What do you feed your BTA?

[zooty]

I have a RBTA and I feed it brine shrimp twice a week. Plus whatever other fish food floats his way (plankton and flake).

What do yoy feed yours and what do they seem to like best?

BTW-mine seems to be quite happy with what I'm feeding it. My maroon clown does not seem to feed it though.

 

[The Haj]

I feed mine silversides.

 

[GSMguy]

silversides cut them into smallish peices

 

[zoomfish1]

Unless you're feeding enriched brine, probably not doing it much good. They like meaty foods like silversides (as stated) or raw, deveined shrimp. I do the shrimp 2-3 times a week. Not huge pieces, maybe 1/2" pieces.

 

[muzz]

newbie here, so may be a dumb question, but what are silversides? and where does one buy them? i am looking into buying a bta very soon. thanks,
muzz

 

[Wryknow]

Silversides are the saltwater equivalent of minnows. Some LFs will carry them in quart size containers or you can orer them on-line. I mainly feed silversides but also use large krill occassionally for variety.

 

[Duddly01]

I feed mine mysis (with a baster) or raw shrimp. I have a green bubble tip (11-12" base diameter) that can get a whole piece of shrimp down in seconds and a smaller RBTA (4-5" diameter)that I feed 1/4 of a piece. I usually feed them raw shrimp once or twice a week. On rare occassions the RBTA has spit out the piece of shrimp after having swallowed it for a couple of hours and the hermits and snails have a field day. I don't know why he does that sometimes. The larger has never given it up. I have never tried silverslides but may at some point to give them more variety.


BTW: I wish my GBTA would split, he is taking over a very large portion of the left side of my tank, especially when his tentacles are long and not bubbled up, which is about half the time.

 

[savethereef]

my clown feeds it for me it will take food to the anemone and feed him really nice about the simbiotic thing *spelling*

 

[zoomfish1]

My Clarkii fed the RBTA regularily, then decided she wanted to host in a Condy and has never fed it. Go figure.