how often do you feed an anemone?

[bluetanggirl]

I have had this GBTA for a week now and we got some food for it, and was wondering how often I should feed it? we have some brine shrimp and whole silverside fish.

 

[ladyonyx]

Once a week for sure. More than that is always fine too

 

[scottallert]

once every 2 weeks, and my gbta is growing nicely, actually a little too fast.

 

[wils_25]

Mine was fed every time my clown took something to it, which was everyday

 

[dsoz]

Before I split my 9" RBTA, I fed it a little every day. I was trying to get it to split on its own. After a month of feeding every day, I got impatient and pulled out the knife and split it in half. Once the clones healed up, I resumed feeding about a 1 inch piece of silverside to each one every day.

dsoz

 

[Toddrtrex]

JMO, but I feel that a lot of people overfeed their anemones. I currently have 4 Haddonis and 1 LTA, at most I feed them once every 3 weeks. The oldest of those anemones is 9+ years old.

 

[Rod Buehler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14903202#post14903202 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
JMO, but I feel that a lot of people overfeed their anemones. I currently have 4 Haddonis and 1 LTA, at most I feed them once every 3 weeks. The oldest of those anemones is 9+ years old.

I agree. Mine do get fed and probably a little every day but I rarely (if ever) target feed mine. They only get what ever makes it past my fish. I do feed my fish heavily so, again, mine do get some food, but I am not shoving large pieces of food into them. A link that shows a few of mine (some more than 5 years.. one more than 14 or 15 years)
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1603392



I think PE mysis can be a great food (high in protein) but not a sole food because I believe that they lack the omega 3s. For most anemones I feel that silversides are a bad choice. Brine is pretty low in nutritional value.

 

[SDReefer44]

1 piece of krill every 10 days is what my rbta gets...he sneaks down a couple mysis whenever i feed the rest of the tank though..

 

[elegance coral]

If an anemone is capturing food every day when the fish get fed, that can add up to quite a bit of food over time. I usually don't have many fish in with my anemones so I feed them once every week or two. Sometimes more often. Lately I've been feeding them twice a week. That probably won't last long though. Basically, I feed them when ever I feel like it.

 

[newyorkstyles]

Video on how to feed Rose Anemone and LPS Corals

Video on how to feed Rose Anemone and LPS Corals

Here is a brief video from my YouTube Channel illustrating how to feed Anemones and LPS corals. Hope this helps.

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[bazineta]

I don't feed my RBTA at all. From time to time it'll scavenge very small amounts of leftover food from the fish feeding, and that's plenty for it, really.

 

[aleonn]

I feed my GBTA every 1-2 weeks. I used to feed PE mysis, but my clownfish always try to steal the food. Now I feed silversides.