Where/How to get Red Nori (instead of green one)

[OrionN]

The difference between the colors is that the green is roasted, the purple/red is not. The roasting is what changes the pigmentation. I have found both in the oriental market/grocery stores- just look at package carefully. Mihn, the ones I've seen are all the same species of seaweed.

This is not true. Of the various edible seaweeds that we eat, there are green species, purple (lavender) species and red species. There is Kelp which is much thicker and tougher also. I don't have time to search for the species name right now, but there is a variety of sea weed just like a variety of land leafy vegetable that we eat.
You may want to read the Wikipedia page on Nori or seaweed.

 

[OrionN]

See this page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_seaweed

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Side question, but related: How vital is it to feed nori to tangs? I mean, do you have to do it? I know many do, but many don't...

Seaweed pellets work well too. If its herbivore then why deprive fish of its natural diet? It's easy to do.

 

[OrionN]

i try to feed nori to my tangs twice a week...they never even pick at it...

Not sure what I need to do to get them to eat it but they don't even look at it now.

You got to train them a little. Once they know that the nori is edible, they really gorge themselves. Easiest if one of the fish eat nori, the rest just see it and will eat it too. Otherwise, you just have to tied the Nori on a rock and leave it there in the tank, after a few days, they will pick at it and start eating.

 

[OrionN]

Seaweed pellets work well too. If its herbivore then why deprive fish of its natural diet? It's easy to do.

Get Nori for human consumption, it is a lot cheaper. About 10 dollars for 100 sheet that will last a long time.

 

[Devolver]

You got to train them a little. Once they know that the nori is edible, they really gorge themselves. Easiest if one of the fish eat nori, the rest just see it and will eat it too. Otherwise, you just have to tied the Nori on a rock and leave it there in the tank, after a few days, they will pick at it and start eating.

DO I not feed them anything else while trying to get them to pick at the Nori?

 

[OrionN]

If they are otherwise healthy and not thin, a few days not getting fed will encourage them try other things to eat. Once the Nori get soak in the tank water for a while, it start to break up and bits of it float in the water. Most fish will start trying to eat things out of the water, and once they bite, they are hooked.

 

[Devolver]

thanks ill give that a try

 

[OrionN]

Once they know Nori is eatable, you can put it anywhere and they attack it. I put it on a clip and hang it in the water column with a fishing line so that my snails and sea urchins do not get to it.