Boolay1978
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Where is the best location for this on a rock or the sand base?
He will eat when he is ready. In most cases, once a week is good so if he ate just before you got him it really hasn't been that long. Just keep trying but if he doesn't take it make sure you get it out of the tank. Either that or you will have some fat clean up crew.
As for location, they like an area where they can attach their foot to the underside of a rock. that way when threatened, they can suck up under the rock and not be seen from above.
I agree 100%......
Anemones use a lot of energy digesting a meal. They eat very infrequently in the wild and live off LIGHT and the scraps that float by or from hosting clowns. One of the worst things you can do is feed an anem too often.
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Good luck with your acquisition.
It's not natural for an anemone to eat big pieces of any food. Any bigger piece of food that's floating around on a reef will be eaten way before it makes it to an anemone. They aren't built for digesting anything big.Larry and Cmor, are you saying that a nem will take the food to point at which it will ultimately hurt them? I was told to offer it but if they don't take they are not hungry? My RBTA will take it just about any time I offer it but my GBTA eats more seldom. So far, both seem to be doing great but an ounce of prevention and all that.......
If an anemone is moving around it's not happy. Let it do it's thing until it finds a place it likes....whether you like the spot or not.Thanks for all the advise. Are they ok to move around with a good flow or will they get blown around the tank when not "latched" on?