feeding sebae Anemone

sacreef · 03/27/2006, 06:10 PM

My sebae Anemone won't take the shrimp meat. What else does this Anemone like to eat?

reefgeek84 · 03/27/2006, 06:12 PM

have you thawed the meat? and he may be full. what are your water parameters?

iCam · 03/27/2006, 06:13 PM

Try some fresh meaty seafoods, such as scallop, shrimp, et cetera, chopped up into smaller pieces.

bertoni · 03/27/2006, 06:17 PM

You want to try to feed whole animals to the anemone, so cleaned table shrimps are a bad idea, IMO. I would go with whole krill or lancefish. If you can find whole shrimp that haven't been treated with a bleach, etc, they should be fine. You might need to chop up the animals to make them small enough to swallow, if the anemone is small. Don't gut or shell the food, though.

For lancefish, Pro-Salt calls their product "silversides", which is also used sometimes for a freshwater fish that I would avoid.

reefgeek84 · 03/27/2006, 06:22 PM

I second krill, thawed out.

sacreef · 03/27/2006, 06:28 PM

I bought this Anemone two weeks ago. Twice I saw the mouth split out brownish stuff and they are disgusting. Initially, I thought the Anemone is going to die but it didn't.

bertoni · 03/27/2006, 06:30 PM

I suspect it was just releasing waste... Pretty normal.

sacreef · 03/27/2006, 06:36 PM

where do I get the krill and how do feed it ? What tool do I need? My maroon clown might steal the krill away.

bertoni · 03/27/2006, 06:37 PM

I just thaw them in the tank and touch them to the tentacles. I do wear gloves for the process. I suspect you'll have to feed the maroon first, and watch for it biting, if it's large. My anemone tank has no fish in it.

bertoni · 03/27/2006, 07:16 PM

Oops, many fish stores and online vendors sell frozen krill.

sacreef · 03/28/2006, 12:42 AM

has anyone used SeaSquirt Feeding Instrument to feed Anemone? I am looking for feeding instrument for Anemone without getting hand in the water.

03/27/2006, 06:10 PM	#1
sacreef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 64	feeding sebae Anemone My sebae Anemone won't take the shrimp meat. What else does this Anemone like to eat?

03/27/2006, 06:17 PM	#4
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	You want to try to feed whole animals to the anemone, so cleaned table shrimps are a bad idea, IMO. I would go with whole krill or lancefish. If you can find whole shrimp that haven't been treated with a bleach, etc, they should be fine. You might need to chop up the animals to make them small enough to swallow, if the anemone is small. Don't gut or shell the food, though. For lancefish, Pro-Salt calls their product "silversides", which is also used sometimes for a freshwater fish that I would avoid. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

03/27/2006, 06:30 PM	#7
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I suspect it was just releasing waste... Pretty normal. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

03/27/2006, 06:37 PM	#9
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I just thaw them in the tank and touch them to the tentacles. I do wear gloves for the process. I suspect you'll have to feed the maroon first, and watch for it biting, if it's large. My anemone tank has no fish in it. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

03/27/2006, 07:16 PM	#10
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Oops, many fish stores and online vendors sell frozen krill. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

03/27/2006, 06:12 PM	#2
reefgeek84 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portlan, OR Posts: 997	have you thawed the meat? and he may be full. what are your water parameters?

03/27/2006, 06:13 PM	#3
iCam Window Seat Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 4,135	Try some fresh meaty seafoods, such as scallop, shrimp, et cetera, chopped up into smaller pieces.

03/27/2006, 06:22 PM	#5
reefgeek84 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portlan, OR Posts: 997	I second krill, thawed out.

03/27/2006, 06:28 PM	#6
sacreef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 64	I bought this Anemone two weeks ago. Twice I saw the mouth split out brownish stuff and they are disgusting. Initially, I thought the Anemone is going to die but it didn't.

03/27/2006, 06:36 PM	#8
sacreef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 64	where do I get the krill and how do feed it ? What tool do I need? My maroon clown might steal the krill away.

03/28/2006, 12:42 AM	#11
sacreef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 64	has anyone used SeaSquirt Feeding Instrument to feed Anemone? I am looking for feeding instrument for Anemone without getting hand in the water.