Seaweed Select Brown Marine 12g
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- Ships Australia-wide — fast dispatch from Eastwood
- Or collect in store with the rest of your order
- Genuine stock — marine specialists since 2012
Overview
Dried brown marine seaweed sheets for grazing herbivores — the simplest way to feed tangs, angels, rabbitfish and blennies the bulk vegetable matter they'd spend all day picking at on a natural reef. Pellets and frozen foods have their place, but they're gone in thirty seconds; a sheet of seaweed on a clip gives a herbivore something to work on for hours, which is closer to how these fish are actually built to eat.
Brown marine algae is the variety most reef keepers find gets accepted fastest, and it's a genuinely useful tool for settling newly introduced tangs, keeping fussy grazers eating, and taking the pressure off your coralline and macroalgae when the natural grazing runs short.
Key features
- Brown marine algae — the type most readily taken by marine herbivores, and a good first choice if you're not sure what your fish will accept.
- Dried sheet format — clip it, weight it, or roll it into a feeder; no thawing, no mess, no defrosted juice going into the water column.
- Encourages natural grazing behaviour — fish pick at it over an extended period rather than gorging, which suits the constant-feeding digestive system of surgeonfish and rabbitfish.
- Supports appetite and colour in herbivores — a reliable vegetable component alongside your frozen and pellet feeds.
- Shelf-stable and compact — keeps well in a sealed container, takes up no freezer space, and travels easily if someone else is minding the tank.
What's in the box
- One 12 g pack of dried brown marine seaweed sheets
Who it's for
Any marine system with dedicated grazers — a mixed reef with a tang or two, a fish-only display with angels and rabbitfish, or a smaller tank keeping lawnmower blennies and herbivorous gobies. Tangs and surgeonfish in particular should be getting green food most days, not as an occasional treat.
It's also worth having on hand if you're introducing a new herbivore. A sheet clipped in the flow is often the first thing a nervous, freshly settled tang will eat, well before it takes anything from the water column.
Setup & tips
- Use a veggie clip on the glass, mid-water where there's some flow. Fish are far more confident feeding away from the sand bed, and moving water keeps the sheet fluttering and visible.
- Start small. Tear off a strip rather than clipping a whole sheet — you want it eaten, not shredded into the overflow. Build up the portion once you know what your fish will clear.
- Remove anything uneaten after a few hours. Leftover seaweed breaks down and adds nutrients you'd rather not export later; a clip is much easier to retrieve than a dozen floating scraps.
- Keep the pack sealed and dry. Sheets go soft and lose their structure if they pick up humidity — an airtight container in the cupboard is plenty.
Dry goods ship Australia-wide. If you've got a grazer that's turning its nose up at everything, have a chat with us — sometimes it's the food, and sometimes it's where and how it's being offered.
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