Tongs for feeding anemone and LPS

[trilinearmipmap]

Just wondering what type of instrument people use to feed their anemones.

My tank is 24" deep so ideally I'd like some kind of long grasping tongs with a fairly fine tip, to place food onto the anemone and also for feeding LPS corals.

I thought maybe extra-long chopsticks but can't find anything like that at the local Asian store.

[AJ_77]

My tongs are indispensable, and great for dropping pieces of food into the anemone's tentacles. They are similar to this:

http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/sh...gno=cl-ctong28

But with more of a needle-nose.

[mecka]

i use a turkey baster,works great

[doublette]

These work well for applications such as want you want: http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/p...d1=3347;pcid2=

[Richer]

I used my old eheim plant tongs to position newly bought snails in my tank... I'd suspect they work just fine for feedings.

-Richer

[robert]

Originally Posted by AJ_77

My tongs are indispensable, and great for dropping pieces of food into the anemone's tentacles. They are similar to this:

http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/sh...gno=cl-ctong28

But with more of a needle-nose.

J&L carries similar tongs, made by Hagen. Great for feeding purposes. At $13 you can’t go wrong. However, I don’t see it for some reason on their web site, but they have it in the store. Just give them call I guess.

[jojoseb]

My Eheim tongs have been indispensible! They are great for moving things about and rescuing/placing tipped snails. To date, I have never used them for feeding.

I use a wide tip syringe (with no needle attached). I find my turkey baster leaks the food out once it is in the water.

I suppose "the claw" would work for feeding larger bits. They have excellent feel and don't clamp too hard.

[StirCrazy]

I just use a 12" long set of tweezers, I actually have 2, one stainless steel and-one plastic. get them at kitchen specialty shops for about 10 bucks.

Steve

[AJ_77]

Looks like I have the Eheim ones - wouldn't be without them. They're longer than the ones linked to at Big Al's though.

I agree about the syringe doing a better job than the turkey baster, too - finer control, no leakage.