"KurtG" wrote in message ...
??? Where do you get "the food is toxic" thing from?

Overeating is always bad. Doesn't matter which animal it is (even
humans). It results in all sorts of inflammation and chronic illnesses
that are best avoided. I just can't imagine that anemone in the wild
would gather food that efficiently.

It can get great amounts of food on the reef...
Water is FULL of planktonic animals, especially at night time.

Nothing like a newbie that is overreaching (me), but I have to admit a
recoiled in horror when I read that people feed their anemones every few
days. All mine are doing great on a much sparser diet. (Even the
bubble anemone is back in great shape. It just needed a few days of
light and better water quality). But, 2 months don't make me a expert.
:-)

These animals live hundreds of years in nature...
They die very, very slowly in our tanks if not properly taken care of.
Two months of observation is simply too short period to draw ANY conclusions.
Similar slow death issue applies to many marine animals: sea cucumbers,
urchins, sea stars and some corals. They simply deteriorate too slowly for
an aquarist to know what is the cause of death.