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Tony ... I do have a question on feedings ? ... do hosting anemones get fed by their clownfish ?

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I know I am not Tony, but mine certainly did. Both the Ocellaris and Tomato clowns fed their anemones. :biggrin:

I think it is a grey area. Some people swear that their fish feed their anemones; some people swear that they don't, some people think that the fish are bringing the food to their "home" so that they can eat in peace (and then the food ends up in the anemone, so it "looks" like the fish fed the anemone, but it was accidental).

My ocellaris have never fed their hosting anemones in four odd years of me observing them. I could just have stupid fish though, I have no idea. :rolleyes:

My own take on this is a bit wishy-washy. I decided that I cannot rely on my fish to feed "their" anemones, but I've noticed that as long as I feed the tanks well enough the anemones are usually more than capable of taking adequate care of themselves by catching the food as it flies by.

Not at all. From whay I can see everything in my tanks looks fine with the conditions I provide. Were it not so I would change things or quit

Not at all. I merely point out that FOR ME, it would be overkill. I need neither of those things. Nor do I need RO/DI water, but if other people feel they need them it is really fine with me.

That is absolutely correct. You and I have the freedom to express our opinions, and need not think any less of each other.


Cheers

As to the "anemone-feeding" question, I've seen this behaviour twice now. The clarkii would take large mysis and jam them into the Carpet's tentacles, with vigour. No mistaking that - it would out-dash other fish to the biggest pieces, and put them out of reach even to itself.

The Pink Skunks, once full themselves mind you, will do much the same thing for the LTA. They put larger pieces right onto the tentacles, and then back away and look for more. they seem a little befuddled when the anemone starts to close in on itself with the food they brought, but they keep doing it. I gather it must be instinctual.

And yup, the anemone gets a few on its own as they float past.

Any experience with frozen cubes of mysis and LTAs? Mine just grabbed half the chunk intended for the whole family... not a huge chunk, less than 1x1 cm, but still half-frozen. Any concerns with anemones eating "cold" food? Potential for harm?

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Freezy no-brain.... :question: :confused:

Slurpee headache??