Melanarus wrasse that loves nori (vid)

[Tate]

I have a melanarus wrasse that loves to get down on some nori. I made a video as proof. Is he a weirdo?? I didn't think these wrasses would even recognize nori as food, but he loves it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xqlxx_Jn04


Sorry about the brown sand. This tank is only 2.5 months old and is going through the diatom phase.

 

[evolved]

Nearly all of my wrasses eat nori, FWIW.

 

[hogfanreefer]

I recently started feeding Nori because of an angel I added and was surprised when my Melanurus and C. luteovittitus started munching on the Nori immediately. Only then did the angel come over and join in.

 

[skyline377]

Mine eats it too!!!

 

[Spork3245]

My Male C. Solarensis (Tri-Color/Red Headed Solon Fairy Wrasse) always eats nori for some reason. Doesn't eat live algae that I put in there though (my foxface and flame angel loved the flame algae I tied in there for them last night)

 

[guidedbyechoes]

those fish will eat just about anything except hair algae and aptasia

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

mine fight for nori. wierdos

 

[gregrocks79]

Mine melanurus loves it too. It's like candy to him. All my fish seem to love it. Rip it violently from the clip lol

 

[Tate]

Ha! Well I put up the video thinking I had an oddball fish, when it turns out everyone else's fish does the same thing. I guess we can file nori under normal wrasse diet :crazy1:

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Yep, mine eats it as well as my pink spot watchman goby.

 

[thabizness]

I put nori on a clip and no one touches it but my emeralds and snails... Mel Wrasse, Kole, and clowns ignore it.

 

[hogfanreefer]

There's 7 different wrasses, a clown, a flameback angel eating Nori. The only fish in my tank that doesn't eat it are a Firefish and a Royal Gramma and I think they're just to timid to jump in to the fray.

http://s47.photobucket.com/user/huntindoc/media/aquarium/20131005_161058_zps691143f2.mp4.html

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

holy moly that fire shrimp is brave in there with all those wrasse.

 

[SantaMonica]

always eats nori for some reason. Doesn't eat live algae

Good to know that they at least like some algae. Maybe they can be trained for green too. I want to know additional fish which I can feed live from the scrubbers.

 

[degibson84]

my brother has a melanarus that will not touch anything but algae sheets

 

[HumbleFish]

My Mel eats nori. In fact, all my fish do! Monkey see, monkey do!

 

[hogfanreefer]

holy moly that fire shrimp is brave in there with all those wrasse.

Only two likely to get them are the melanurus and the claudia. The shrimp were there first and so far they don't look at them as food. Fingers crossed but if I have to choose I'll keep through wrasse.

 

[falconut]

Add my melanurus o the list of eating nori. He will eat so much, it looks like it's stomach's going to explode.