Anemone Feeding and Growth

[Jeremy Lain]

Hello, I am feeding my anemones a piece of shrimp every three days. How long will it be before I see growth? Is there something I can do to get them to grow faster? lighting, water parameters, feeding something else, better feeding schedule?

 

[Jason mack]

Anamones use light more than feeding .. I don’t feed my Bubble tip at all other than what he eats from when I feed my fish .. they need a min of 250-300 par lighting too thrive ....

 

[Jeremy Lain]

I wasn't feeding them for a while because I read in an article that I didn't have to, but I haven't seen any growth, so I have decided to start feeding them shrimp to see if it causes them to grow. My par is at 200, I guess I can try to turn the lighting up. How much should they be growing in a months time? 1/2 inch to 1 inch maybe more? Should the growth be that noticeable, or do they grow slower then that?

 

[Jeremy Lain]

I want growth like this to happen, do you know how long a anemone the size of mine would take to grow like this?

 

[Florida Sunshine]

That is a tank with a number of anemones in it and I have nothing to judge the size of yours by.
Mine got huge almost immediately and has stayed the same size since so I don't think there is any general rule as to they grow an inch a year or whatever. It would definitely depend on the type of anemone, the light it receives, water parameters, as well as food source. There are probably a dozen other factors I am not thinking of right now as well.

 

[Jeremy Lain]

Alright. Thank you for your reply. I found an article that talks about water parameters, lighting, feeding, and water flow. I am going to try to stick to that and keep everything going the same consistently and see if that helps them grow.

 

[dylana407]

18 months with 2 splitted into 11.