Rock Flower Anenome

[salty72]

I just bought my first Rock Flower Anenome, how do I feed him and how often - totally spaced even asking the question when I bought him.
Thanks

 

[bradleym]

Set a small piece of shrimp, krill, mysis, etc. on it. It should grab it and do the rest. I feed about once a week.

 

[Jamie1210]

i've never target fed mine ... they will grab whatever food is in the current. These guys are super sticky, and very hardy

 

[salty72]

Thanks for the info!! Much appreciated

 

[JamesJR]

They are super easy to keep. I have three of them; the green, red and brown variety.
They don't wander. I feed mine at least every 2 weeks. I take table shrimp and cut them into smaller chunks and I rinse them. I then add one chunk to each. Not much care needed.

 

[gamecockfan803]

I have one in my tank and like said in post before they don't wander so don't have to worry about you coral when I feed the fish it ends up getting food to because the flow of the tank pushes food right to it

 

[greech]

Mysis shrimp. Don't feed it large chunks of food.

 

[albano]

I have 2 that are ~7 years old...and doing great... I feed them about 6x a year!...maybe!

 

[JamesJR]

Mysis shrimp. Don't feed it large chunks of food.

I've had mine for 2+ years and they've spawned several times. I think they've been doing just fine getting larger pieces of food. I also do this right before a water change I might add.

 

[awolusa]

Mysis shrimp. Don't feed it large chunks of food.

Why??

 

[spieszak]

Why??

One of the simplest answers I've been told is that in is the out... large chunks are harder to digest, and take longer to digest. This is hard on in/out. Imagine eating whole grains in large chunks. They won't digest completely, but they still have to come out.