• 5 mm sinking pellet - heavy enough to land where you aim it instead of drifting into the overflow.
• 37% crude protein, 6% crude fat - enough to grow an anemone rather than only hold its weight.
• 30% moisture - the pellet stays soft rather than hard-baked, so tentacles can fold it in without tearing.
• Whole-prey base - fish fillets, marine copepods, squid, krill, adult brine shrimp and mussels, close to the mix an anemone catches on a reef.
• Vitamin fortified - A, D3, C, E and the B group cover the gaps a single-species frozen diet leaves.
• Split it or feed it whole - the same 5 mm pellet suits a small rose bubble-tip and a large carpet anemone.
• Shelf stable until opened - no freezer space needed, unlike frozen target foods.

Full ingredient declaration

Reproduced exactly as Ocean Nutrition publishes it: Fish fillets, marine copepods, squid, wheat flour, wheat gluten, krill, adult brine shrimp, mineral salts, marine fish eggs, yeast, mussels, vitamins (vitamin A, D3, C, E, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12, H, K3), antioxidants.

The declaration contains fish, crustacean, mollusc and wheat gluten. No artificial colours, ethoxyquin, BHA or BHT are named in it; Ocean Nutrition lists the antioxidant only as "antioxidants" and does not identify which is used.

Guaranteed analysis

The 30% moisture figure is the reason these pellets feel soft in the jar, and the reason the jar belongs in the fridge once it is opened.

Feed every other day. Larger anemones take a whole pellet; for smaller ones, split the pellet into pieces first.

Place the pellet directly onto the tentacles or the oral disc using tweezers or a feeding stick. Dropping it into open water usually means it lands somewhere else. Switching off wavemakers and the return pump for a few minutes while the anemone closes over the food makes the difference between a fed anemone and a fed sump.

Remove anything not taken within a couple of hours. Uneaten pellet breaks down into nitrate and phosphate the same way any other food does.

Suitable for

• Bubble-tip anemones (Entacmaea quadricolor), including rose and standard colour forms
• Carpet anemones (Stichodactyla)
• Sebae and magnificent anemones (Heteractis)
• Large-polyp stony corals with a mouth large enough to close over a whole pellet or a broken piece

Not suitable for

• Small-polyp stony corals - the polyps cannot take a 5 mm pellet, whole or broken
• Non-photosynthetic filter feeders such as Dendronephthya and gorgonians, which feed on suspended particles rather than solid pieces
• Freshwater aquariums
• Use as a complete fish diet - this is a target food for a single animal, not a staple for the tank

• Ocean Nutrition Coral Pellets Small 100g - for the LPS and coral that are too small to take a 5 mm pellet.
• Frozen Prime Reef Formula 100g - a frozen reef blend for the fish sharing the tank.
• Frozen Mysis Flat 454g - larger frozen prey that most anemones will also accept.
• Frozen Marine Quintet 100g - a mixed frozen blister for varying the rest of the marine diet.
• Green Seaweed (Green Marine Algae) - grazing food for tangs in the same system.

Aquarium foods carry no manufacturer warranty period. Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law apply in full and sit in addition to anything a manufacturer offers, including the right to a remedy if a product arrives damaged or is not of acceptable quality.

This is a shelf-stable dry good. It travels as a standard ambient parcel and needs no cold-chain handling, which is the main practical difference between it and Ocean Nutrition's frozen target foods.

How often should Ocean Nutrition Anemone Pellets be fed?

Ocean Nutrition's published direction is to feed every other day. A healthy anemone in a well-lit tank draws most of its energy from its symbiotic algae, so feeding is supplementary; every second day is enough to drive growth without loading the system.

Do the pellets need soaking or thawing first?

No. Ocean Nutrition Anemone Pellets are a shelf-stable pellet rather than a frozen food, and at 30% moisture they soften on contact with water. Feed them dry, straight from the jar.

What size anemone does a 5 mm pellet suit?

Ocean Nutrition specifies whole pellets for larger anemones and split pellets for smaller ones, so the 5 mm size covers the full range rather than only large specimens. If an anemone under about 8 cm across is being fed, break the pellet before offering it.

My anemone took the pellet and then spat it out. Is something wrong?

An anemone rejecting food is usually a sign it is either already full, stressed by water quality or flow, or the piece offered was too large for it to handle. Try a smaller piece on the next feed, and check that the tentacles are gripping rather than limp before feeding again.

Does the jar need to go in the fridge?

Ocean Nutrition advises storing the jar at room temperature and moving it to the fridge at 4 to 6 °C after opening for prolonged preservation. The high moisture content is why refrigeration matters more here than it does for a standard dry flake.

Will feeding pellets raise nitrate and phosphate?

Any food added to a closed system contributes nitrate and phosphate, and a 5 mm pellet that is not eaten contributes all of it. Target-feeding onto the tentacles and removing rejected pieces within a couple of hours keeps the contribution to what the anemone actually consumes.