What do Anemones eat....

[perfectdark]

Well I guess I can add one more thing to my Anemones diet. My shrimp molted over the night and before by the time I noticed the molt was already being consumed by my RBTA... I would of thought that it would of rejected it but after about 6 hours it ended up eating the whole thing..... Kinda cool.

 

[jrthomas40]

everyone else says feed it shrimp like human consumption type and silversides....but when i feed mine they wilt the next day and look sick but i only do it once every other week..im trying hard to keep them alive

 

[dogstar]

Yep, Dr. Shimek wrote in his book that when feeding crustations to anemones ( esp. BTA ), the compleat shrimp should be digested, even the ectoskeleton with the exception of the chitin. I never see mine regurgitate anything.
Nice pics.

 

[perfectdark]

Originally Posted by Dogstar
Yep, Dr. Shimek wrote in his book that when feeding crustations to anemones ( esp. BTA ), the compleat shrimp should be digested, even the ectoskeleton with the exception of the chitin. I never see mine regurgitate anything.
Nice pics.

Hmmm well good to know...thanks.

 

[jrthomas40]

Originally Posted by Dogstar
Yep, Dr. Shimek wrote in his book that when feeding crustations to anemones ( esp. BTA ), the compleat shrimp should be digested, even the ectoskeleton with the exception of the chitin. I never see mine regurgitate anything.
Nice pics.
mine will regurgitate after a few days and my clown will eat it or try to shove it back into the anemone

 

[lexluethar]

That is crazy dark, my BTA JUST did the same thing over the weekend. On Saturday I woke up thinking my peppermint was a goner, but come to find out it was just his molt. Freekin crazy. Mine had everything in its mouth except the antenna, rejected it, then reconsumed it the other way and at it all.
A part of me wanted it to actually be the peppermint and not the molt

 

[perfectdark]

Originally Posted by LexLuethar
That is crazy dark, my BTA JUST did the same thing over the weekend. On Saturday I woke up thinking my peppermint was a goner, but come to find out it was just his molt. Freekin crazy. Mine had everything in its mouth except the antenna, rejected it, then reconsumed it the other way and at it all.
A part of me wanted it to actually be the peppermint and not the molt
LMAO I know what you mean... I like my cleaner and all but hes a bit of a bully. I had to get rid of an anemone shrimp because of him...

 

[kirkland]

our gsm pair host both our sebae and our gtba, but at feeding time, it's the gbta that they bring food to. i use a turkey baster and squirt a bit of mysis shrimp or homemade food over the sebae once or twice a week. the tentacles grab everything up nicely and the fish are eating the same food, so why bother with chunky or whole foods?

 

[perfectdark]

Originally Posted by kirkland
our gsm pair host both our sebae and our gtba, but at feeding time, it's the gbta that they bring food to. i use a turkey baster and squirt a bit of mysis shrimp or homemade food over the sebae once or twice a week. the tentacles grab everything up nicely and the fish are eating the same food, so why bother with chunky or whole foods?

Its just variety I suppose you dont have too. As long as its raw fish your all set.