BTA foods

[Brandon Donaldson]

I just bought a bta and was wandering what y'all feed yours right now I just feed mine misys shrimp

 

[Waters]

A lot of people don't feed them at all.....I usually feed mine every 3 or 4 days with a small piece of shrimp or silverside (no larger than the disk).

 

[pugcrush]

I know I can be color blind, but I think yours is bleached. Did you just purchase?

As mentioned, no need to feed but a little Mysis won't hurt if you need to nurse it back to health.

 

[philfree]

i usually feed frozen chopped squid.
They LOVE it.
But as mentioned above, they dont NEED to be fed.

 

[Brandon Donaldson]

[QUits TE="pugcrush, post: 2544085, member: 18839"]I know I can be color blind, but I think yours is bleached. Did you just purchase?

As mentioned, no need to feed but a little Mysis won't hurt if you need to nurse it back to health.[/QUOTE]
No It is my camera it is bright lime green just looks white under the blues

 

[Brandon Donaldson]

[QUits TE="pugcrush, post: 2544085, member: 18839"]I know I can be color blind, but I think yours is bleached. Did you just purchase?

As mentioned, no need to feed but a little Mysis won't hurt if you need to nurse it back to health.

No It is my camera it is bright lime green just looks white under the blues[/QUOTE]
I did just purchase it yesterday

 

[rufus2008]

Feed my carpets chopped up shrimp. The bta's get some sometimes not very often though. If you have a clown it will bring food to it if it's hosting it.

 

[Brandon Donaldson]

Feed my carpets chopped up shrimp. The bta's get some sometimes not very often though. If you have a clown it will bring food to it if it's hosting it.

I just bought it 2 days ago so my clowns have not found it yet but that is the plan

 

[rufus2008]

Hopefully they will host. Like I said I have carpets and bta's and four clowns and only one actually hosts a bta all the others host corals [emoji12]

 

[den75]

FWIW, the nem's are the hosts, not the clowns.

 

[RMS18]

I don't feed mine at all, they don't need it as long as water levels are up to par. I think I read somewhere that you can over feed them and stress them out.

 

[Mauireefer808]

Amemones have a very rudimentary digestive system. Try to avoid anything with bones, scales, etc; I have found over many years of keeping anemones, that scallops are the easiest for them to digest, fresh, raw scallops....yes, it's true that you don't NEED to feed an anemone, it is pretty fun and interesting. And they seem to respond positively to regular feedings.

 

[joshkirkland83]

I have 4 btas and a magnifica. They all get thawed out medium shrimp cut to size. Their growth has been off the charts.

 

[AcroNem]

FWIW, the nem's are the hosts, not the clowns.

Ha Glad you said it. I usually feed mine a mix of mysis and the larger plankton or the Fauna marin LPS pellets they seem to respond really well.

 

[CastAway]

Hmmm. Will they survive without being fed? Yes. But an animal with stinging tenticals, a mouth and an appetite eats. I feed my RBTA a piece of Krill each week.

I mean they made to eat.

 

[lyrical]

When I had mine I would feed it small pieces of krill, cut up shrimp, scallops and clams. Anything soft and meaty in small amounts. It would also catch food from the tank and my clowns.

 

[Brandon Donaldson]

Hopefully they will host. Like I said I have carpets and bta's and four clowns and only one actually hosts a bta all the others host corals [emoji12]

I have a frogspawn as a back up

 

[Brandon Donaldson]

I don't feed mine at all, they don't need it as long as water levels are up to par. I think I read somewhere that you can over feed them and stress them out.

Thank you I plan on feeding once a week he is responding well to the feedings

 

[Brandon Donaldson]

When I had mine I would feed it small pieces of krill, cut up shrimp, scallops and clams. Anything soft and meaty in small amounts. It would also catch food from the tank and my clowns.

so coral gumbo might be a good chose and it would feed my hole thank ?

 

[lyrical]

so coral gumbo might be a good chose and it would feed my hole thank ?

Not sure what that is but above is what I used to feed my BTA and i fed frozen food mostly to the fish mixed in with flakes, pellets and dried seaweed for the tang.