How does one feed a bubble tip anemone?
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joshkirkland83
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I have four. I feed a piece of table shrimp (cut to no bigger than oral disk) every other day. Feeding it makes it grow faster. So, however fast and big you want it feed it accordingly.
steve&mari
Blessed Reefer
Feed ours mysis and krill.
I've kept BTA's for about 13 years now and never have fed them, they get what they need when I feed the tank.
rajkovich207
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When I decide to feed mine I'll either drop some pellets in it or take my *L* shipped tweezers full of mysis and stick it in the tentacles.
Mike in CT
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When I feed frozen, I use a turkey baster and gently squeeze some frozen into the nems tentacles.
pickupman66
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Mine ger what they need when I feed. I don't see a major need to directly feed them unless you want them massive quickly
Reefpharmer
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Do they not split if overfed?
pickupman66
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One of mine split 2 nights ago.
steve&mari
Blessed Reefer
As others said our feedings I mentioned above are also from feeding the whole system. It catches some and the lightning marroon clown brings bigger pieces to the nem feeding it.
robert
Valuable Member
If you have fish in the system and feed them well, you probably don't need or want to feed the BTA directly - it will do just fine with the leftovers and fish waste...
A couple of reason's you don't want to feed the BTA large items directly:
BTAs tend to spit out large undigested items after they've been captured an ingested fouling the tank.
BTAs can retract for extended periods after feeding.
You may find that your BTA gets too large and can be a "big" problem in a reef.
I currently have about 40 saucer sized red and green BTAs in my system - starting with about 10 nickel sized eight months ago. I never feed them directly.
The last time I fed any BTA was in a 115g system where the BTA took over about a third of the system erodong all coral colonies adjacent to it. It became quite a challenge.
Feed them if you want, but it isn't necessary and will tend to do more harm than good. The one below got to 18"-20" inches.
A couple of reason's you don't want to feed the BTA large items directly:
BTAs tend to spit out large undigested items after they've been captured an ingested fouling the tank.
BTAs can retract for extended periods after feeding.
You may find that your BTA gets too large and can be a "big" problem in a reef.
I currently have about 40 saucer sized red and green BTAs in my system - starting with about 10 nickel sized eight months ago. I never feed them directly.
The last time I fed any BTA was in a 115g system where the BTA took over about a third of the system erodong all coral colonies adjacent to it. It became quite a challenge.
Feed them if you want, but it isn't necessary and will tend to do more harm than good. The one below got to 18"-20" inches.
Trex
Valuable Member
What size tank?
What lights do you have?
What lights was it under?
What do you have for flow?
What are your current water parameters --- with numbers please.
How long has your tank been set up?
nmertz1
Community Member
^^ that's a lot of questions but helpful for a detailed answer.
However I would say don't worry about it if the rest of your tank is doing ok. Anemones are incredibly hardy, and they can hide from time to time.
However I would say don't worry about it if the rest of your tank is doing ok. Anemones are incredibly hardy, and they can hide from time to time.
29 gallon bio cube t5 and LEDs tank is 4 months old my coral and fish r doing great . Have circulation fan and return for flow temp 77.8 my aquarium store said all water parameters r great according to them they would not sell it to me until I brought them a water sample
