Help On Feeding Bubble Tip Anenome
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georgev845
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hey daw, i heard feeding liquid foods to anemones is bad ?(btw i just got my new one and its doing great!) i took your advice and started with some shrimp
dawman
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Originally Posted by georgev845
hey daw, i heard feeding liquid foods to anemones is bad ?(btw i just got my new one and its doing great!) i took your advice and started with some shrimp
Feeding calcium to anemones is bad . Feed phytoplankton , zooplankton , and Invert target foods are made for anemones and corals . Bad , not at all . I have a LTA that has been in my 75 for four years now and you know what I feed it .
Congrats on your new addition !
hey daw, i heard feeding liquid foods to anemones is bad ?(btw i just got my new one and its doing great!) i took your advice and started with some shrimp
Feeding calcium to anemones is bad . Feed phytoplankton , zooplankton , and Invert target foods are made for anemones and corals . Bad , not at all . I have a LTA that has been in my 75 for four years now and you know what I feed it .
Congrats on your new addition !
rod buehle
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As for food, you anemone will feed on the frozen meaty foods that you feed your fish.
as for adding any suppliments such as calcium, buffers and trace metals.. You should ever add anything that youre not testing for. Especially things like iodine. Iodine can be toxic at levels that are above natural sea water.Iodine is quickly converted to iodide in our tanks so it can be difficult to test for. When it comes to iodine, there is plenty in the salts if your doing water changes. Many foods are high in iodine..
Many people beleive that the only suppliments needed (if your doing waterchanges) are calcium, alk, and sometimes Magnesium. but you should be testing for these. If you dont have a lot of stony corals, you will likely not need to suppliment these either if your doing water changes with a good salt. Again, you dont want to blindly add CA, ALK.. adding too much of one can drive the other down.
as for adding any suppliments such as calcium, buffers and trace metals.. You should ever add anything that youre not testing for. Especially things like iodine. Iodine can be toxic at levels that are above natural sea water.Iodine is quickly converted to iodide in our tanks so it can be difficult to test for. When it comes to iodine, there is plenty in the salts if your doing water changes. Many foods are high in iodine..
Many people beleive that the only suppliments needed (if your doing waterchanges) are calcium, alk, and sometimes Magnesium. but you should be testing for these. If you dont have a lot of stony corals, you will likely not need to suppliment these either if your doing water changes with a good salt. Again, you dont want to blindly add CA, ALK.. adding too much of one can drive the other down.