Purple queen anthias? Or not

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  1. jdameli1

    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    Any tips to start with for feeding?
     
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    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Anthias love to chase their food, so squirt the food into the current. That's the best tip....you can also try garlic.
     
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    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    Feed live or frozen?
     
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    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Try frozen first because live food really isn't good to put into our tanks. It can come with a lot of diseases and stuff - in fact a lot of fish stores won't even sell live food because of that.

    Try frozen brine, mysis, cyclopeeze...

    They also eat pods, so if you have them in your tank, that is a good thing!
     
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    Smaller food the better. About the size of a grain of salt. Arcti-Pods is fantastic.

    Fast moving current gets them to react to the food.

    Read through that bottom link I gave you. He has a whole section on foods and feeding.
     
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    Where can I get the arcti pods?
     
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    jdameli1 Torch Coral

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    Do any of the major stores carry it? Petco
     
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    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    Petco and Petsmart do not carry that. Try a small LFS.
     
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    I have a frozen carnivore marine cuisine combo with krill mysis and brine, what can I get locally from the big petstores so I can order those, but buy me some time?
    Frozen mysis specifically? What about cyclopeze i keep seeing it talked about but haven't seen it only freeze dried I'm going to print and read that link you gave me now

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