Originally Posted by
crashedin0
but when they dont get light they just bleach
i feed him every 2 -4 days 1/3 of a sliver side so he is eatin enough as long as i have good water and food he should not die.
and as said above 10 gal
Sorry I didn't see the 10 gallon part. I would personally never try to keep an anemone in a 10 gallon tank.
As to feeding, and thinking that it can replace light.....NO WAY. Read this:
With regards to the feeding debate. I'm one that believes that way to many people over feed anemones, or they think that feeding will replace the lighting issue if the lighting doesn't measure up, you would be suprised how many think that way. To many folks just don't understand that its the zooxanthellae that lives in the anemone that needs this light.
Zooxanthellae are a very special type of marine plant. The zooxanthellae are single celled algae which live inside the translucent fleshy tissue of many marine animals including types of giant clams, nudibranchs and even jellyfish, however they play their most important role when living within coral polyps an anemones. Like all other plants zooxanthellae need sunlight in order to photosynthesise and grow. Photosynthesis produces sugars essential for the plants to grow, however with the zooxanthellae enough sugar is produced to allow some to be shared with their hosts. In return the host will assist the growth of the zooxanthellae by passing on some of its dissolved organic waste. The host animal cannot usually survive if the zooxanthellae are not present.
The host animals do not have any zooxanthellae in their larval forms and therefore must acquire them from the water column. The juvenile host filters the zooxanthellae from the seawater along with its food and once in the stomach of the host the zooxanthellae is passed into the surface flesh.
In all honesty I don't hold out much hope for your anemone.
Prove me wrong and I won't feel bad at all.
Thomas
