Help long tentacle anemone(macrodactyla doreensis)
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Grandreef 2
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Do you feed or or do you see the clownfish picking at the anemone.
marc price
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That's normal behavior for a clownfish and won't hurt the anemone. Feeding the fish twice a day doesn't insure the anemone is getting any food. A newly set-up tank or H2OQ trouble would also be a problem when attempting a anemone.
If not too late try spot feeding a small pencil erasure size morsel of table shrimp from the supermarket sea food counter.
You may have to keep the clownfish from the anemone until it is done eating. I have to put a divider of plastic eggcrate in the tank at feeding time when feeding the sebae anemone or the clownfish will take it. I also have a new LTA M. doreensis which the clown uses when the tank is divided. I've been feeding the LTA after tank lights go out and the clownfish is snuggled in the sebae anemone.
Good luck with it.
If not too late try spot feeding a small pencil erasure size morsel of table shrimp from the supermarket sea food counter.
You may have to keep the clownfish from the anemone until it is done eating. I have to put a divider of plastic eggcrate in the tank at feeding time when feeding the sebae anemone or the clownfish will take it. I also have a new LTA M. doreensis which the clown uses when the tank is divided. I've been feeding the LTA after tank lights go out and the clownfish is snuggled in the sebae anemone.
Good luck with it.
celamb89
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HELP!
Im back wih some questions,
The small anemone as i said I fed it yesterday and when i woke up this morning it had spitted out the shrimp chunk i fed it it was sitting net to it when i woke up but the anemone is still in its place...
Also i have a another new bigger anemone which won attach it just moves along with the current, I turned off both of my powerheads so only the return pump from the sump is working, when i bought this big anemone it was attached and had a good color and everything, a couple of minutes ago I fed a small piece of shrimp which it ate, just to make it feel more comfortable so it would attach, right now its just sitting..
I have a 42gal display with a 15 gal sump, skimmer and a next to be refugium... Dont know much about my lighting I have a 10000K ocean sun and a 7000k white light.. Live rock and about inches of sand
Im back wih some questions,
The small anemone as i said I fed it yesterday and when i woke up this morning it had spitted out the shrimp chunk i fed it it was sitting net to it when i woke up but the anemone is still in its place...
Also i have a another new bigger anemone which won attach it just moves along with the current, I turned off both of my powerheads so only the return pump from the sump is working, when i bought this big anemone it was attached and had a good color and everything, a couple of minutes ago I fed a small piece of shrimp which it ate, just to make it feel more comfortable so it would attach, right now its just sitting..
I have a 42gal display with a 15 gal sump, skimmer and a next to be refugium... Dont know much about my lighting I have a 10000K ocean sun and a 7000k white light.. Live rock and about inches of sand
