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![]() Just wondering what type of instrument people use to feed their anemones.
My tank is 24" deep so ideally I'd like some kind of long grasping tongs with a fairly fine tip, to place food onto the anemone and also for feeding LPS corals. I thought maybe extra-long chopsticks but can't find anything like that at the local Asian store. |
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![]() My tongs are indispensable, and great for dropping pieces of food into the anemone's tentacles. They are similar to this:
http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/sh...gno=cl-ctong28 But with more of a needle-nose.
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![]() i use a turkey baster,works great
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![]() These work well for applications such as want you want: http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/p...d1=3347;pcid2=
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![]() I used my old eheim plant tongs to position newly bought snails in my tank... I'd suspect they work just fine for feedings.
-Richer |
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![]() My Eheim tongs have been indispensible! They are great for moving things about and rescuing/placing tipped snails. To date, I have never used them for feeding.
I use a wide tip syringe (with no needle attached). I find my turkey baster leaks the food out once it is in the water. I suppose "the claw" would work for feeding larger bits. They have excellent feel and don't clamp too hard.
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![]() I just use a 12" long set of tweezers, I actually have 2, one stainless steel and-one plastic. get them at kitchen specialty shops for about 10 bucks.
Steve
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![]() Looks like I have the Eheim ones - wouldn't be without them. They're longer than the ones linked to at Big Al's though.
I agree about the syringe doing a better job than the turkey baster, too - finer control, no leakage.
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