What to feed RBTA?

[t5Nitro]

I've been feeding my small RBTA a few pieces of frozen mysis shrimp once a week. Is this OK to keep feeding it or do they need a variety.

 

[Coral Hind]

Mysis are fine if it is small. As it gets bigger you can feed larger items. I buy a bag of frozen shrimp, smaller size, at the grocery store and feed that to my anemones as well as my Miniatus grouper. I just cut them into small pieces depending on the size of the anemone.

 

[jubjub]

i always fed mine silversides....bout every 2-3days....he got huuuuge though fast....my next nem i'll def wont feed as much

 

[todd141]

I feed my BTA about a 1/2 inch piece of frozen uncooked shrimp about once every week to ten days. I was feeding it more, but it started growing too fast.

 

[t5Nitro]

I'd like mine to grow faster because it's only about 2-3". What kind of shrimp should I look for in the store?

It'll just label it as uncooked on the bag?

 

[Ebisan]

I feed mine silversides. Used to cut them in half. As they got bigger, I fed them whole. But they grew too fast and I cut back on the feedings.

 

[cpaseth]

Wondering about eating habits for an RBTA...

I just got my first RBTA, it's very small, only 2-3" and seems to look very healthy (to an untrained eye). I had my water tested today by my LFS, asking specifically about parameters for the RBTA, they said good to very good across the board.

I fed it a piece of a silverside, about 1/2" long. It took it immediately, ingested it right away. I sat watching it for about 45 minutes, just to make sure (yeah, I had some free time today).

It spit it out about 30 minutes after it was fully ingested. Should I be worried? Is it just because it's new to the tank? What do I need to know about why it didn't eat it??

 

[kkdoughboy]

I usually go to the Meat market and get some prime grade A tenderloin. My bubble tip loves it! He's starting too Moo though. Is that a bad sign...Lol!!!

 

[sleeperls]

Cut it about half of what it spat out. If it does it again go smaller yet.

 

[Airwolf75]

I recommend a variety. Any of the frozen fish foods will do.

 

[LadyAqua]

What to feed RBTA?

Definitely go with Silversides! Cut small though when they are little and bigger as they increase in size.

My favorite RBTA website: http://www.karensroseanemones.com[/URL]

 

[cpaseth]

I'll try some smaller silversides and see how that goes. BTW, I also concur about www.karensroseanemones.com if any of you haven't been yet! Thanks for the advice!

 

[sleeperls]

make sure its nice and small peices. What i feed mine every 3 days is a peice maybe a 1/4 of a inch. Mine is small maybe 3 inches. It also had a ruff time adjusting to the tank. Lost off its stickyness. Its eating well now and gaining its color back.

 

[cpaseth]

It's been eating up the mysis shrimp I've been trying, just not sure how much to give it. Everything else seems to be fine. I was lucky to get it already attached to a rock that looks decent enough in my tank and it's full of color and seems healthy. I'll try a smaller piece of silverside in a couple days, try to give it a varied diet.

Anyone had any success with a RBTA and a false percula?