Placing Seaweed in a tank

I have 2 grazing fish that requires me to place seaweed in the tank just
about everyday. I use a simple clip that i weigh down using a small piece of
LR. Does anyone have a good tip for placing seaweed in the tank that doesn't
require my arm to get wet? any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks

"Peter Pan" wrote in message . ..
I have 2 grazing fish that requires me to place seaweed in the tank

Are we talking about dried nori from Japanese grocery or live seaweed ?
I feed often dried nori to my hepatus tang and I do not use clip.
I use scisors to cut 1/4" wide stripes (or if scisors are not around
I just tear off with my fingers) and feed them directly to fish
which is tamed already and eats from my hand like a little puppy :-)
I hold 1 or 2 pieces between fingers and dip it half in the water.
Fish notices this and swims to my hand - then quickly devours the
algae sucking them into the mouth like a pieces of seaweed spaghetti :-)

This routine is only for dried seaweed - I want to prevent it
getting sucked by the overflow and end up in the sump...
If I feed live seaweed bunch I usually just toss it into the tank
and let is float on its own. Fish is able to eat it piece by piece.

I tie a clip to a string and just hang it from a hook in the hood into the
tank. It floats around approx 5 inches into the tank where my tangs kill
the nori. When its done I just pull up the sting and out it comes _

You can tie the clip to your algae magnet.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Peter Pan wrote on 7/30/2006 11:35 PM:
I have 2 grazing fish that requires me to place seaweed in the tank just
about everyday. I use a simple clip that i weigh down using a small piece of
LR. Does anyone have a good tip for placing seaweed in the tank that doesn't
require my arm to get wet? any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks

Can I use a lead fishing weight to hold the clip down in the water and use
attach a fishing line to the clip to remove the clip? Will the lead weight
cause and damage to my eco system?

No, lead is toxic.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Peter Pan wrote on 7/31/2006 4:02 PM:
Can I use a lead fishing weight to hold the clip down in the water and use
attach a fishing line to the clip to remove the clip? Will the lead weight
cause and damage to my eco system?

So what would make a good weight for the clip?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
No, lead is toxic.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Peter Pan wrote on 7/31/2006 4:02 PM:
Can I use a lead fishing weight to hold the clip down in the water and
use attach a fishing line to the clip to remove the clip? Will the lead
weight cause and damage to my eco system?

A small rock.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Peter Pan wrote on 7/31/2006 5:15 PM:
So what would make a good weight for the clip?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
No, lead is toxic.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Peter Pan wrote on 7/31/2006 4:02 PM:
Can I use a lead fishing weight to hold the clip down in the water and
use attach a fishing line to the clip to remove the clip? Will the lead
weight cause and damage to my eco system?

You could also make yourself a portland cement weight.
I've made all kinds of weights out of portland cement.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Wayne Sallee wrote on 7/31/2006 5:38 PM:
A small rock.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Peter Pan wrote on 7/31/2006 5:15 PM:
So what would make a good weight for the clip?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
No, lead is toxic.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Peter Pan wrote on 7/31/2006 4:02 PM:
Can I use a lead fishing weight to hold the clip down in the water
and use attach a fishing line to the clip to remove the clip? Will
the lead weight cause and damage to my eco system?

Peter Pan wrote:
Can I use a lead fishing weight to hold the clip down in the water and use
attach a fishing line to the clip to remove the clip?

No, but you should be able to find weights coated with epoxy that will be safe.

George Patterson
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