feeding anenomes

[newbiereef]

i have a condi and its huge, i bought it 2 days ago and was wondering if silverback are a good diet for it and if so how would i go about feeding it. i would like to target feed, is this good or bad? also i bought 2 tomato clowns the same day and 1 of them has already hostedwith the condi.

 

[thomas712]

Silversides is fine, just lay one on his tenticals, I use a plastic aquarium tongs, I also use turkey baster to gently squirt things like mysis shrimp, or zooplankton at him.

 

[newbiereef]

i tried to place 1 on it tent... but it would stick for a second and he would let go. do i need to cut it up or is he just not hungry.

 

[thomas712]

Being new to the tank he is most likely spending his energy on acclimating to your tank, this is normally a two week period IMO. He may even spend his energy on moving during that time. Give him a few more days and try again.
I'm suprised that one of your tomatos took to it so quickly, Condi's are not normal hosting anemones to any clownfish, but it has been known to happen.

 

[newbiereef]

thanx for the advice. ill try waiting another week or 2 any thing else you might have to say would be great. im suprised to, the clown was almost imediatly drawn to the condi

 

[gregvabch]

what kind of lighting do you have the condy under now?

 

[newbiereef]

just the 2 24 inch florescent that came with the tank. the lfs told me that those would be ok for this condi

 

[gregvabch]

well they lied to you.

 

[newbiereef]

well then what should i get

 

[gregvabch]

i kept a condy under vho as well as power compact. i prefer vho's over pc's. i had 440W's of vho on my 55 and the condy did very well. i also had a pair of gold striped maroons hosting it so that also helped. what are the dimensions of your tank? what's your budget?

 

[newbiereef]

i have a budget of about 400 dollars at this point. next month id have about 8-900 dollars. what do u recomend?

 

[gregvabch]

there's many options but i don't know the dimensions of your tank....
you're gonna have to do some reading, just use the search engine on this site. key words to look for are: metal halide, power compact or pc, VHO, and T5. those are the most popular kinds of lighting people use.
from there the prices differ depending on what kind of bulbs you go with and whether you buy a pre-manufactured set up or build it yourself.

 

[oceanminded]

Yes definately get some more lighting. The 2 24 inch strip lights that came with your tank are probably about 30 watts total. That is not even a 16th enough light to keep an anenome.