feeding anemones

chadman

Active Member
i got a sabae anemone about a week and a half ago...i have been feeding it fresh scallops every day or two...is this okay? i know with my fish and corals i try to rotate what i feed them between four or five different products...what are some good things to feed anemones? i have some silversides but when i fed one to the anemone the next morning when i woke up it had spit it out....
 

pclown

Member
You are overfeeding.
I would not feed it no more than twice a week. I only feed mine once a week or even longer.
They mainly live on light so I would be more concerned about my light and is it enough.
There are people on this site that dont feed theirs but every month or so.
 
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billb

Guest
From what I've read and experienced, underfeeding is best..Some people don't feed them at all, others do it every 3 - 4 days. Shrimp, scallops, silversides are all good food, just feed small pieces..no need to drop down a whole fish, it will just cloud your water and anenomes don't like dirty water. Anenomes will spit back up, any undigested/unused portion of their meal, many times this is just shell bits and stuff like that. You will need plenty of lighting to keep an anenome, but I'm sure the anenome police will visit you and explain that topic.
Sebae Anenomes usually don't last long in captivity. 8 - 9 months on a good stretch. Some people have kept them longer but they are usually the exception to the rule.
I tried Sebae's a few times, a long time ago...never worked out though. People buy them because they are cheap, and the LFS's keep stocking them, because they sell...an unfortunate cycle of life, death and commerce.
I have had extemely good luck with Bubble Tip Anenomes, and find they are easier to keep, (and better looking in my opinion).
Good luck with your Sebae, but... I doubt it will last (and I sincerely hate to say that)...
A simple Google search on "Feeding Anenomes" will bring up enough reading material to last you a week or two and maybe give you some ideas and help along they way...
Cheers,
Bill
 

rujelus22

Member
I feed mine once a week, before I upgraded my lights I had to feed him every other day, I've had him now 8 months
 

chadman

Active Member
yeah i got duked by a new lfs....he said how healthy the anemone was and such....but when i got home and asked the board they told me that a healthy sabae is not white...when i went over there i had no intentions of buying an anemone just a few more corals but the guy talked me into it...woops
 

jmick

Active Member
IMO, all most anemones need is plenty of light. I've had a rock/flower for over 2 years and I've never feed it and it's doing great!
What kind of corals do you have and what are you feeding them? I think people over feed and add products to their tank that are not needed.
 

rujelus22

Member
my sebae was completely white when I got it but it was only $20 and for that size I couldn't say no, but it has all of it's color back now.
 

chadman

Active Member
i have polyps all over my tank prolly 300 or so...i have a yellow fiji leather,a bunch of pulsing xenia, torch/candycanes,long tentacle plate coral,sun polyps,a bunch of shrooms, and a few more that i can't think of there names right now...i feed them every two or three days with a mix of coral accel,phyto feast,chromaplex,and zooplex along with mysis shrimp occasionally....
 

chadman

Active Member
Originally Posted by rujelus22
my sebae was completely white when I got it but it was only $20 and for that size I couldn't say no, but it has all of it's color back now.
yeah i got ripped off...
 

rujelus22

Member
You probably didn't get ripped off I got an amazing deal
And the color started to come back about a week after I upgraded my lights
 

chadman

Active Member
i only have pc's but i have almost 6 watts per gallon...he told me that this would probably be enough...but now i don't think it really will be after doing research....
 

rujelus22

Member
how deep is the tank, and how high up is he. An anemone can live without any light you just have to feed it a ton, but thats hard to do and make the water chemistry bad
 

rujelus22

Member
I don't see why you wouldn't have enough light, I only have 4 watts a gallon of t5 light and he's all the way at the bottom
 

chadman

Active Member
for real?? wow that is the best news i have heard in a while...hopefully he will start turning the right color soon....
 

chadman

Active Member
yeah i will...my clown is starting to guard the anemone while he is eating so that other fish and stuff don't grab stuff from him....
 
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