Josh_Canada
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I was just wondering why I can't just spot feed an anemone with mysids and brine with something like a turkey baster? If not what should I feed a bta?
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Catchoftheday
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I feed my spot feed my GBTA and my RBTA about 1 to 2 times a week . I also have a really bad bleach BTA that im trying to bring back and i hand feed him about 3 times a week but in really small amounts
Josh_Canada
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What do you feed? I am currently running a darker purply/brown 'decoration' anemone, the guy at the LFS said if it stayed healthy for $8, i could look into one my clowns would host. I spot fed it with brine today and it has hid in the shade? Will post a picture for ID.
bradleym
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I spot feed with mysis in a turkey baster regularly without issue. A cheap purple/brown anemone is probably a condylactis. And if it's new it may be hiding from your lights. Many anemones will need time to adapt to the lighting in your tank when you bring them home. However, please post a pic, otherwise, this is all guesswork.
Catchoftheday
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I feed mine store bought shrimp and scallop's
Josh_Canada
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heres a pic, it has opened up more, doubling its size to 3" tip to tip.
The clownfish definetly aren't hosting it tho, however; the original 2 ocellaris were both matured females, but one being slightly smaller, and their stressed out schooling in a rockless tank, they appeared to be 'paired'. The big one picked on the small one until i took it back the LFS. I then got a very small (1" or a bit less) to be immature and there for lacking any real backbone towards the big mean one. The big one beat on the little one, which i did not see until he tried dragging the baby INTO the anemone. This cost him a timeout in the 'fuge, but alass it was too late
. So, i went back for the original 'male', and a very healthy looking smaller one (returned the old meany and said to keep it with the shark and eels as it would fit in as it was a part of 'the insane clown posse'). I was told to keep them in the bag, close together, after acclimation and changing out for new water so they could get used to eachother. This has worked quite nicely! I felt terrible watching the pale little fish float down the overflow, and it wasn't fairing too well when i pulled it out of the sock and back in the tank... BUT things are looking much better now 
. I have given the new fish the name Tiny Tim, and the original 'male' has kept his name of Peter, I figure it works since their himaphrodites.
The clownfish definetly aren't hosting it tho, however; the original 2 ocellaris were both matured females, but one being slightly smaller, and their stressed out schooling in a rockless tank, they appeared to be 'paired'. The big one picked on the small one until i took it back the LFS. I then got a very small (1" or a bit less) to be immature and there for lacking any real backbone towards the big mean one. The big one beat on the little one, which i did not see until he tried dragging the baby INTO the anemone. This cost him a timeout in the 'fuge, but alass it was too late
. So, i went back for the original 'male', and a very healthy looking smaller one (returned the old meany and said to keep it with the shark and eels as it would fit in as it was a part of 'the insane clown posse'). I was told to keep them in the bag, close together, after acclimation and changing out for new water so they could get used to eachother. This has worked quite nicely! I felt terrible watching the pale little fish float down the overflow, and it wasn't fairing too well when i pulled it out of the sock and back in the tank... BUT things are looking much better now . I have given the new fish the name Tiny Tim, and the original 'male' has kept his name of Peter, I figure it works since their himaphrodites.Attachments
Josh_Canada
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i made sure there were no more then 2 at a time. Any advice on feeding/requirements?
bradleym
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They like good strong light, like most anemones, and moderate to low flow. I feed mine silversides, scallops, and shrimp. Brine shrimp and mysis shrimp are hard for them to grab when they get bigger IMO. I would definitely stop using brine shrimp as they are not a good source of nutrition, and also really hard for those thick tentacles to grab anyway.
Josh_Canada
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ya, i got the vitamin enriched with b12 and vitamin c, with some other nutrient stuff. Straight brine shrimo are almost like if you fed a person popcorn all the time.
bradleym
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LOL, exactly. Ok, good choice. But as a rule of thumb, it is best to feed pieces about the size of the anemone's mouth, and I usually go a size or 2 bigger, so if it's not balling up when you squirt the brine shrimp at it, you may want a larger, meatier food source, like mysis or chopped krill. Something that it will feel when it lands.
I personally reserve the brine shrimp soup feeding for things like yellow polyps, snake corals, etc. Things the size of my thumb or smaller LOL. But that's just my opinion. Good luck!
I personally reserve the brine shrimp soup feeding for things like yellow polyps, snake corals, etc. Things the size of my thumb or smaller LOL. But that's just my opinion. Good luck!
Josh_Canada
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Thanks, I have a staghorn hermit too and it loves the brine shrimp. When the nassarius try climbing up the horns to steal the shrimp, the hermit reaches up with his one huge claw and slams them. It's pretty funny to watch.
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