MAN EATING ANEMONE!!!

[Enzo]

okay I am just joking with the man eating part. Here is the situation. I have a condy anemone. It is pretty large, about 7inches including tentacles and all. The mouth is about 3 inches. But anyways, I have heard that if you feed your anemone with meaty foods it will get used to the meaty foods and will always want it and if you forget to feed iut one week it will die from starvation. I also have heard that if you feed it to much it will turn into a fish eating anmone that will eat your inhabitants. I have only heard these but it was from a very trusted LFS. My problem is that I have messy eaters and it seems like my anmone gets atleast 1 or 2 small pieces of krill each day. I mean I have tried to stop this by feeding on the other side of my tank but my powerheads and filtration pumps keep blowing it right to the anemone. My questions is will my anemone really turn into a fish eating monster. I have a clownfish that sleeps right next to the anemone, but the anemone does not host the clown, the clown seems to be afraid of it in the daytime but sleeps about an inch away from it at night. Anyways will the anemone eat the unsuspecting clown while the clown is hanging out getting ready for bed time in its little trench that it dug. Or willl my anemone not eat the clown since they have the same mucas covering and such. I also have a baby trigger and puffer but I don't really worry about them because I think my puffer could cill the anemone if it wanteds and I think the trigger could also. And they have made their little territories far away from the anemone. Thanks for listening to my odd situation.

John

 

[reefNewbie]

it will not turn into a fish eater. Infact you should be feeding it atleast 1 time a week.

 

[rlp1]

Anemones need to be fed. That is why they have a mouth. With all due respect to your lfs personnel, that is ridiculous that starving your anemone is going to make it not eat your fish. Any anemone will eat any fish that blunders into it. It's more up to the fish than the anemone whether it gets eaten. Most fish instinctively know to keep clear. Mandarins are notorious for getting eaten by anemones. If anything, I would think the amemone would be MORE likely to get a fish if it was NOT getting fed.

The only way that statement made by the lfs could possibly be true is if the anemone was in such a weakened state from starvation that it was too weak to catch a fish. Rita

 

[Enzo]

My LFS told me I should feed it once a month, and He said that I shouldn't feed it once a week because it will be hooked on the food and will need it. He just said to watch m,y feeding, and not to feed it to much, because possibly it could eat the fish.

 

[Anonymous]

My LFS told me I should feed it once a month, and He said that I shouldn't feed it once a week because it will be hooked on the food and will need it. He just said to watch m,y feeding, and not to feed it to much, because possibly it could eat the fish.

Your lfs is full of shyte. :wink: Anemones need to be fed. Also, your clown isn't going to it because condylactus anemones are not one of the species of anemone that is a host to clownfish. Your other fish would be no match for a hungry anemone, but they're smart enough to stay away from it.

Just out of curiosity, did your lfs tell you about the lighting requirements for anemones? Condylactus species don't need as much light as other species, but they still have symbiotic algae.

-John

 

[aquarist=broke]

Mandarins are notorious for getting eaten by anemones.

remember this one from last year?