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Bmgrocks

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I have a beautiful RBTA that i had just recieved, and it is about an 1" in diamater, its currently in a 10gallon with 96w PC, AC 70fuge, and Religious Water Changes

What can i do to encourage growth, this has to be one of the most intense red's i've seen, with green tips and a completely blood red foot.

Hopefully the 10 will be a BTA reef, are their any foods that can encourge fast growth,

heard different things about the effectiveness of Silverslides..
 
You put a bta in a 10 gallon with pc lighting and a AC fuge?
All of that equipment will not support that rbta. it will grow quickly, especially since you are on here asking about encouraging growth.
Please take that anemone back to the store or go and get an appropiate sized tank of at least 40 gallons with some decent equipment.
I dont mean to sound rude or snotty but a 10 gallon is WAY too small for that animal.
PLEASE take it back or trade it for a small, very small fish.

Jeff
 
well perhaps we should take a second look at all the 10 gallon aquariums throughout this site that are lit by the same fixtures, that currently keep, and have thriving anemone's... I am aware that it will outgrow the system, and i do thank you for your advice and concern,

is the primary worry due to the fact of the anemone's size?
 
I have 2 rbta's in my reef. I have 2 because they have split...again. Between the years of anemone keeping and that website that I sent along dont you now see that it isnt going to work? The anemone does not have emotion but it will seem like it in a mattrer of weeks when it starts cruising around that little tank in search of a suitable place to thrive. It wont find one for long and will eventually get sucked into the little fuge and die. Then who will be upset?
DO NOT compare yourself with the others who keep 10 gallon tanks in this message board. If others kept rbta in tiny aquariums then they probably didnt for long. 10 gallon tanks are not for complicated reef animals.
DO NOT come to Reefcentral looking for advice and then shrug it off when someone comes along and tries to help with your question. I stated fact based on my anemone keeping. I also linked a website with facts about the animal you asked about.

Jeff
 
i didn t shrug off advice, because the site that you gave me was very helpful, i have eliminated the poss. of the anemone being sucked into any intakes, by using an overflow to cover up all my equipment, With the flow put out by the AC 70, and A Maxi Jet 400, my Current Anemone's seem to be doing fine, and haven't wandered for the past 2 weeks.

However, havent we all compared ourselves to others when looking at various tanks, set ups equipment lists ect. Thats the only way we can get anywhere in the hobby, is by copying and using ideas that others have used. Im sure your 250 reef has incorporated someone Elses ideas or equipment.

But thank you for your concern, this is not the first time i've kept anemone's and would like to think that i am somewhat expierenced. Thank you for the reading, and i will ensure that i well tell you the result regardless. I will later post pics, and enform you of everything that i am doing.

Like anything else, i have a back up plan, with a more than suitable 24gallon Aquapod with 150 halides
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10642976#post10642976 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bmgrocks
i didn t shrug off advice, because the site that you gave me was very helpful, i have eliminated the poss. of the anemone being sucked into any intakes, by using an overflow to cover up all my equipment, With the flow put out by the AC 70, and A Maxi Jet 400, my Current Anemone's seem to be doing fine, and haven't wandered for the past 2 weeks.

However, havent we all compared ourselves to others when looking at various tanks, set ups equipment lists ect. Thats the only way we can get anywhere in the hobby, is by copying and using ideas that others have used. Im sure your 250 reef has incorporated someone Elses ideas or equipment.

But thank you for your concern, this is not the first time i've kept anemone's and would like to think that i am somewhat expierenced. Thank you for the reading, and i will ensure that i well tell you the result regardless. I will later post pics, and enform you of everything that i am doing.

Like anything else, i have a back up plan, with a more than suitable 24gallon Aquapod with 150 halides
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if youre exprienced why are you on here asking what to feed your anemone to encourage growth? you should know this by now.......
 
because there have been some controversy in feeding techniques, and various foods for growth rates. with the best food not necessairly being silverslides.

i never thought it would be a problem to reinforce knowledge...
 
I've been feeding mine Krill and it's been putting on the pounds lately.. but that could be that it's finally satisfied with the new lighting.
 
Since it is only an inch across. I would feed it with mysis or cyclop-eeze everyother day. IME, BTAs that small need to feed more often that large anemones.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10643720#post10643720 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bmgrocks
i never thought it would be a problem to reinforce knowledge...
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And it's not.

Don't feed into negative posts :)

Mysis (preferably PE brand), small chunks of shrimp, 1/8" of a cube of Formula one are all good choices. Defrost food in a small container filled with your tank water, rinse and feed every other day or so.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10646313#post10646313 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Big Brother
hmm i kept a gbta in a 12 gallon with PC lighting and no fuge for almost a year

wonder how that happened?
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Short-term success :), some luck, probably regular water changes once a week, feeding nem once a week, etc.

Don't advocate keeping anemones in a small tank based on one year mark.

BTAs are most comfy in something like a 55G shallow tank with LR. My colony adore 400 MH, split like crazy, but PC will work, too. (Ilham, :wavehand:, got them from Mark)
 
Well, back to the topic.

I have a LTA that was sold to me as a BTA. Since I adopted it a couple of months ago, it's darkened in color and developed a neon-green sheen. It seems very happy.

I've been feeding an alternating mixture of chunks of shrimp, scallops and salmon... plus whatever he captures from the water himself.

Should I be looking for a more varied diet for him?

kind regards,
Rusty
 
I agree with Jeff, Engine 7, an anemone kept a year is no milestone...in the wild they have an almost unlimited life span unless something tragic happens. Being kept under PC's is also a problem...they do okay short term, but not in the long run. I have had my anemones for over 3 years right now...under 250 MH's and even then they are happier in the top third of the tank. A ten gallon tank just doesn't leave a lot of room for error and it doesn't take much to tip the water parameters...if it keeps happening, it is going to stress your anemone which equals a sick anemone and from there a dead anemone...

Lawrence914, I'd drop the salmon from it's diet..it is not something it would ordinarily eat...also feed it some silversides, chunked up but with the bones and all. It gets extra calcium and nutrition from eating whole bits of fish.
 
Do BTAs ordinarily eat silversides? I'd imagine that an occasional bite of salmon would help provide the anemone with some good nutrients...I think the jury is still out on what anemones need to eat, but i would replace silversides with salmon fry in a heartbeat ....



<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10654234#post10654234 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ladipyg

Lawrence914, I'd drop the salmon from it's diet..it is not something it would ordinarily eat...also feed it some silversides, chunked up but with the bones and all. It gets extra calcium and nutrition from eating whole bits of fish.
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:)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10642769#post10642769 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Engine 7
You put a bta in a 10 gallon with pc lighting and a AC fuge?
All of that equipment will not support that rbta. it will grow quickly, especially since you are on here asking about encouraging growth.
Please take that anemone back to the store or go and get an appropiate sized tank of at least 40 gallons with some decent equipment.
I dont mean to sound rude or snotty but a 10 gallon is WAY too small for that animal.
PLEASE take it back or trade it for a small, very small fish.

Jeff
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Here come the anemone police ....bmgrocks, make a run for the border ...

To answer the question: if you feed well, it will grow. You need to feed small nutrient rich foods frequently like small pieces of shrimp or fish .... maybe even grind them up...Be careful not to foul the tank as 10g is a very small volume!
 
I'd drop the salmon from it's diet..it is not something it would ordinarily eat...also feed it some silversides
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Not to be picky but, I doubt any anenomes have ever tasted silversides in the wild either. These fish swim in large scools near the surface of the water.

Any fish or shell fish should provide plenty of nourishment. I use shrimp, mysis, & clams cause they are cheap & readily available.
 
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