Blue haddon
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Toddrtrex
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First, I wouldn't use silversides -- myself and others have had issues with them. I feed all of my S. Haddonis (( currently have 4 )) frozen/thawed krill.
I wouldn't worry for about a week. Does it pull in anything? --- meaning food that falls on it when you are feeding your fish.
And to be safe...
What size tank?
What lights? (( are you acclimating it to your lights? ))
What are your parameters -- with numbers
How long has your tank been set up?
I wouldn't worry for about a week. Does it pull in anything? --- meaning food that falls on it when you are feeding your fish.
And to be safe...
What size tank?
What lights? (( are you acclimating it to your lights? ))
What are your parameters -- with numbers
How long has your tank been set up?
Winwood
New member
Try actually laying the silverside on or a little bit inside the mouth. I know it sounds weird but that's how I got my haddoni carpet eating and it was in pretty rough shape to begin with. With mine I had to actually stuff the thawed krill about halfway down it's mouth and then the nem would do the rest.
300 gallon, up 2 years, 4-250 watt 14k lights,
1.026
78.5 - 80 degrees
420 calcium
8 kh
20 trates(dang trates)
0 phates
0 trites
8.1 to 8.3 ph
1350 mag
carbon and phosban ran
300 bubbleking
sitting on botton in corner right now with slight movement of his lobes and no intrest in food that falls on him, but the porcilan crab is hosting him and eats the little stuff that falls on him.
1.026
78.5 - 80 degrees
420 calcium
8 kh
20 trates(dang trates)
0 phates
0 trites
8.1 to 8.3 ph
1350 mag
carbon and phosban ran
300 bubbleking
sitting on botton in corner right now with slight movement of his lobes and no intrest in food that falls on him, but the porcilan crab is hosting him and eats the little stuff that falls on him.
Toddrtrex
Premium Member
Normally, its foot would be buried in the sand, usually right at the rock/sand interface.
Do you know what lights it was under? I have always acclimated mine to the lights -- using 3 layers of window screening, supported by egg crate, with removing a layer every 5-7 days.
Any chance of getting a picture?
Do you know what lights it was under? I have always acclimated mine to the lights -- using 3 layers of window screening, supported by egg crate, with removing a layer every 5-7 days.
Any chance of getting a picture?
this is me
Active member
That's a gigantea carpet anemone. A lot more difficult to keep than a haddoni.
A haddoni like to bury its foot under the sand and attach to the glass.
A haddoni like to bury its foot under the sand and attach to the glass.
this is me
Active member
I'm pretty sure it's a gig. Check the underside of the anemone, you'll find purple dots everywhere.
elegance coral
They call me EC
Yes. It's a gigantea.
That's hard to say about the survival. If it starts eating, I'd feel much better about its chances. If it were my anemone, I'd blast it with light and flow. Try feeding something like mysis shrimp. Hopefully it will start eating soon. It will be a beautiful animals if it recovers.:thumbsup:
A lot more difficult to keep than a haddoni.
You really think they are more difficult to maintain, or just harder to get one initially established due to poor shipping, etc?
Many people that I've seen reports from that have gotten them established (a couple of months, say) under good conditions of lighting and flow seem to think them quite hardy, even surviving such events as total tank failures where they are exposed to air for substantial periods, etc.
You really think they are more difficult to maintain, or just harder to get one initially established due to poor shipping, etc?
Many people that I've seen reports from that have gotten them established (a couple of months, say) under good conditions of lighting and flow seem to think them quite hardy, even surviving such events as total tank failures where they are exposed to air for substantial periods, etc.
elegance coral
They call me EC
Judging from the picture, I don't think you have to worry to much about yours. Just provide it with good strong lights and flow. Random if possible. Feed it every once in a while and you shouldn't have problems. They do become much stronger once established, but they're still host anemones. If conditions aren't right they can go down hill in a hurry. The one I have now was bleached when I got it, eight months ago. I still don't consider it to be "out of the woods" yet. Yours looked very strong and healthy in the pic.
