Food additives?

[Ab3]

What is the best thing to dip frozen food in before feeding it to a mantis, or even an anemone? Whats the best frozen food I.E. krill, squid, silversides, brineshrimp........??

 

[justinl]

for a mantis the best frozen imo is krill but variety is the key to a good diet. i feed mostly krill but i throw in other food sometimes like silverside, squid or clam.

for any predacious coral, the best food is whatever will fit in its mouth. i feed mysis for thios purpose. some corals will and some wont accept cyclopeeze. brine shrimp is not very ntritious as far a frozens go but it can be used occasionally. and for those corals that dont take meaty, then phyto obviously.

the only additive Ive used is selcon. it's cheap and lasts a long time even if the effects are debatable.

 

[Pea-brain]

Most people recommend selcon, and I use it with good success. AI would recommend a mixed diet for a mantis. The more types of frozens available, the better. shrimp, silversides, krill, etc. I would probably recommend 2-3 different frozens. I dunno bout an anenome though.

 

[Ab3]

Im not only gonna feed it frozen. Would it be ok to have one kind of frozen and then snails and hermits? Ill probably go with Krill. thx

 

[mattyice]

i would recommend selcon, i have the most vibrant colors out of any fish of the same species i have seen and i use selcon and feed a large variety of foods to keep the fish happy

 

[Thurge]

I never dipped anything I fed to my anemone, and usually just left it to feed on light. If I did feed it I gave it a silverside or two.

Personally I feed more snails and hermits than anything.

 

[Ab3]

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