Feeding Anemones

[27mtaylor]

How often should you feed your anemone and what types of food do you feed them?
:notsure:

 

[viper_930]

Meaty foods like mysis shrimp, krill, squid, etc. 2-3 times weekly.

 

[thegrog]

1/8" thin slabs of formula one....or my own slurry mix.

 

[kingoftang]

whats your own slurry mix??
and is it good for them??

 

[zanoshanox]

frozen brine cubes...once or trice a week depending on the size of our anemone...

 

[27mtaylor]

I'm new to the frozen foods... Do you thaw the frozen mysis shrimp and others before you give it to the anemone, or do you give it a frozen chunk?

 

[dogstar]

Always thaw out frozen food in a cup of tank water befor feeding. Or let it thaw in your hand under the tank water as I do but never give still frozen food directly to livestock IMO.

 

[27mtaylor]

This is probably a dumb question, but how do you keep the mysis shrimp from falling apart while you are feeding the anemone?

 

[jmick]

Originally Posted by zanoshanox
frozen brine cubes...once or trice a week depending on the size of our anemone...

Brine by itself has no nutritional value.

 

[thomas712]

Originally Posted by 27mtaylor
This is probably a dumb question, but how do you keep the mysis shrimp from falling apart while you are feeding the anemone?
?!? Personally I thaw a cube of mysis shrimp out in some tank water, then use a turkey baster to gently sqeeze some into the tenticals of the anemone near the oral disc.

 

[caomt]

the lady at the pet store tried to sell my plankton? a green liquid in a bucket.. but i heard on the forum that it doesnt work?

 

[thomas712]

Originally Posted by caomt
the lady at the pet store tried to sell my plankton? a green liquid in a bucket.. but i heard on the forum that it doesn't work?
For what an anemone? Forget it. Absolutely not necessary for anemones. Many companies that make such products will say its good for anemones, but I have read and heard where the anemones that have been target fed these products have had bad results. Plus such products if used to frequently have given tanks poor water quality. The plankton if used properly can have results for your corals, but the anemone isn't a strong filter feeder, technically they are carnivorous and need the meaty foods.
The top sticky has a small article about feeding anemones at the last post.
Thomas