feeding raw shrimp to anemone question

[t4zalews]

So I've been feeding my gig pieces of shrimp. And today it looks AWEFUL. I'm worried its going to die. I've had it for over a year and it had a nice price tag on it.

 

[this is me]

How many pieces?
IME, they don't need much. I don't why people are so obsessed with feeding their nem daily. They only need a piece once in awhile. The more you feed, the higher chance of food contamination that the nem is getting. Not to mention, the size it can grow to.
A healthy anemone is one thing but you don't want to overfeed it either.

 

[t4zalews]

I was feeding it a shrimp every 3 days

it was responding very well and coloring up nicely, hopefully it looks better when I get home. If there was too much food, I would just expect it to throw it up...it at my 8" brittle starfish and did this. The shrimp smelled fine, I kept it frozen.

 

[M Woodhill]

I'd buy giganteas from Divers Den, when available.

its outa stock there for centuries and im very desperate now, as those wives like bree.

 

[BonsaiNut]

Giganteas can grow from the size of a penny to 18" in two years with no supplemental feeding...

If you decide to feed, small pieces are always much better than large ones. By small I mean not exceeding the size of a pencil eraser. No need to feed entire shrimp, entire fish, etc. Think about it in terms of the waste you are adding to your system...

 

[this is me]

it at my 8" brittle starfish and did this.

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You did not mention this in your previous post.

I was feeding it a shrimp every 3 days

IMO, that's way too much if it's the table shrimp size.

 

[t4zalews]

it ate the bristle starfish like 7 months ago...not recently

 

[this is me]

it ate the bristle starfish like 7 months ago...not recently

Then why did you say it ate the 8" bristle star and did this? Have the gig been deflating 7 months ago?

 

[t4zalews]

i came home to half of the anemone falling apart and breaking up in the water, I had to flush it before it ruined my tank. Tis a sad afternoon