anemone questions

[smalltowngal86]

so I tried to open the anemone FAQ but my computer kept saying that it had a virus and would not let me so I will try this way.
I have an anemone that was identified as a Warty Anemone or Gulf Warty Anemone and I really do not know what all it needs to stay healthy. It came out of a rock that was collected and we had no clue that it was even there. So for the questions portion of this:

1) what should I feed it? It has been living on a diet of Mysis shrimp but it seems to be getting bored with it.

2) how often should it be fed? I am currently feeding once a day in the early evening hours around 6:30-7ish

3) temperatures? the tank has been maintaining around 76-78 degrees

4) anything else that I didn't know to ask but should have

Thanks.

 

[Shia]

1) what should I feed it? It has been living on a diet of Mysis shrimp but it seems to be getting bored with it.

I personally feed live black worms and Omega flakes to my nems. A lot of people use krill. Silversides are avoided by a lot due to possible spoilage prior to freezing, but some people still have success. I have read frozen mysis may be nutritiously poor.

2) how often should it be fed? I am currently feeding once a day in the early evening hours around 6:30-7ish

Different prople try different things. With my BTA and carpets I am around 3x/week. I am not familiar with warty anemone. Most nems do not require daily feedings.

3) temperatures? the tank has been maintaining around 76-78 degrees

Seems reasonable

4) anything else that I didn't know to ask but should have

Once again I am not familiar with warty anemone, but exposed power heads seem to be a problem for a lot of nems that wonder.

As I didn't see any responses I figure I provide the limited knowledge that I have.

 

[mnchartier]

I feed fresh seafood (uncooked and no preservatives)like shrimp, scallops, clams.

 

[smalltowngal86]

I tried feeding leftover bait that we had (it was kept fresh on ice and frozen in portion cups within a hour of dying in the bait buckets; the batteries on my bubbler died) But it spit out both gulf shrimp and mud minnows. It eats the Mysis great but I wasn't sure what else it needed. The anemone only came out after I moved the rock into the flow of water, where it had a nice strong current. Like I said I didn't even know it was there, so I found it by a fluke. So far it has not messed with my Ocellaris although it did get into it with my hermit crab...but in its defense the hermit started it..lol..

 

[Elrodg]

I feed my nems krill. They seem to love em.

 

[mnchartier]

It funny my blue carpet would move if I feed krill it was like clock work the next day it would be in a different spot. So I stuck with scallops and shrimp.

 

[Elrodg]

Actually my carpet just started moving to the underside of my rock for some reason

 

[smalltowngal86]

What happens if you overfeed an anemone? Or can you over feed one?

 

[D-Nak]

What happens if you overfeed an anemone? Or can you over feed one?

You can't really overfeed an anemone. It will instinctively hold onto a prey item, but if its not hungry, it'll just release it.

The bigger problem with overfeeding is the negative affect it has on water quality. This is also the reason I don't suggest feeding very often. Anemones are fine with just light and occasional feedings, but admittedly I've started feeding mine about once a week, since I want it to grow.

 

[smalltowngal86]

ok so I do light or small meals and as varied a diet as it will eat.. does anyone know where I might find more info on these? I haven't really found anything on the internet about them

 

[Elrodg]

Pics?
You may have it misnamed.

 

[smalltowngal86]

I had posted pics before trying to get an ID on it.... But I will repost them in this thread as well

 

[smalltowngal86]

If you copy and paste the photobucket address in my signature it will take you to an album with current pics of the anemone in question I have been out of power since around 3 this afternoon and now it is almost 11 pm. Grrrrr

 

[smalltowngal86]

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[smalltowngal86]

So any idea what kind of anemone this is? I have had a couple of people identify it as a warty or gulf warty anemone?

 

[lilyost4290]

Looks like a tube anemone to me sort of

 

[smalltowngal86]

it normally doesn't come out of the rock like that... it was the first time I had seen it do that so I got pics of it like that while I could. I think if you click the pics it will take you to my photo bucket album where there are more pics of it.

 

[Elrodg]

Looks like a tube anemone to me sort of

+1 on the tube. Thats my best guess.