Nori?

I have noticed that there are at least two different types of Nori available at my LFS. One is a green Nori and that is the one that I put on a veggi clip for my Blue Hippo Tang. The other is red/purple in color.

What is the difference in the two? Does the red/purple offer different nutritional value? Should I rotate between the two when feeding in the tank?

 

Just go to a super market and get the nori seaweed wraps from the Asian food asile. I have been using it for years and the fish love it. I just use that and it is green. It is much cheaper than buying it from the store also.

 

ive used the purple one as well, its got longer strands correct? i feed it to my blue and sailfin tangs, thought i would switch between the two, they love them both. i just think variety is always good.

 

dont know if there is any benefit, but Im using the Ocean Nutrition sea weed selects
red marine algae at present, in addition to standard Supermarket normal green nori


Steve

 

Nori is the term for Porphyra sp. There are usually two that are sold, Yeozensis (spelling is probably off a bit), and tenera.They are both red algae, but P. tenera is actually red in color when alive, (black/dark brown when dried, sushi rolls have this a lot), and Yeozensis (or however it is spelled - ) is a red algae but appears green. Red algae don't have to be red, they are classified by the pigments that photosynthesize rather than their appearance. When you buy Nori, make sure not to get toasted sheets, the process adds phosphates to the product and removes a good deal of the nutritional value.

 

Thanks for the input. This was definitely a lot more than I already knew about Nori. It will help out a lot when I need to go and purchase some more.

 

I have been using the roasted seaweed I get at the local grocery store/asian section used for sushi wraps. JFC/ YAMAMOTOYAMA.
The only ingredients listed are seaweed (Nori). It says not to eat the chemical packet inside but nothing else.

My fish love this stuff, and only 10 calories a sheet!

Is this bad stuff?



ダンゼンちがう！日本産のり

 

Nope. Not only is it good stuff but it's much cheaper than the stuff that's "made" for fish. I used to purchase mine from the health food market. As long as it's not flavored and is roasted or toasted, it's good to use.

 

your welcome! as long as it isn't toasted roasted flavored etc.. it is good to go. you won't be able to tell that from the ingredients, (unless it is flavored), because the roasting and toasting process (usually) adds no new ingredients. But it removes some of the nutrients and the process adds phosphates and such. It isn't "my tank will crash and everything will die!!" bad, it is just not as good. In a pinch, I would take toasted Nori sheets over nothing. Romaine lettuce also works in a pinch.