Best methods for BTA growth!

[TrevorHenry]

Just like the title says, what are YOUR personal experiences with methods on getting anemone growth, what were your steps you took in your method, and what were your results?

 

[ThRoewer]

In the past metal halides and daily feedings did the trick for me - the green one I had my clarkii in grew to dinner plate size in no time.
Tough many of the BTA you find today in stores will likely split before reaching a decent size.

 

[TrevorHenry]

What were you feeding?

 

[m0nkie]

feed every other day. I feed supermarket seafood.

or get a clown for the BTA and spray your daily feeding toward that BTA. It's like 2x the feeding. from you and from the clown.

 

[ThRoewer]

What were you feeding?

Back then I was catching my on Mysis and feeder shrimp and also had always a lot of little gobies as by-catch. I usually fed the gobies to the anemone but the clarkii liked them too

 

[TrevorHenry]

I will continue on my mysis diet for the anemone and clowns but I will definitely pick up some gobies from somewhere and try tha method!

 

[rt67ghy]

I had great success feeding mine pieces of shrimp and it ate every time. It grew from about 4" to 10" in only 4 months.

 

[davocean]

I would be careful not to feed every day, that can actually stress and cause them to split.
Mysis is probably best, 2-3 days a week is plenty

 

[alb_56]

I've been feeding mine with live cherry stone and little neck clams. We can get them at the store here in Nebraska. Mine have liked this the best. I just throw a couple pounds into an acclimation box in the tank and keep them alive until I want to feed.

I usually feed half a clam twice a week to each anemone.

 

[TrevorHenry]

I had great success feeding mine pieces of shrimp and it ate every time. It grew from about 4" to 10" in only 4 months.

How big of a size of shrimp did you feed? What type of shrimp? Frozen? Can you elaborate on that for me?

 

[hotelbravo]

I catch my own squid and oysters and feed my anemones biweekly with both squid and oyster. I used to feed other foods but the anemones seem to look better and healthier after feeding the squid and oyster so I am now only feeding those

 

[TrevorHenry]

What type of growth are you getting from these feeding regimes?

 

[rt67ghy]

How big of a size of shrimp did you feed? What type of shrimp? Frozen? Can you elaborate on that for me?

I used to feed de-shelled marine shrimp. Each piece was up to 3/4" in size maybe twice a week. My BTA was hosting a pair of red tomato clowns which helped it as the clowns would also feed it.

 

[royvoss]

i rarely feed mine at all, could not even tell you when i feed it last, it grows and splits , right now it is the size of a dinner plate, had for 6 years now, clowns love it and barley leave it.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Roy can you share a picture of your huge BTA? I love seeing the big ones. Mine grow but split before they get big, usually after a WC.

 

[pilot.darren]

I would love to see this too.

 

[Leishman]

Here's the RBTA in my office tank. Reaches 20+" at max stretch. Never been target fed.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

WOW that's a bigun! Beautiful!!!!

If you fed it, it would probably split. Mine keep splitting but usually after a wc. I feed mine to get some size on them, but feed only twice a week and very little when I do. I've had them upchuck food because it was too big