Red Blastos eating..

[MIKE NY]

I didn't think they could eat something this big so I thought this was a cool pic ...my blasto eating a chunk of silverside which was meant for my hawkfish..

 

[thirty5]

I just fed mine about 20 mins ago.. Fed them mysis. Each head ate about 4 pcs. They closed up around the food and then opened like 10 mins later

 

[Mattl22]

Those r nice blastos how many polyps u start with ?
I have the purple green ones started with 2 polyps ninths ago proably have 8 now but not big like urs but I don't feed them

 

[thirty5]

Here are mine! I just actually picked them up. But I was told they they grow very fast!

 

[bigsink]

Nice blastos Mike, they look a little familiar.

 

[MIKE NY]

LOL..
Matt ..I got two heads from John(Bigsink) about a year and half ago.
thirty5...they normally just eat whatever is floating by mysis, brine etc...nothing that large before...

 

[thirty5]

Maybe I will pick up something bigger to try next time

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Some polyps can open their mouths pretty wide. One of the first ricordea I ever kept managed to snag a green chromis that had died and had the body in it's mouth about halfway up to the tail by the time I found it. They don't normally digest the entire thing when they capture larger items and will consume what they want then dislodge the rest. I would stick to the smaller foods since you don't want to have large pieces of partially digested silver sides in the tank.

 

[MIKE NY]

thanks for the info, but I have a good clean up crew along with a serpant that take care of all the left overs

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Mine got stung by a Moving Anemone

 

[thirty5]

Oh no. That is why I am afraid to get one. I would love to get one for my clowns. But my tank is too small

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