FEEDING SILVERSIDES: Optimal silverside to nem size ratio!

[C-Reefer]

What is the best silverside to Anenome ratio?

The bigger the better??

No surely not... don't want puking nems.

How big of a silverside will YOUR nem take without puking?

Because after all... no one wants anenome smoothie in their tank from a sick anenome.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Ideally you wouldn’t feed silversides but if you must they should be no larger than the mouth.

 

[davocean]

Too many nem keepers have lost nems to silverside feedings, not worth the risk in my opinion, after losing 3 healthy established LTA's immediately after a silverside feeding I will never feed those again.
Mysis, raw shrimp, scallop, much better options, and small foods take less energy to consume, and more natural to what they would normally feed in the wild.

Really, light being their main source of energy, you could never spot feed at all, unless it's a bleached nem that needs to be brought back to health

There is a sticky above that discusses this topic

 

[LOVEROCK]

heres a good question do you guys used bait stores silver sides ? aka coming in from candianan or called spearing for fishing . , my local waters have spearings , is it safe to catch and feed my bubble tip anemone

 

[davocean]

heres a good question do you guys used bait stores silver sides ? aka coming in from candianan or called spearing for fishing . , my local waters have spearings , is it safe to catch and feed my bubble tip anemone

I will only feed foods that are sold for human consumption, that is the only way you know they are handled properly.(And preservative free only on that)
Many suspect pet foods and baits are not handled properly, or could be gutloaded w/ bad things, we don't know for sure why so many had losses from silversides, but why even risk it when there are so many safe options

 

[cracker]

I would feed fish/other food from the sea . It's just more convenient to buy from the LFS.
I have no experience with nemes ,so no comment on size.

 

[LOVEROCK]

I will only feed foods that are sold for human consumption, that is the only way you know they are handled properly.(And preservative free only on that)
Many suspect pet foods and baits are not handled properly, or could be gutloaded w/ bad things, we don't know for sure why so many had losses from silversides, but why even risk it when there are so many safe options

as for bait store, as i am a fishermen, the label clearly says not for human consumption , probably some chemical added to it to maintain its stern, so it doesnt fall apart in the water

 

[davocean]

as for bait store, as i am a fishermen, the label clearly says not for human consumption , probably some chemical added to it to maintain its stern, so it doesnt fall apart in the water

Possibly, or possibly thawed and refrozen/thawed w/out much thought towards being safe for consumption

 

[davocean]

I would feed fish/other food from the sea . It's just more convenient to buy from the LFS.
I have no experience with nemes ,so no comment on size.

Nems rarely catch or eat fish in wild, they are opportunistic, whatever gets pushed in once in a while maybe.
More so what food is taken in is usually small filtered in foods, so really like mysis or even smaller might be more natural, but as I mentioned light is their main source.
Obviously they can take in a whole fish, but that does not mean that's what's really best for it for long term captivity