silversides!

[TheJGMProject]

Hi,

where the heck do you get silversides?! I have an anemone (RTBA) I am trying to rehab. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

 

[blackcloudmedia]

What kind of anemone is it? I find the best food is simple raw shrimp from the grocery store. 4 bucks for half a pound and that lasts weeks. My sebae anemone has gone from a 3 inch radius to a 9 inch radius in two months on shrimp. Ive never had a problem with anemones on shrimp diet. I have no idea where to get silversides. Check online or at your lfs in the freezer.

 

[Anonymous]

My sebae anemone has finally got all it's color back and doesn't look good. He's smaller for some reason. How do you feed the shrimp to it? Blend and skirt to it?

 

[Anonymous]

Hi,

where the heck do you get silversides?! I have an anemone (RTBA) I am trying to rehab. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Doesn't your LFS sell frozen food? That's the best place to get those. Also, as far as that RBTA, if you can get your hands on some Selcon additive to soak whatever food in, it will make a difference. That product is one of the few you'll see me swear by!

Whatever food you get, if it's frozen be sure and thaw it in a small amount of tank water and rinse it before feeding. I use a small fine mesh brine shrimp net. It gets any excess nutrients off before you feed.

 

[blackcloudmedia]

You cut a piece of shrimp about the size of its mouth. Then squeeze the shrimp to kind of break it up so that its stringy, this way it digests easier than one solid clump.

 

[mr_X]

my purple LTA eats silversides, but when he craps..out comes almost all of the fish. apparently, he doesn't digest them totally. i prefer shrimp/prawns. in goes the shrimp..out comes brown turd-no partially digested creature. :lol:

 

[danmhippo]

Silverside? Fishing/tackle shops. Frozen silverside is popular bait for fishing.

Yeah, they got squid and mackerl too, and much much cheaper than LFS.

 

[The Chefin' man]

Hey Mr. X blend it with some mysis and flakes make a fiish cocktail. and then turn it into little cubes or ice rods.

 

[DCskins]

Petco

 

[mr_X]

Hey Mr. X blend it with some mysis and flakes make a fiish cocktail. and then turn it into little cubes or ice rods.

but then i have to give it to the anemone frozen. i don't know for sure because he never says a word, but i think he doesn't like popsicles. 8)
i just give him fresh shrimp now. i buy it in 50 cent incriments (about 5 shrimp) every so often from the LGS (local grocery store) ha...here's a new one!

 

[bleedingthought]

Hi,

where the heck do you get silversides?! I have an anemone (RTBA) I am trying to rehab. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Your grocery store has them too but they're usually not named silversides. Looks for small fish that are grey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverside_%28fish%29

 

[spanko]

I saw them at the LFS in the frozen foods yesterday here in Michigan

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah you should be able to find them frozen at your LFS. Personally I go to the grocery store and buy cleaned smelt from the frozen foods section.

I feed all my anemones shrimp. Only thing special I do it make sure the pieces of food aren't too large and that's about it.