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02/05/2008, 08:47 PM
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Feeding My Anemone
I have a Bubble Tip Anemone. My LFS said to only feed it 2 times a week. Is this enough or should I feed it more. Also what is the best food to feed it. Thanks
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On a scuba dive in the Cayman Islands, I kept thinking.........Why is that Fish getting bigger.........Then it hit me Current Tank Info: 7 years saltwater.. Setting up a 120 gal reef. Office BioCube 14...1 perc clown, 1 royal gramma, 1 six line wrasse, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, green stripe, brown shrooms, coco worm, purple leather, Misc CUC |
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02/05/2008, 08:58 PM
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The anemone will tell you when its hungry...feed it chopped fish, shrimp, or worms ...and maybe do some reading on it...
some quick reading here: http://www.aquacon.com/anemone.html |
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02/05/2008, 08:59 PM
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I feed mine 3 times a week. Any more and they refuse food. Any less, and, well, they're fine. FYI - I feed mine full grown fancy guppies.
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02/05/2008, 09:50 PM
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BurnOutReefer, Thanks. That was good info.
slimbolen99, do you get the fancy guppies just at my LFS. Also is yours a BubbleTip Thanks again everyone.
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On a scuba dive in the Cayman Islands, I kept thinking.........Why is that Fish getting bigger.........Then it hit me Current Tank Info: 7 years saltwater.. Setting up a 120 gal reef. Office BioCube 14...1 perc clown, 1 royal gramma, 1 six line wrasse, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, green stripe, brown shrooms, coco worm, purple leather, Misc CUC |
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02/05/2008, 09:55 PM
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my rose tip goes through periods where it doesn't want to be fed at all so I don't feed it then---it just rejects the piece of shrimp and the shrimp get a meal.  I think is related to the light and their algae getting enough light to produce their own food
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I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock |
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02/05/2008, 10:11 PM
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There are a number of rather misleading statements in that article. This article covers only the host anemones, but is more accurate:
http://www.carlosreef.com/AnemoneFAQ.pdf They both seem to overstate the need for light a bit.
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02/06/2008, 10:47 AM
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We have a long tentacle and a seabae (about the size of a volleyball). They both get fed one silverside a week. Some weeks I'll mix it up and feed them frozen prawn.
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