what to feed an LTA?
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I have not seen an anemone that color before, may be purple dye. The base looks white?
Some anemones will refuse food for over a week if aggrevated by aggressive feeding. Some like minced food, others solid peices. Make sure to thaw in tank water. I successfully feed krill, silverside peices, formula one pellets, and even flake food. The trick with the latter is to soak so that the flavor is available to taste. If it doesn't eat give is a few days before trying again, or it may learn to be defensive to your attempts. When trying new food watch for a long time to make sure it doesn't puke it up to shrimp or crabs with out your knowing.
You can also try mysis, brine, cyclopeze, baby brine, etc., but mine all like solid chunks or processed food. Try different times of day as well, morning, highest light, after lights out or right before. Good Luck.
Some anemones will refuse food for over a week if aggrevated by aggressive feeding. Some like minced food, others solid peices. Make sure to thaw in tank water. I successfully feed krill, silverside peices, formula one pellets, and even flake food. The trick with the latter is to soak so that the flavor is available to taste. If it doesn't eat give is a few days before trying again, or it may learn to be defensive to your attempts. When trying new food watch for a long time to make sure it doesn't puke it up to shrimp or crabs with out your knowing.
You can also try mysis, brine, cyclopeze, baby brine, etc., but mine all like solid chunks or processed food. Try different times of day as well, morning, highest light, after lights out or right before. Good Luck.
davocean
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I'm guessing that's dyed also.
May take a bit to get back to normal, and it's probably a little stressed.
Try a silverside.
I feed one a week.
I also feed fish mysis/cyclopseese/flake and the nems get some of this too.
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May take a bit to get back to normal, and it's probably a little stressed.
Try a silverside.
I feed one a week.
I also feed fish mysis/cyclopseese/flake and the nems get some of this too.
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GSMguy
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anemones will sometimes reject shrimp and accept silversides
think of it this way the anemone is not used to eating and is like a vegetarian
if you feed a vegetarian a big steak they will throw up because they cant digest that much protein the anemone is the same way get it started with small small peices of silversides soaked in selcon work it up to shrimp
think of it this way the anemone is not used to eating and is like a vegetarian
if you feed a vegetarian a big steak they will throw up because they cant digest that much protein the anemone is the same way get it started with small small peices of silversides soaked in selcon work it up to shrimp
Thanks everyone for your help! I'll try the silversides, and start small. The anemone in the picture has since died, not sure how. I woke up one morning with pieces of him everywhere. I think he moved in front of a low-lying powerhead.
And he did look somewhat fake-colored. do people dye anemones? Anyway, the anemone I needed help for looks much more purple. I'll try and post a picture after the weekend.
By the way, can you get silversides in minced form, or only as whole fish? I'd mince them myself, but my wife doesn't like me using our food processor for fish-related things.
And he did look somewhat fake-colored. do people dye anemones? Anyway, the anemone I needed help for looks much more purple. I'll try and post a picture after the weekend.
By the way, can you get silversides in minced form, or only as whole fish? I'd mince them myself, but my wife doesn't like me using our food processor for fish-related things.
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