Guest x2minusblndfold December 23, 2003 Share December 23, 2003 I have a very sad long tenticled Anenome. I had it for about a month now and it wont eat Im trying to feed it frozen plankton. It used to eat it, but after like a week..he just stopped..and now it isnt looking too healthy. Its color isnt as bright when i bought it, and its halfway inside out all the time..What should i do???! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DANMOQUIN December 23, 2003 Share December 23, 2003 Well there could be many reasons for this change. Firstly, not all anemones eat. Second your lighting may be insufficient. What do you have for lighting? Do you use actinic 03 blues? Also what do you add for supplements? I may not be able to help you much, but with these facts others may be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sph2sail December 24, 2003 Share December 24, 2003 Frozen plankton may be too small for this guy. Try frozen shrimp, Formula One cubes or such like. Anemones can eat whole fish in the wild, so I would suspect this guy may be starving on the diet you've been giving it. Lighting and water quality also matter a lot here. What is your set up? How long has it been running? s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krish December 24, 2003 Share December 24, 2003 Another tip. Too bright a color means it is not healthy. Are anemones not supposed to be pale due to the presence of the zoonathella?? I feed my BTA cut piece of frozen shrimp. I get 2 for around 35cents and it lasts me about over a month. I feed 1 piece a week. The BTA is happy, but just the oscellaris havn't found it yet. -krish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest x2minusblndfold December 24, 2003 Share December 24, 2003 For Lighting, i have 110 watts of 10,000k daylight bulbs, and actinic blue lighting.For suplements, im adding reef complete twice a week. My setup is a 55 gal reef, and LOTS of liverock.I have growing mushrooms and polyps. and several inverts. I will try frozen shrimp, thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatortailale December 24, 2003 Share December 24, 2003 Insufficient lighting for a LTA. LTA's really need MH lights. BTA's might survive under PC lights - as long as you feed them. Best for animal is to provide lots of light. silversides & shrimp are good foods to feed 1 time a week. HTH Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sph2sail December 24, 2003 Share December 24, 2003 I agree with Craig, your lighting is a bit weak for a reef tank. I would certainly recommend you look at more lighting. That said, I'm a diver and have seen most of the animals you discuss at 50-100' depth, which is not a lot of light down there. My reef (90G, which is 48"Lx18"Wx24"tall) has 2 250W MH and 2 96W PC. I still think the poor guy was starving on plankton (which is a vegetarian diet) when they are carnivores as a rule (frozen fish guts, etc.). Be aware that keeping an anemone is a fairly advanced animal. Most of us wait for a well established tank runnining for a year or more before we attempt them. They do have mouths and animals with mouths should be target fed with live foods. Good Luck! Hope we can help you get this animal back to good health quickly. s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sph2sail December 24, 2003 Share December 24, 2003 Check out our reading list... Beginner to advanced reading list You really need this book: "Clownfishes" - Joyce Wilkerson It is about 1/3 down on the first post. Excellent reference on Clownfishes and it covers hosting anemones rather well. I think Calfo's book also has a good section on anemones... "Marine Invertabrates" - Anthony Calfo and Bob Fenner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquariareview December 25, 2003 Share December 25, 2003 they also like small piece of salmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelg December 26, 2003 Share December 26, 2003 One thing no one asked- how deep is your substrate? They are sand burrowing anenomes- 4-6 inches deep sand at least. Chunky food as suggested, a soak in a couple drops of selcon prior to feeding (like when thawing in a small cup of tank water) would also be recommended. Given the light is on the low side, try feeding daily- even shave up the shrimp just to get it to eat. Then when it is accepting larger portions you can cut back to a couple times per week. Food will be critical here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DANMOQUIN December 28, 2003 Share December 28, 2003 His substrate is no more then 2 inches, the anemone is on live rock though, higher up in the tank. Maybe 7 or 8 inches from the light, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pez December 28, 2003 Share December 28, 2003 You might want to check out Phil Henderson's article on anemones. He did an excellent job at detailing the needs of the various types of anemones. http://fins.actwin.com/articles/choosinganemone.php -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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