rose bubble tip anemone help

[jgraeff]

It was in the store for about two weeks n I believe the lighting was t5 ho but it may have justbeen flourescent I'll have to ask the guy. I got it to eat a small piece of silverside. My clown seems to steal all the food even after he has been fed n does not eat the food just takes it to the back of the tank, is this normal?

 

[Maxx]

I've seen clowns do this before...sometimes its necessary to seperate the clowns until the anemone can get the food swallowed. I have a very small H.crispa anemone that is currently about 4 inches in diameter. When I got it almost 2 years ago, it was about 2.5 inches in diameter. I needed to use a turkey baster and "chase" the clowns away for as long as 30 minutes in order for the anemone to completely swallow the food to the point the clowns were unable to "dive in" to the mouth and pull the food out.

One thing in acclimating a new anemone to remember is not to overfeed at first unless its bleached, in which case, you really dont have much choice.

Here is an interesting thread on another forum regarding feeding non responsive anemones.....

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=15538588#post15538588

Nick

 

[jgraeff]

UPDATE: the anemone moved to the back of the tank where u cant see it of course but it had bubbled back up and it regained its color looks much better, must not have been happy.

now my question is how to feed it since now i can not reach it and the rock is not accessible unless i break down pretty much the entire tank any idea il post a picture tomorrow.

 

[taichimaster]

I actually don't even target feed mine and it is doing well