Rbta food

[Rctampa]

How often should I feed my 4 rbtas


And actually what is the recommended foods?

 

[Anemone]

Depends upon your lighting - and your RBTAs. As well as what you ar trying to accomplish.

Higher lighting needs less feeding. If you're trying to fuel growth (and more splitting), then feeding more often can help.

Basically, with adequate lighting, you can get away with target feeding your RBTAs as little as once a month. If you want, you can target feed small protions as often as a couple of times a week. Once a week is a safe middle ground.

What to feed depends upon what your anemone will take. "Meaty" fare is what's recommended, but not all anemones prefer the same food. Some like small portions of krill or shrimp, others like silversides. Some will reject one type of meaty food, while greedily consume a different type. In my case, my female clones ate krill without any problem, but my male clones wouldn't take it initially, but would gobble up silversides (these clones later learned to eat krill, but wouldn't take it at first).

FWIW,
Kevin

 

[Bowels]

can you feed them mysis shrimp?

 

[Donkeykong]

Yes but the general consensus seems to be that mysis isnt the most nutritional food for fish or inverts.

 

[mpongrac]

Are silversides usually available at LFS or do you order them online?

 

[SkullV]

Yes but the general consensus seems to be that mysis isnt the most nutritional food for fish or inverts.

I think you have mysis confused with brine.

 

[Anemone]

I think you have mysis confused with brine.

+1

Yes, you can feed mysis. And most LFSs will have silversides (frozen).

Kevin

 

[davocean]

I prefer scallops or raw shrimp to silversides, and mysis is always a good option.
Mysis is also a great food for bringing bleached nems back to health, small feedings don't stress them.

 

[savageAJC]

I feed my nems baby squid from the asian markets. They love it.