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Unread 09/15/2014, 10:22 PM   #1
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What to feed Anemone

What is good to feed anemones and how often should you feed them.


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Unread 09/15/2014, 10:50 PM   #2
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What type of anemone do you have?


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Unread 09/15/2014, 10:50 PM   #3
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You can feed them uncooked table shrimp, silverside, krill. Anything meaty basically. I feed my LTA, RBTA, and mini carpet nem every week or twice a week. I feed them the size of their mouth so my LTA I feed it 1/2" piece of meat, the RTBA about a 1/4" piece and the mini carpet just smaller then 1/4" piece. A lot of people will tell you to stay away from silversides since they have horror stories of how a silverside killed their nem but I've havent had an issue with it.


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Unread 09/16/2014, 08:49 AM   #4
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You can feed them uncooked table shrimp, silverside, krill. Anything meaty basically. I feed my LTA, RBTA, and mini carpet nem every week or twice a week. I feed them the size of their mouth so my LTA I feed it 1/2" piece of meat, the RTBA about a 1/4" piece and the mini carpet just smaller then 1/4" piece. A lot of people will tell you to stay away from silversides since they have horror stories of how a silverside killed their nem but I've havent had an issue with it.
Where is a good place to purchase the silverside, krill, etc.


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Unread 09/16/2014, 10:10 AM   #5
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Your LFS should have these items. The supermarket also sells a wide variety of seafood. Just tell the butcher that your feeding a sea anemone, and he shouldn't mind selling you small portions at a time.

Btw, I used to feed my RBTA about once every 10 days or so. Mostly small bay shrimp I got at the supermarket. For whatever reason, it used to spit out the silversides. GL.



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Unread 09/16/2014, 01:06 PM   #6
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I feed the tank Mysis shrimp every other sunday, I make sure the Rose bubble gets a few good chunks of shrimp and the clown also feeds it a few pieces. It is a little small right now and I am trying to put a little size on it, once it grows a bit I will stop spot feeding it and let the light and the clown do there jobs.


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Unread 09/16/2014, 02:27 PM   #7
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My RBTA's enjoy small bits of raw minced clam, fish, scallop, squid, shrimp and just about anything else I can find in my local grocery. Just mince it up fine and feed about twice a week but don't feed a new anemone until it has had a chance to acclimate to your tank.


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Unread 09/17/2014, 11:41 PM   #8
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Petco, your LFS, PetSmart, almost any place that sells fish will have silversides. I cut the heads off the silversides and the tails which I just toss them away.


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