSMOLATOR 3155 ATO W/MAGNETS\|REEF KEEPER ELITE.

11/02/2011, 06:28 PM	#17
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Can you please show me some purple seaweed? The seaweed in this link is labeled as red, but I'm not "seeing" red. Do you know what I mean? You know what, nevermind. I'm done... http://www.marinedepot.com/Ocean_Nut...ON1511-vi.html

11/02/2011, 06:34 PM	#18
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	I'm with Palting on this one. We get nori from the seafood section at the local grocery store. My tangs, rabbitfish and blenny all love it... in fact, even the mithrax crabs like it. __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017

11/02/2011, 06:37 PM	#19
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	Now can you see it cloak?! __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

11/02/2011, 09:20 PM	#22
Dustin1300 Reefaholic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 5,135	....or should I say your tangs won't be disappointed?! Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk __________________ INDMAS President Check out my tank in the Large Tank Forums, "A Reefaholic's 1000+ Gallon Mixed Reef System Build"! Current Tank Info: 600 Gallon DT, 140 Gallon Grow Out Tank, 125 Gallon Sump, 90 Gallon Fuge, 200 Gallon Fish QT, 15 Gallon Frag QT

11/03/2011, 06:31 AM	#23
aarond419 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 75	i use the ocean nutrition green algae with garlic added. my tomini tang likes it a alot. i want to try the purple algae as well just to mix it up.

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