LFS Dumb?

[jakeottoson8]

So I visited the LFS recently and asked them about the anemones they keep.. Dunno their name, but theyre white with purple tips.. like 11 bucks they said..

 

I asked about feeding and they told me they feed their anemone GOLDFISH once a week... Isn't this bad to feed freshwater creatures to saltwater creatures?

 

Just curious, seemed odd.

[ReeferJohn]

So I visited the LFS recently and asked them about the anemones they keep.. Dunno their name, but theyre white with purple tips.. like 11 bucks they said..

 

I asked about feeding and they told me they feed their anemone GOLDFISH once a week... Isn't this bad to feed freshwater creatures to saltwater creatures?

 

Just curious, seemed odd.

sounds like a sebae anemone to me. people feed their anemones/fish guppies and mollies but ive never heard of goldfish haha.

 

pic is from bluezoo aquatics

[Dizzle21]

saebae anemones. um can say forsure but its better to feed cut up food to inverts.

[Linilou]

Gold fish leads to liver failure in fish, so i cant imagine that its good for nems

[jakeottoson8]

Yeah it's a sebae(sp) anemone if that's how ya spell it. They feed them goldfish. Even watched. I didn't know if that was right or wrong, never heard of people feeding their saltwater stuff with freshwater stuff.....

[GiantBen]

I know someone who feeds goldfish to a porq puffer. Not sure if it is "okay" but he does it.

[evokid511]

i used to feed my lionfish guppies and ghost shrimp but then i heard that it is hard for saltwater to digest the freshwater for some reason so i switched to frozen food

[jakeottoson8]

To be safe would I be able to feed an anemone frozen bloodworms if I ever do get one down the road?

[Degener8]

I highly doubt it is harmful to feed puffers or anemones goldfish. I fed goldfish and mollys to puffers lionfish and snowflake eels for over 2 years when I had my large tanks a long while ago.

 

They were always fat and happy.

You can feed them shrimp silversides,bloodwork,krill,about any meaty aquatic foor fresh or salt as best I know. I feed my plate coral dead godfish or 1/2 eaten goldfish from my daughters turtle tank. HE LOVES THEM!!!!!

[jakeottoson8]

Aight. That leads me to my next question.. Are anemones, the ones mentioned above, even suitable for a 10g? I've seen some pretty big ones at the LFS and online.

[lakshwadeep]

Only mini carpet anemones (Stichodactyla tapetum) are suitable. However, they are not totally safe with small fish.

[johnmaloney]

mysis is a freshwater shrimp, fed commonly in the marine hobby.

[Degener8]

IMO 10g is to small except for the predatory anemones listed above.. (predatory I mean eats anything)