RBTA expelled entire silverside skeleton???

[DMK]

i just came home after being out all day. my 2 week old RBTA's foot has been in exact same spot since the 1st day, and his tentacles within same 2-3" area. when i came home, i noticed his tentacles were alittle moved and his foot moved a couple inches. his color and everything looked same, except his tentacles looked slightly shorter. then i noticed the silverside he swallowed yesterday, it's skeleton w/ very little meat was stuck to TUNZE inlet. some time in last 6 hrs the rbta expelled the skeleton and slightly moved. is this normal? the silverside was the biggest 1 it's had but nothing crazy. i even cut the tail off. i'm not sure if it deflated or not while i was gone. only other difference in tank lately was that i added 8 acro frags last night. that has no bearing on the rbta, but that's the only thing different. all parameters on point and all flow and lighting the same.

 

[Slakker]

yeah, they'll do that...cut your silversides down next time.

 

[DMK]

i wonder if it stressed him causing it to move some. it had not moved it's foot since first day.

 

[Nikon_Guy]

In my opinion, silversides should be cut into pieces no large than ¼ inch prior to feeding a BTA. The amount of energy an anemone expends digesting large pieces is not really healthy for it. If you examine the food a BTA eats in the wild, seldom if ever does it capture a whole fish.

Some people even believe over feeding can cause them to die. Whether this is true or not I can’t say, but it’s better to err on the side of caution.

 

[DMK]

i believe overfeeding can cause death as this is what i believed happened to my last nem 1 year ago. i will stick to smaller pieces from now on, 2 times/week at most.