annome problems "HELP ME PLEASE"

[sirmordrid]

i just added my first annome to my tank and i am not happy i think it is dieing it is a purple tipped candy with orange foot the foot it pulled over the tenicles almost all the way. please help me what ami doing wrong i want to add clowns in the future but not if i do not have a annome.

 

[dawman]

First , how long has your tank been set up ?
Second , what lighting do you have ?
Third , How long have you had the anemone ?
Fourth , have you fed it ?
Anemones will pull their tentis inside on occasion .

 

[nathanrr]

lighting, Lighting, LIGHTING!

 

[lilramora]

i just had the same think happen to my lil guy. [the thread that said "bta help" any who dont mess with him. try feeding him but other then that he is just trying to get comfortable. as some one mentioned to me smell the water if it smells rotten he is a goner but im pretty sure since you just put him in there its him just trying to get comfortable!! keep us posted

 

[georgev845]

what is your lighting set up and feeding routines?

 

[dawman]

Originally Posted by georgev845
what is your lighting set up and feeding routines?
I run actinics 10 hours , Daylight 6 hours- 2 hours after actinics come on and and 2 before actinics go out . Then run moon lights for a few hours at night .

 

[sexyfishers]

my bta has been in my tank with coralife actnics 1 blue and 1 white for 4 months. at first it freaked me out when it would be beautiful one day and three days later all shriveled up etc. the first time I put three piece of garlic soaked shrimp on a feeder stick and put on top of the anemone. within fifteen minutes it was poofed back up. now and again it will shrink up or whatever even if its not time to feed. ive learned now its just normal. i feed it zooplankton like once a week and krill like 2 times a week. now that I got a new clarki though i dont have to feed as often bc the clarki feeds him all the time.

 

[choco]

How do you feed your BTA zooplankton. They do not feed on zooplankton in the wild so why do it in a fish tank. Anemones feed on meatier foods such as shrimp and fish.

 

[dawman]

Originally Posted by Choco
How do you feed your BTA zooplankton. They do not feed on zooplankton in the wild so why do it in a fish tank. Anemones feed on meatier foods such as shrimp and fish.
I feed my phyto and zooplankton and seems to like them .

 

[rod buehle]

Originally Posted by Choco
How do you feed your BTA zooplankton. They do not feed on zooplankton in the wild so why do it in a fish tank. Anemones feed on meatier foods such as shrimp and fish.
They do capture larger meals on occasion, but for the most part they are capturing smaller particles. Most anemones dont have the best digestive system, and it actually requires more energy for them to digest large peices of food. Sometimes more energy than they gain.
Phytoplankton will do nothing for your anemone directly.

 

[georgev845]

Originally Posted by Choco
How do you feed your BTA zooplankton. They do not feed on zooplankton in the wild so why do it in a fish tank. Anemones feed on meatier foods such as shrimp and fish.
My friends who have bta's use large plastic syringes kinda like the ones you soak water up with? i make a getto one out of a turkey baser and some airline tubing... its about 18" or so
i dont direct feed mine often with the zoo usually i put it in the res. so my other filter feeders can all eat. Its easyer for a bta to eat some meaty food rather than zoo by means of you can acutally see it eating because its kind of hard to tell if the anemone is eating the zoo directly...best to circulate it.

 

[choco]

Originally Posted by georgev845
My friends who have bta's use large plastic syringes kinda like the ones you soak water up with? i make a getto one out of a turkey baser and some airline tubing... its about 18" or so
i dont direct feed mine often with the zoo usually i put it in the res. so my other filter feeders can all eat. Its easyer for a bta to eat some meaty food rather than zoo by means of you can acutally see it eating because its kind of hard to tell if the anemone is eating the zoo directly...best to circulate it.
Injecting a syringe into any anemone is just causing unecessary stress on it. Anemones are carnivorous, not omnivorous. Anemones do not benefit from any zooplankton nor phytoplankton. They are not water column feeders. Anemones get their primary nutrition and energy from the larger meals they capture and from the zooxanthellae algae that inhabits within their tissue.
I am talking about Pacific Anemones that is.
Dawman, same thing with you, your anemone is not benefitting at all from the zooplankton or phytoplankton. Feed it meaty foods just as pieces of shrimp and fish.

 

[rod buehle]

Originally Posted by Choco
Injecting a syringe into any anemone is just causing unecessary stress on it. Anemones are carnivorous, not omnivorous. Anemones do not benefit from any zooplankton nor phytoplankton. They are not water column feeders. Anemones get their primary nutrition and energy from the larger meals they capture and from the zooxanthellae algae that inhabits within their tissue.
I am talking about Pacific Anemones that is.
Dawman, same thing with you, your anemone is not benefitting at all from the zooplankton or phytoplankton. Feed it meaty foods just as pieces of shrimp and fish.
They do capture smaller meaty particles (zooplankton) from the water column and will also snag a larger meal on occasion. But be careful feeding larger particles (whole shrimp or silversides) on a continual basis, the digestive system of most anemones isnt the best, and they will often expel more energy than they gain while trying to digest large meals.

 

[dawman]

Originally Posted by Choco
Injecting a syringe into any anemone is just causing unecessary stress on it. Anemones are carnivorous, not omnivorous. Anemones do not benefit from any zooplankton nor phytoplankton. They are not water column feeders. Anemones get their primary nutrition and energy from the larger meals they capture and from the zooxanthellae algae that inhabits within their tissue.
I am talking about Pacific Anemones that is.
Dawman, same thing with you, your anemone is not benefitting at all from the zooplankton or phytoplankton. Feed it meaty foods just as pieces of shrimp and fish.

He is taking about a syringe with plastic tubing on it like ones that come with target foods , not injecting the anemone . Next, zooplankton is a carnivore based food [meat partilcles] .
My anemones seem to like what I feed them , zoo , phyto , table shrimp, mysis , and cyclop-eeze .

 

[marineman0]

FROZEN KRILL!!!feed it krill

 

[marineman0]

Silversides will kill it

 

[dawman]

Originally Posted by MarineMan0
FROZEN KRILL!!!feed it krill

Ya , forgot that I feed Krill also . I have a big selection of frozen foods I feed my fish and anemones . Never tried silversides though .

 

[a&a2]

I feed mine silversides and all has been good with it??? What is the problem w/silversides?

 

[nigerbang]

Originally Posted by Dawman
I run actinics 10 hours , Daylight 6 hours- 2 hours after actinics come on and and 2 before actinics go out . Then run moon lights for a few hours at night .
People I am sure were asking about what type of Lighting...NO, PC, T5, MH's....Not what kinda bulb..Really has no bearing at all..

 

[georgev845]

Originally Posted by MarineMan0
Silversides will kill it
No they wont kill your anemone look at tht website on google karensrosebubble tips very good site and she has been feeding her anemones SS's for like 5 years. I doubt it kills them