How does my RBTA look

[eliaslikesfish]

Just wondering if it looks healthy and how often I should feed it. Been doing frozen brine shrimp 2x a week.

Thanks in advance!

 

[OrionN]

It looks healthy. I would feed it shrimp or fish for human consumption rather than aquarium food. Avoid smelly food, meaning spoiled food.
You can also feed it pellets or flakes. Anemone eat those without problem.

 

[crazyfishmom]

I feed mine 2-3 times a week. Small pieces of mysis or brine shrimp depending on what I’m feeding the fish on that day. They gobble it up and are doing absolutely awesome.

 

[SudzFD]

I used to feed mine frozen mini cooked shrimp from the grocery store. Then my one turned into 30 and I don’t feed anymore.

It looks very healthy.

 

[OrionN]

I would get one of the seafood medley package and feed them that. Much cheaper and better for them than frozen fish food.

 

[Reef By Steele Verified Sponsor]

Looks good. I don’t feed mine at all. It gets from feeding the tank. Plus they similar to corals usephotosythesis. So mine gets a mixture of octopus, salmon, shrimp, silversides and other seafoods I purchase at an oriental market and purée to make my own fish food. I have five total in 4 different tanks and they all do great. Only one has split.

 

[eliaslikesfish]

It looks healthy. I would feed it shrimp or fish for human consumption rather than aquarium food. Avoid smelly food, meaning spoiled food.
You can also feed it pellets or flakes. Anemone eat those without problem.

would a small piece of thawed sliver sides be safe? I’ve heard mixed things about them, and if I feed shrimp should it be uncooked or cooked? and if uncooked should I remove the shell first?

 

[eliaslikesfish]

I would get one of the seafood medley package and feed them that. Much cheaper and better for them than frozen fish food.

where do I get these?

 

[jthunderzzz]

It looks good to me like many others have said. I feed mine a piece of shrimp (human food) every week. Unseasoned and not peeled are the ones I usually use. Just have a bag of them in my freezer. I break off a tail rinse it in hot water until its mushy and my nem loves it. Has grown a ton since I got him.

 

[eliaslikesfish]

It looks good to me like many others have said. I feed mine a piece of shrimp (human food) every week. Unseasoned and not peeled are the ones I usually use. Just have a bag of them in my freezer. I break off a tail rinse it in hot water until its mushy and my nem loves it. Has grown a ton since I got him.

uncooked i presume?

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Your anemone looks good and young.

I feed it directly with a turkey baster of the mixed frozen fish food about 2-3 times a week. I broadcast feed my tank 2 times a day every day, they love it.

keep it up

 

[Sleeping Giant]

 

[jthunderzzz]

yes

uncooked i presume?

 

[SudzFD]

would a small piece of thawed sliver sides be safe? I’ve heard mixed things about them, and if I feed shrimp should it be uncooked or cooked? and if uncooked should I remove the shell first?

I don’t like using silversides. My nems would eat them but seemed stressed by them. They have a lot of bones.

I just get mini frozen cooked shrimps de shelled. Keep them in the freezer. Thaw one in tank water and drop it on them. They love them and grow like crazy.

Something like in the pic below.

 

[eliaslikesfish]

wow. it’s stunning, how long have you had it? Was it small when you first got it?

 

[eliaslikesfish]

Some people are saying uncooked unpeeled others are saying cooked and peeled, I’m just gonna go ahead and assume that either will work…

 

[D-Nak]

A note when feeding shrimp (human grade):

Make sure that the shrimp does not contain STPP (Sodium triphosphate). It's oftentimes added a preservative and used to maintain moisture (which adds weight to the product being sold). Since it's salt based, I believe too much of it can cause some of the problems we see when anemones look sick, particularly deflation. They ingest the shrimp and their internal specific gravity and/or phosphate levels shoot up.

Look at the ingredient list. The only ingredient should be shrimp. When it does contain STPP, the ingredient list oftentimes looks like this:

 

[D-Nak]

Some people are saying uncooked unpeeled others are saying cooked and peeled, I’m just gonna go ahead and assume that either will work…

They should be UNCOOKED and PEELED.

As with many foods, the cooking process typically removes nutrients.

Regarding the shell, most agree that it doesn't offer much added nutrition and is just more for the anemone to have to process (which exerts energy). If you've ever seen an anemone eat a fish, they typical expel the bones.

 

[Reef By Steele Verified Sponsor]

Some people are saying uncooked unpeeled others are saying cooked and peeled, I’m just gonna go ahead and assume that either will work…

I prefer uncooked. but i do purchase peeled and deveined. peeling shrimp every night for feeding my predators takes too much time.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I've had this one for about 2 years,

wow. it’s stunning, how long have you had it? Was it small when you first got it?

it was small, now it's split into 8 lol