Anemone type?

[D-Nak]

Did you see it a few pictures back with the gaping open mouth?

I would actually consider that normal, well, common for an acclimating haddoni. Even gigantea expose their siphonoglyphs. If the mouth appears loose, and truly gaping, then I'd be concerned.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Interesting. Guess it's just one of the things they do, like BTA's have their I'm dying moments daily LOL

 

[Jrsdaddy]

Beautiful color and I agree that it is a Haddoni getting use to its new home. Like the others said keep an eye on it and don't feed for awhile. Great price BTW

 

[shanesreef]

Very nice. Great color.

 

[Brando5185]

My haddoni had an open mouth for a day or two after inintroduced him. He did perfect after that for over a year until he ate too many fish.

 

[Canneddynomite]

He Ended up popping out of the sand and mouth gaping again, I don't have a hospital tank so I just took it back. I don't think im ready for an Advanced Anemone Yet. I took home a Purple LTA and he dug himself in within 15 min and is huge. The LTA Actually cost me more than the Carpet.

 

[marc price]

No, let it settle in first. I would wait a few days.

As a general rule, anemones don't have to be directly fed, ever.

But you can if you like. Just expect it to grow... a lot!

As a general rule, anemones don't have to be directly fed, ever.

In closed system aquariums, that over generalized statement is simply not true, I'm surprised someone with your experience would write such.

 

[D-Nak]

In closed system aquariums, that over generalized statement is simply not true, I'm surprised someone with your experience would write such.

I can see how that statement could be mis-interpreted. Most of us have fish in our tanks and feed heavily, and the nems eat what they catch. So typically people don't need to supplement what the nem receives by directly feeding them.

Furthermore, many beginners tend to want to feed their nems a lot, and as a result they overfeed which does more damage than good. The pieces might be too big, the wrong type of food, spoiled food, etc. the list goes on and on. I recently read a post there the person fed his nem cooked shrimp.

I should also point out that many nem owners also have clowns that often take food back to the nem (newbies see this is the clowns feeding the nem, which we know is not the clown's intent).

So, in short, saying that we don't need to directly feed our nems is an accurate statement. It's different if someone has a nem only system, but these people tend to be more advanced aquarists who know when their anemones need to be fed.

 

[marc price]

I can see how that statement could be mis-interpreted. Most of us have fish in our tanks and feed heavily, and the nems eat what they catch. So typically people don't need to supplement what the nem receives by directly feeding them.

Furthermore, many beginners tend to want to feed their nems a lot, and as a result they overfeed which does more damage than good. The pieces might be too big, the wrong type of food, spoiled food, etc. the list goes on and on. I recently read a post there the person fed his nem cooked shrimp.

I should also point out that many nem owners also have clowns that often take food back to the nem (newbies see this is the clowns feeding the nem, which we know is not the clown's intent).

So, in short, saying that we don't need to directly feed our nems is an accurate statement. It's different if someone has a nem only system, but these people tend to be more advanced aquarists who know when their anemones need to be fed.

I'll cant agree with that logic, it is also rather species specific, ime, is easier accomplished with E. quadricolor.

I keep fish in my aquarium containing clownfish hosting anemones and wouldn't rely on uneaten foods from fish supplying the anemones solid food needs. Especially not my current S. gigantea.

In fact I have had and seen more then a few clownfish swipe the food from its host anemone and watch the anemone go down hill till the clown was removed or partitioned away from the anemone during feedings. Once corrected the otherwise healthy anemones regained their vigor, however that in itself is a slippery slope as anemones often don't show acute outward signs of decline until they are to fear gone to bring back, species specific more so.
And to reiterate, these anemones were in 75gallon and 100gallon mixed reef tanks with adv to above adv fish stocking levels.

 

[addictedreefer]

I'll cant agree with that logic, it is also rather species specific, ime, is easier accomplished with E. quadricolor.

I keep fish in my aquarium containing clownfish hosting anemones and wouldn't rely on uneaten foods from fish supplying the anemones solid food needs. Especially not my current S. gigantea.

In fact I have had and seen more then a few clownfish swipe the food from its host anemone and watch the anemone go down hill till the clown was removed or partitioned away from the anemone during feedings. Once corrected the otherwise healthy anemones regained their vigor, however that in itself is a slippery slope as anemones often don't show acute outward signs of decline until they are to fear gone to bring back, species specific more so.
And to reiterate, these anemones were in 75gallon and 100gallon mixed reef tanks with adv to above adv fish stocking levels.

Disagree. I have gone months without spot feeding my nems (including gigs, headiness and mags) and they do fine, they just don't grow. I never ever feed my BTAs and they still grow/split like crazy.