HELP! My anemone isn't sticky

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Alexwilson1337

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Hey everyone I've recently acquired a Green and Red Bubble Tip Anemone from My Local Petco. Looks okay from my point of view since i also work there, and am the local salt water fish expert haha:P this isn't my first anemone i've had (made some mistakes in the past...stupid hermit crabs...) but anyway i picked it up and have it under 4 HO 54w t5 bulbs and its just starting to come out from the rock it attached to. so my question is what should i feed it because its about the size of a fifty cent piece. any thoughts?

Dont want such a unique looking anemone to go to waste. any tips are accepted. I have zero nitrates thanks to my mangroves, salt is at 1.024 and ph is In between 8.0 and 8.2. If the ph is the problem i have buffer i can put in aswell. Also i was wonder if the sinthetic salt has buffers in it that'll keep the ph in the nominal range
 

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Do you feed any flakes or fresh (frozen) foods? If flaked take a couple flakes and dangle them for her to feed on (I have a friend that makes my saltwater flakes)... If fresh/frozen try blending it to smaller bits? Or if you feed pellets give it a single small one or two... I don't have a bta that small but that's how I feed mine...
 
I second mysis.. If it's not sticky turn off your circulation while feeding it. I'd pass on the flakes myself a small anemone will have no problems getting mysis down. You can use any meaty sea food honestly like scallops, clams etc.. Obviously chopped up but me personally I'd stick to the mysis for now..

Also on a side note I'd stay away from the buffer and concentrate on keeping your cal, alk and mag in check and your pH shouldn't matter much as long as it's not below 7.8 . Fresh air in the house does wonders to boost pH.

keeping stable parameters including salinity(auto top off is a key tool to invest in) is key to keeping anemones and coral healthy and thriving. Staying on top of the big 3 will pay off more than any bottle of buffer and chasing pH ever will.. Your salt mix absolutely has buffers in it to get it all to the levels you want and with a small bio load water changes should be able to suit your needs.

Good luck resident petco expert =)..
 
The pH for nems should ideally be 8.3 but I wouldn't add buffer since it can quickly raise the pH. You also don't need to feed it, but if you do, I'd start with peeled shrimp or salmon, soaked in Selcon (optional, just adds vitamins) and cut into pencil eraser size pieces. While mysis is fine, I suggest soft food since it's easier for the nem to digest since there's no shell, and creates less waste in the tank.
 
Well great news! It managed to catch some brine shrimp that I was feeding my fish with this morning so I cut up a tiny prawn into about the size of half a dime and manages to get two pieces In his tentacles which he glad received. I also put the skimmer intake outside for a possible co2 problem and that may have helped aswell
 
Be careful with the skimmer intake. If someone sprays something, such as an herbicide or insecticide, your skimmer will suck it right into your tank.

I lost most of my fish due to a neighbor painting in his basement and the fumes coming through the wall...
 
It's doing great! Been in for almost 3 weeks (usually dead ones by now) it's eating about half a cocktail shrimp about every three days and it's tentacles are finally bubbling up and getting longer! Couldn't be happier, well that is till my clowns find it
 
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