How often to feed RTBA

[shikhyung]

Once every day is OK?

 

[Toddrtrex]

As long as you can keep your water in check, and don't mind the anemone growing fast and huge.

With my current anemones ( and back when I had BTAs ) I fed about twice a month.

 

[dc]

Once a week now. I used to feed almost every day.

 

[shikhyung]

....No wonder my anemones grow so fast,. But why they keep extend their tentacles like they're so hungry???Should I stop feeding immediately or slowly cut down? Thanks.

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13884807#post13884807 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shikhyung
....No wonder my anemones grow so fast,. But why they keep extend their tentacles like they're so hungry???Should I stop feeding immediately or slowly cut down? Thanks.

IME, the length of the tentacles aren't related to hungry. For some reason BTAs seem to lose their bubbles in aquariums. I have tried low light, medium light, and high light, and then feeding often, once in a while and rarely --- all the time they did not have any bubble tips. And the same holds true when they were and won't hosting.

 

[RG Rude]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13885171#post13885171 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
IME, the length of the tentacles aren't related to hungry. For some reason BTAs seem to lose their bubbles in aquariums. I have tried low light, medium light, and high light, and then feeding often, once in a while and rarely --- all the time they did not have any bubble tips. And the same holds true when they were and won't hosting.

I have the same experience with my two RTBA's. I feed them a Silverside once a week.

 

[Henryreef]

I likewise feed once or twice a week.

 

[shikhyung]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13885253#post13885253 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RG Rude
I have the same experience with my two RTBA's. I feed them a Silverside once a week.

A whole one! If I add up for the whole week, probably I feed about twice as much as you do. I can tell I feed him too much .

 

[Redds]

i feed mine once a week

 

[vietcu]

I'm curious but why would you need to feed an anemone? I keep seeing people posting that they feed their anemone 1-2 times a week. When I feed my tank, the anemone always catch something on its own. Am I missing something here, or are you guys feeding it apart from feeding your tank?

 

[garygb]

Vietcu, my tanks are devoted to anemones. I have at most a pair of clowns in any one tank, so if I only feed the fish and didn't target feed the anemones, then they wouldn't get much food.

 

[BigJay]

I feed both every 2-3 days. One likes silversides, the other prefers mysis.

 

[dc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13890909#post13890909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by garygb
Vietcu, my tanks are devoted to anemones. I have at most a pair of clowns in any one tank, so if I only feed the fish and didn't target feed the anemones, then they wouldn't get much food.

X2

 

[smsreefer]

I feed the one I have now everyday and vary the food .
I feed em medium pellets [ocean nutrition ,loaded shrimp or large flakes
[flakes are taken from my hand or they go everywhere]
This one is about 5" ,when it hits 8" ,I will slow feeding to once a week.
I also make sure the food is high in protein [25% or up ] .

 

[vietcu]

Ok my fault then, I was under the impression that everyone was like me and had a full tank with 1-2 anemone. Sorry.