• Feeding of the anemone

  • James5103

Yesterday, an actinia was purchased. (Photo below.) I don't have the full name on hand. In the evening, a frozen shrimp was successfully eaten. The question is the following: When should it be fed next? I couldn't find it, but I read somewhere that it needs to be fed once a week, though I don't remember where. Please help with the answer.

Zachary

You can feed them pieces of squid or shrimp (thawed beforehand). If there are clownfish in the tank, you can do it once every two weeks, otherwise once a week.

Kathryn514

Actually, if there is a clownfish in the anemone, I understand that the Premnas is sitting on it, so there is no need to feed the anemone. The clownfish feeds it itself. My clownfish drag shrimp into the anemone if they can't swallow them.

James8887

I have ocellaris in the anemone "Heteractis, Radianthus anemone" that don't take anything, and she herself doesn't want to eat either. It's been like this for the third month now.

Katherine

If the anemone is not accepting food, it is a bad sign... I would like to see its photo, preferably more than one, from different angles, if possible, of course...

Laura9093

Yesterday I tried to feed a piece of ice cream fish. I placed it on a tentacle - the piece stuck. I waited about 10 minutes. No reaction. A surgeonfish swam by and ate it. I tried to place a piece directly on the mouth - no reaction. I put it inside the mouth - after about 5 minutes, it spat it out. Today I want to try feeding with a "spoon," i.e., through a pipette and into the mouth. I think I'll mash the fish or coral food into a paste and introduce it into the center of the anemone with the pipette. Is it worth doing this? Will this procedure harm the anemone? P.S. Maybe it's a vegetarian.

Nicholas5194

The opened one is always open, during the day it opens more. As for me, the color is bright enough, not super but not pale either. In the first month, quite often, today it may partially deflate its tentacles, like little threads, for a few minutes 1-2 times a day but not every day.

Robert5335

I had that too! What are the parameters? Do you have any cyanobacteria in your aquarium? Maybe there are some brown-red algae on the bottom, they spread like a carpet and release a special secretion into the water that is not liked by anemones... How old is the aquarium, in years or months? Usually, it is not recommended to plant anemones in a young aquarium (up to 9-10 months)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE TELL US ALL THE DETAILS!

Sarah

The idea that you can plant an anemone after 6 months is complete nonsense. I took an anemone and planted it in a newly started aquarium (one month)... the anemone feels great and has never deflated. The presence of algae indicates some kind of nastiness in the water; possibly the substrate is leaching, or maybe the rocks are. After installing a powerful skimmer, I forgot about all kinds of algae (except for those that grow on the glass). I don't use either carbon or anti-phosphate. I looked at your profile: 40 liters... without a skimmer, with an external filter... in such a volume, creating and maintaining biological balance is VERY difficult.

Eric8832

I think it's more important how the anemone handled the transportation rather than how new the aquarium is. Everything can be fine in the new aquarium.