What are the best foods for anemones???

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

I feed every other day.

I shy away from supermarket foods, alot of times they add chemicals to the fish or shrimp to preserve them. Sulfates and stuff like that.

I use Rods Food, i thaw it out and usally there are some large chunks. I feed them to the anemone or my clowns feed them.

Silversides are high fats and fish oils and in theory are good for anemones but they have bones that are not digestable.

In the wild anemones dont get whole fish parts, they get chunks of free floating food. Most times its a morsal the size of your fingernail.

 

[Imbarrie]

I like to feed my nem pieces of scallop from a local fresh seafood company.

They always take it and hardly ever expel any waste so most of it is absorbed by the nem.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Yeah I use rods also just trying to see what other methods I can learn about that may stimulate growth and splitting , I wouldn't
MInd a few rbtas in my tank , they give off very NIce colors

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

Splitting of an anemone is not really a good thing. They split from stress. Over feeding, crowding.

It takes alot of energy to split and they dont always survive. If an anemone grows under you care give it time it will get big.

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

I used to feed mine everything from Silversides, shrimp, mysis....however as of late I have been feeding them pellets(large). They devour them on a weekly basis.

 

[Imbarrie]

I fed my GBTA once a week and watched it take over half of my 75 gallon tank.

It split in the weeks following Irene due to the power outage. This was great since it allowed me to remove half of the nem. Now I feed it once a month. Dont want this to take over my tank again.

 

[guarda]

I don't feed mine and it's grown from 1.5 inches to about a foot since I got it from bigdog about 9 months ago. I'm not fully convinced they really need to be fed in reef tanks if you have good lighting and nutrients in the water column. My nem has only been hosted by my clowns for about a month or two so it wasn't getting nutrients from them (feeding and pooping into it)

 

[Reef Reaper]

shrimp only

 

[Paul B]

Clams

 

[Alex]

i feed my anemone everyday, I feed it a small pinch of mysis.

 

[Alex]

Clams

CLAMS CASINO, woohooo

 

[Paul B]

No, I like them on the half shell. Alive