Anemone throws up food???

[RC Anemone]

Hello, I just purchased a sand anemone and after acclimating it I fed it two 1/4" cubes of uncooked table shrimp. About four hours later the two balls of table shrimp (still whole) came out of its mouth. Is this normal? Am I feeding the anemone something it doesn't like or doesn't eat? Or is it because they can't digest large pieces of shrimp?

Thank you for your help, I'm getting a little worried. This is my first anemone so I really don't know what I'm doing.

 

[traveller7]

I don't have great luck with table shrimp as a diet for most anemones, especially smaller specimens like sand anemones.

I have better luck with soft bodied fish, i.e. lancefish and silversides cut to portion, mysis, and even some of the cubed foods like Formula VHP.

Regardless, try a variety, each anemone is different and will have preferences.

Good luck.

 

[RC Anemone]

Thank you. What is Formula VHP? Is that frozen formula 1 or 2?

 

[Racing1]

I too would try silversides or mysis. Also smaller pieces. My rbta loves silversides and mysis....

 

[Btboy2004]

My rbta doesn't like shimps either, it spits it out. I have success feeding it silversides and frozen krill(Hikari cubes).

 

[t-bone2]

silversides works great for mine

 

[traveller7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8234755#post8234755 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RC Anemone
Thank you. What is Formula VHP? Is that frozen formula 1 or 2?

Same company, but Formula VHP is the Very High Protein flavor

Some anemones like it, some don't.