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| I ordered and just received some Cyclopeez after reading on many different forums that a lot of people are feeding it to anemone's. I have never used Cyclopeez before and I am not sure how to feed it exactly. Do you target feed with it, or can you just put it into the flow in the aquarium? Here is the anemone I am trying to feed. Just received it on Tuesday. I don't know scientific names yet, but it was sold as a Sebae, White w/Purple Tip. What is a good reference for identification of anemone's? I looked in the favorites link and searched a little through Google. The only good identification sources I found were for Coral and Fish. I am going to also get a RTBA and a GBTA and bring all three to a good healthy state over the next 6 months while I recover from a clavical surgey. During that time I will be researching and absorbing any and all info I can on anemone prop. Hopefully by the end of the six months I will be able to start propogating my anemone's. The prop will not be for profit, at first that is. I am starting out slowly and just trying to get some experience, then if all goes well I will try to turn a profit.
Todd
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| Posted 10/13/2006 7:20:51 PM |
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I'm a big fan of cyclopeeze myself. In my mixed-reef tank, I just feed the tank because everything that can will eat it. I have a pretty big detrius crew, too, so none of it's going to waste. The pictures of your anemones makes it look like they are in the tank by themselves. If they are alone, then it would only make sense to target feed them, unless there is some reason for you not to (like the cyclops is food for something else, too).
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| Posted 10/13/2006 7:49:10 PM |
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| the anemones you have are indeed "sebae" (Heteractis crispa)... and they are in very poor health. Nearly fully expelled zooxanthellae as most all are commonly imported. They need to be fed heavily (near daily) for the next several months or simply starve to death. They will turn brown, green and/or purple when they have recovered. Make a slurry of food with aquarium water and put a small amout in (1/2 tsp) half hour before you intend to feed... then target feed with a turkey baster or a long pipette Please also check out the very extensiove coverage (click links atop the page) at www.wetwebmedia.com on this topic (navigate the site to the anemones pages.
. Anthony Calfo
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| Posted 10/13/2006 8:19:54 PM |
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| Anthony, when you say a "slurry", do you mean to mix some thawed (in fridg of course) brine or mysis with aquarium water and then add 1/2 tsp of cyclopeez? If not, could you please describe a slurry? I have plenty of frozen brine and mysis to make it with if those are the ingredients. Would garlic do anything for the slurry, or is that mainly for fish? Me and my anemone thank you
Todd
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| Posted 10/13/2006 8:22:22 PM |
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| the garlic is fish only... and the slurry can with with any combination of feed items or single items. Yes... cold thaw, a rinse, and then slurp up with aquarium water for the target feeding A tiny bit (that half teaspoon) of thawsed shrimp, krill or mysis juice is quite good for stimulating feeding responses in corals and anemones
. Anthony Calfo
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| Posted 10/13/2006 10:15:49 PM |
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| Thanks for your help Anthony. The feeding and healing begin tomorrow. I will post pictures as it becomes healthy again...
Todd
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| Posted 10/15/2006 2:49:35 PM |
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| Just a quick update on my Crispa. I target fed it with the slurry (Brine Shrimp and Cyclopeez) and it seemed to take a liking to it until my 5 Black and White Heniochus decided they needed the Brine Shrimp more than the anemone!!!!!! They were pecking at it and throwing it all over the place! I have now moved the anemone down to the refugium, which is really just a DSB since it only has a small bunch of Caeto in it leaving plenty of room for the Anemone. I made a little jail for him out of ridgid air line so he can't move to far and will attempt feeding again this evening when the refugium lights turn on.
Todd
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| Posted 10/15/2006 4:44:15 PM |
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Hee hee... betcha he can get out of that jail if he wants!
In the future, it's usually easiest to make a "feeding hat" out of a sawed-off 2 liter sofa bottle, or a protective basket like a berry basket turned upside down. Otherwise you have to sit there and chase off the fish and shrimp.
Don't count your gobies before they've metamorphosized.
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| Posted 10/15/2006 6:47:01 PM |
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| Posted 10/15/2006 7:12:11 PM |
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| Just got done feeding the anemone. It was almost completely un-responsive to the feeding. I know it's kind of hard to say without seeing it, but does this sound like it is on it's way out or is this normal for a very new anemone that just came from the wild recently? It did go through a lot of trauma last night with the fish picking at it and being moved. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I would really like to nurse this guy back to health if possible. Thanks
Todd
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