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Old 03-05-2007, 12:07 AM
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Not sure how big your anemone is. Mine's probably about 10 inches across. I feed it a couple times a week. Make sure you're target feeding it, not just with the rest of the tank. Especially if it's not healthy it may not be catching much if it's just in small pieces.

I give mine a big chunk of frozen homemade food which has a lot of mysis shrimp, cyclopeeze, etc. in it. This chunk would be about half by half by 1 inch. I make sure it has caught it good and within a few seconds it balls up all around it, and it's finished swallowing it within about 20 minutes.

If you're moving it around be careful of the foot. It probably takes a good 15-20 minutes to pry it off something. Just bit by bit push it with a thumbnail until it lets go. Be careful not to tear the foot. Tentacles can get torn and it's able to recover, but the foot is more of a problem.

Generally I found it wanted to get up as high as possible in the tank, so if you put it at the top of the rockwork, and leave enough space between the rock and the wall so it can't sense the wall there and try to go up the wall, it should eventually stay in that spot.
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