RBTA feeding

[typicalwhiteazn]

I have a nem farm too...

my experience... finely chopped squid soak w/ selcon and chemvital... like 2-4 mm chopped sizes.. frozed them first for easier chopping w/ the butcher knife... straight blender cause too many long stringy pieces.... the smaller the easier to digest...

I feed them everyday... and sometimes twice...

my lighting was 65 watts of LEDs... blasted 16 hours a day...

results... after 6 months.. the 5 rose nems I spent $80 a piece for turned into 14....

between the heavy feeding and seldom water changes, it wasn't the water quality that's for sure... maybe they got stressed out and kept splitting...

in that case, it worked for me at least...

 

[elder luis]

Think about these things in the wild. There isn't someone coming around and sticking food in their mouths twice a week. They are opportunistic feeders, not hunters. They are perfectly capable of getting everything they need from the water column and light. That said, it doesn't hurt to drop a piece of something onto their tentacles once or twice a month, but that's about it.

you are right, but in closed systems there´s not natural food as the ocean. We have to suply this column feeding. There are more amphipods and copepods then insects in the world! Can you imagine whar this represents in terms of feeding?

Well, anemones use photosynthesis to survive, you don´t have to feed them to surive, BUT, if you feed it´ll be better :thumbsup:

 

[kingfisherflesh]

I really dont know how much you should feed BTA's.

They do so well in our reef tanks because they are used to high light, and I think that they get a considerable amount of energy from light.

Also if you have clowns, the clowns will feed it, and poop in it, which is essentially feeding it again.

I have also heard that feeding can cause splitting, and that is something that I would like to keep to a minimum with my BTA...so I will be giving it very small scraps once a week probably.