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09-30-2007, 10:08 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jacksonville florida
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feeding rose anemone?
how much and how often to feed my rose bubble anemone? its about 4inches expanded thanks for any info.. i have been feeding 1/2 a silversside once a week.but it always seems hungry
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09-30-2007, 10:18 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jacksonville florida
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anybody??
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09-30-2007, 10:39 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jacksonville florida
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anybody????????????? i dont want my anemone to die. any info would be helful thanks
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09-30-2007, 10:58 AM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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If you're giving it meaty foods once a week it won't die.
What kind of lighting do you have?
Is there/are there clowns hosting in it? Often clowns will keep the anemone fed.
I put a BTA in a client's tank 7 years ago - they never feed it but the clowns they have do - and they only feed flakes (!!!), frozen is very occasional. We service the tank every other week.
That small BTA of 7 years became 4 HUGE BTA. I removed 2 about 4 months ago, leaving 2 great big ones to split again.
Relax - yours isn't likely to just drop dead.
Jenn
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09-30-2007, 11:46 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jacksonville florida
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i have 260 watt power compacts. it is hosted by a maroon clown. |
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09-30-2007, 11:49 AM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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Then don't sweat it. It will be fine.
Jenn
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09-30-2007, 12:01 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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what size is your tank?
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180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 3250 gph powerheads, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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09-30-2007, 12:02 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jacksonville florida
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72 gallon bowfront
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09-30-2007, 01:50 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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That should be ample light. The one(s) I described I placed in a tank 7 years ago - 52-g corner tank under 130 watts of PC (65 watts 10,000K, 65 watts actinic).
Here's a thread with pix that I posted several months ago - see for yourself.
http://thereeftank.com/forums/showth...&highlight=BTA
Jenn
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09-30-2007, 03:21 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: kansas
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I feed my anemones two times per week. If they are not hungry, they won't latch onto the food. I very seldom see my clowns take any food into their anemones. I have mated pairs of tomatoes, maroons, and black percs. They almost always eat the food before they get back to the anemone. If they don't think they are getting their fair share of food, they try to take it away from the anemone.
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09-30-2007, 03:34 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Jacksonville,FL
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mine gets shrimp or lancefish about twice per week and the goldstripe that hosts in him feeds him bits and pieces too
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09-30-2007, 04:30 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Illinois
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I try to feed mine but I am lucky he he accepts food more than once every three weeks. However, I do have a clown that hosts him and I use marine snow also, so I am sure he filter feeds on that.
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