moovinfast Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 So I have a long tentacle anemone in my tank (tan color with white tips) with a pair of skunk clowns hosting it. I noticed the other day, that when its open all the way hes kind of transparent. I can see the rocks behind him. Ive tried to feed it krill, but the clowns always seem to knock it out. But Ive also seen them bring it back into the anemone. So I dont really know if hes eating. Is it normal for the anemone to look like this? My bubble tip and my carpet are doing fine. All the tank parameters are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralreefer Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I'm sure he's probably fine...the longer you have him, the darker he should get from light pigment...expanding greatly will stretch him farther, like almost over blowing a balloon...becomes transparent... If he is fed, he will surround and cover the food...he will expand and invert his stomach to obtain food, then retract stomach and pull food in...seeing if they are eating is very easy actually... DrMerle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Instead of krill feed silversides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 I had to make a "shield" out of the top half of a 2liter bottle to keep the stupid fish from not letting the anemones eat. It was a real pain. I agree silversides are better than krill. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 How long have you had it? I have herd from wholesalers that sometimes when they are caught and stressed badly that they can excrete there phyto and become almost transparent. I've also herd that it's hard to recover from that when it happens. Make sure it dose eat, and hope for the best if that is the case. It could be that it is really happy like coralreef said and is over inflating and like a balloon becoming transparent. Just keep an eye on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 I think its ok. The tentacles are still plump and bright. I've just never had a LTA before. Maybe I was worried for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I agree silversides are better than krill. dsoz How come? ? ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I believe it is because Krill has no actual nutritional value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I believe it is because Krill has no actual nutritional value.Krill has pretty respectable nutritional values. I just compared the package I have to the Mysis and it shows higher nutrition figures than it does. (It's the main thing I feed my Fuzzy Dwarf which is healthy although it's starting to eat a few other things as well now such as bay scallops and even a few pellets which I occasionelly feed) Brine shrimp (Fish Popcorn) on the other hand is another story. If the clowns are feeding it then I wouldn't worry about it. I've also seen the clowns remove the food if I gave it to them directly and then turn around and bring it back afterwards. Now I usually just drop some in close to the anemone and let the clowns grab it and feed it to them (provided the eel or trigger don't get to it first or if it can rob it from the trigger which I've seen a couple of times as well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I have been told on several occasions that Krill is not really all that good for your tank. I have even heard that if you feed nothing but krill to your fish you will end up killing them. Maybe it was just a rumor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 i think a varied diet is best, feeding say like krill all the time would be like feeding steak to us all the time, pretty soon we would start to ail due to missing other important elements. I personally make up a food blend and freeze into ice cube trays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 i think a varied diet is best' date=' feeding say like krill all the time would be like feeding steak to us all the time, pretty soon we would start to ail due to missing other important elements. [/quote'] Ooooh! How about eating bacon all the time? (naughty) If only someone would develop nutritionally complete bacon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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