[quote=Delphinus;272336]I used to feed my anemones silversides but I have since stopped feeding that food altogether. Just too many horror stories about people losing anemones that they've had for years and years because of a "bad silverside". It seems as if that if the food can rot or decompose faster than it can be digested by the anemone, you run the risk of a bacterial infection taking down the anemone altogether.
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I'll support this statement with first hand experience. I used to feed my carpet anemone silversides. Then, it began to decline steadily. I performed "surgury" on the poor thing to remove large black object, which I assumed to be a lump of fish. The anemome made a quick recovery.
My conclusion was...OK to feed every now and then...but ensure it is only small pieces and not very often.
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