I want to spoil my RBTA

[121]

Hi all,

I've purshased a nice, small RBTA but I can't find frozen silversides locally.

I was thinking about buying a fresh fillet of cod or haddock, removing any bones and cutting off a tiny piece to feed it with every 3 days.

Do you think this would be more nutritious than a piece of frozen silverside or krill?

 

[Phyxius]

Did you try any of the Local Fish Stores? Most of mine all have it frozen in packs in their store freezers..

You can also try larger frozen Mysis shrimp, krill as well as fresh shrimp and scallops from a grocery or seafood store. They don't eat much at a time so you don't need to get a bunch all at once......

It could also be frozen from the grocery for the above and not only fresh.....

 

[121]

I have a LFS about 30 minutes away that might stock frozen silversides. I figured that feeding pieces of fresh fish fillet might be more digestible (no bones or scales) and higher in protein.

 

[Slakker]

krill or shrimp would probably be better.

 

[flashyleopard]

Anenomes or any animal for that matter, will get more nutrition from a whole organism, vs just the parts we consider edible. The silverside's stomach contents, liver, brain, eyes, and other bonsy organs have concentrations of nutrients not found in the muscle meat that makes up a fillet. Whole mysis is another good example. Feeding grocery store goodies, like scallop and shrimp won't hurt anything, but the bets food is whole, fresh foods.

 

[Phyxius]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13182127#post13182127 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flashyleopard
Anenomes or any animal for that matter, will get more nutrition from a whole organism, vs just the parts we consider edible. The silverside's stomach contents, liver, brain, eyes, and other bonsy organs have concentrations of nutrients not found in the muscle meat that makes up a fillet. Whole mysis is another good example. Feeding grocery store goodies, like scallop and shrimp won't hurt anything, but the bets food is whole, fresh foods.

Agreed there. I meant to imply that if the silversides were unavailable right now the others would be a good fill in till he could get them My bad wording....


Here is a good site done by a person thats really known for their raising of anemones and specifically the BTA`s

Anemone

 

[jubjub]

not even a petco/petsmart close?

 

[dc]

I feed mine prime reef. My original wouldn't take silversides, and I haven't tried with all my clones. I also alternate soaking in Zoe or Zoecon. (Selcon is just a different brand). I feed about every 3-4 days. Each one gets a whole cube.

 

[blumarlin]

I feed mine silversides, but they seem to prefer fresh shrimp. I also feed them fresh tuna, wahoo, grouper ect soaked in selcon on ocassion. I live on the gulf coast so fresh fish is plentiful.
They are all fat & happy:rollface: