feeding anemones
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foster200
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Not 100%. I bought a bag of frozen, peeled, cooked shrimp months ago and have been feeding my anems, crabs, starfish, etc with no ill affects. Everyone seems to love it. If I could find frozen peeled shrimp then i would probably go that route. I can ony imagine a bunch of shrimp peelings floating around the tank.
sneeyatch
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Raw. Cooked foods are deprived of minerals and vitamins, etc.
Additionally, IMO, anemones need very small feedings. If you think about it, by the time food even hits anemones, it's been nibbled on by just about everything in the sea down to small scraps. Large food items are unnatural to anemones - JMO. That may actually stir a debate, but it's just my opinion.
Additionally, IMO, anemones need very small feedings. If you think about it, by the time food even hits anemones, it's been nibbled on by just about everything in the sea down to small scraps. Large food items are unnatural to anemones - JMO. That may actually stir a debate, but it's just my opinion.
Raw foods. Shrimp, scallops, tuna, clam, oyster, squid, etc.
Small foods are best and are easier to digest (I cut them into less than pencil eraser sized pieces).
Small foods are best and are easier to digest (I cut them into less than pencil eraser sized pieces).
I got a bag of frozen mixed seafood from Walmart for $3 for a 1 lb bag. It has clams, shrimp, octopus, squid and one other thing that I cant recall... I pick out a few pieces a day, thaw it, dice it and it satisfies the needs of all the meat eaters in my tank. Good variety is always a key. I have a large green saddle nem and some always makes it past the pigs in my tank.
for the most part i ignore my anemone, it grows like a weed . it may get a few pellets when i feed the fish. every one in awhile i will give it a few mysis when i am feeing the lobos. i have two clowns that hosted it. the amem is rbt. the thing is the size of a dinner plate, it was a split pice a friend gave me.
WDLV
Skunk Hybrid Freak
When I feel like getting off my butt, I perpare mixes of raw seafood. I peel the shrimp myself. I buy the bigger ones. While they do cost more, it takes less time to peel them.
I have gone in cycles of feeding nems. Usually they get what they need from uneaten food and detritus that passes by but some of the more difficult nems need to be target fed.
My view on size is that the smaller the pieces are, the easier they are for fish and anemones to digest. That being the case, anything that is not already fairly small (cyclopeeze, mysis) goes through a blender before it gets mixed together. I also rinse the mix thoroughly before freezing to reduce organic liquid that would otherwise be added to the tank. I should really be rinsing again after freezing because the freezing process releases more of the said liquid, but I generally don't take the time to do it.
I have gone in cycles of feeding nems. Usually they get what they need from uneaten food and detritus that passes by but some of the more difficult nems need to be target fed.
My view on size is that the smaller the pieces are, the easier they are for fish and anemones to digest. That being the case, anything that is not already fairly small (cyclopeeze, mysis) goes through a blender before it gets mixed together. I also rinse the mix thoroughly before freezing to reduce organic liquid that would otherwise be added to the tank. I should really be rinsing again after freezing because the freezing process releases more of the said liquid, but I generally don't take the time to do it.
