Is the mouth supposed to look like this?

[WhiskeyCoffee]

Came home and my 'nems mouth was wide open so I thought I'd try feeding it mysis shrimp for the first time. The tentacles kind of 'grabbed' the shrimp and pulled it in and I believe now it's slowly sucking the shrimp into its mouth. Does this look normal?

 

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Yup.

 

[WhiskeyCoffee]

Is it normal for them to spit their food out a little then suck it back in?

 

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Sometimes. you just don't want to see regurgitation.

 

[jsker]

That is a nice one, it would Sam natural process

 

[WhiskeyCoffee]

Sometimes. you just don't want to see regurgitation.

Wait, why? Cause I think that's what my nem did tonight...

 

[Trex]

Wait, why? Cause I think that's what my nem did tonight...

Usually that means the piece of food was too large.
Mysis are usually pretty small, but use the smallest pieces that you can, and only use one piece at a time. It takes energy to digest, and yours doesn't have excess energy, so the easier (( smaller, and not a bunch all at once )) the better at this point.

 

[Tristan]

If it regurgitates it's usually that you fed it too much