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ok, here it is... Taken from www.wetwebmedia.com: "Underfeed, underfeed, don't feed! Underfeed, underfeed, don't feed! Most losses in captive systems are the result of over-feeding. How many more times do I feel I need to write this? Bunches! Some anemones have been kept for YEARS without any intentional external feeding. Know your stock! Many anemones (especially larger species) are detritivorous (a polite term meaning they eat poop), planktivorous, and largely chemoautotrophic/photosynthesizing species/individuals that hobbyists try to over-stuff with meaty/prepared foods. My bid for largest cause of loss of anemones is the consequences (lack of oxygen, hydrogen and other sulfide production...) from over-feeding. Cut it out! Within normal temperatures and other conditions, most can and do do well on weekly feedings. If you're going on vacation, leave them alone. For almost all varieties kept, an occasional (weekly or so) perfusion (wash?) of live brine shrimp, prepared mash of frozen or dried food, or frappe' (as in with your blender) of "fresh" marine food meant for human consumption (shellfish, shrimp, langouste, not-so-oily fish) with or without supplementation. Temporarily turn off your particulate filters and squirt the food onto their tentacular surface. Some authors suggest the use of beef and other foods unlikely to be encountered in the wild. I do not." Hope this is helpful...

hmmm... i'm no expert at anemones but i remember reading somewhere that anemones don't really need to be fed much coz they have microorganisms living on them that can make food as long as lighting is adequate. In fact my LFS feeds their anemones only once a week on abit of dried plankton, rather than meaty pieces of food. I can try looking up more info on this for u, hang on...

I just came back from Aquamarin, the Jln Kayu shop. Nice environment, large variety of fishes, friendly staff. Definitely worth a revisit in the future, for me at least..

I've been running my tank for a few months now using salt mix but am running out of it again. I know salt mixes are good but they're very expensive... thinking of just getting natural seawater for the water changes. Is that advisable? And where should i get the water from? Some ulu beach like changi? Anyone has any experiences with using natural seawater?

well that was a lesson learnt anyway... read in some websites that anemones are not really suited to life in tropical waters, they need a cooler temperature to thrive.

I once bought an anemone for my tank. The next morning i awoke to a HORRIBLE stink... To my horror, the anemone had climbed to and stuck to the powerhead over the night, died and released lots of stinky, rotten waste. The water was white with lotsa yucky floating stuff, and of course every living creature in the tank was completely wiped out... Worse still, it took me hours to scrub the tank and all the equipment clean and get rid of that disgusting stench. The conclusions i got from this experience are: 1)Unless you're sure it'll survive, don't keep an anemone; 2)If you do decide to keep one, make sure it has a firm solid surface like a rock to anchor on so they're less likely to take a walk around your tank at night; 3)Remove all powerheads if you've got an anemone in your tank!! Oh, but back to the topic, from what i see, i don't think they release toxins when they die but rather, all the rotting undigested and semidigested food that they've eaten.

These ago-gos look quite cute but read somewhere that they grow really big, almost a metre long... but that's provided they survive THAT long... haha

wah, then guess i must have gotten really bad specimens...

hi all! i'm quite new to marine fishkeeping, like to look around for marine LFSs. I got my fishes from the LFS at yishun central, though they have a large variety, but am not too impressed by the fish quality. Wondering which is everyone's favourite marine shop? (in terms of price, variety, fish quality, etc)

i've been keeping a longnose hawkfish for some time now and must say he's very peaceful with everything else including the cleaner shrimp that was much smaller than him. Extremely hardy too... but i guess i was overcharged... 18 bucks.. any idea how much it's sold for elsewhere?

Red coris wrasse... i've kept 2, both of which died within 36hrs dunno why they can't survive if my other fishes can. Anyway think it's quite common to see dead or dying red corises in the tanks of many lfses...

Just wondering if anyone has had success at keeping the red coris?? About 3 months ago i got my first red coris, added to my tank and it died within 24hrs. I thought it must have been an unhealthy specimen so i got another one after a few weeks. It became progressively weaker and weaker, lying at the bottom or buried in the sand the whole day and then it died by the third day. When i got them, they looked very active and swimming around, and it can't have been the water too cos i have a false percula clown and a longnose hawkfish living happily inside the tank for many months already... would really like to keep one, but dunno if this type of fish is just not hardy enough for captivity?

Anyone seen any lfs stocking porcupinefishes? And if there is, what's the price like? I've been to quite a number of the marine fish shops but have never come across one with these cute little fishes.. would like to get one for my tank. Anyone already keeping them? dunno if they're hard to keep or will they be compatible with my picasso trigger...