Carpet Anenome Owners!

[NexDog]

My pair of Clarkii's are happily hosted in an LTA. But in a marine tank where we are trying to cultivate a riot of colours, a brown LTA is boring me. I've seen a beautiful blue Haddoni from a vendor I trust:

If I remove the LTA and put this carpet anenome in its place do you think the Clarkiis will host in there quickly? I don't want to freak them out but it would be great to have this colour on that side of the tank. The anenome can have that whole side of the rockwork to itself so hopefully it won't move too much. Are Clarkiis known to host in these?

 

[traveller7]

Clarkii are not choosy regarding anemone selection. They should take up residence fairly quickly.

fwiw: Given the rates of success of hosting anemone species, I don't believe the odds are good with an "old for new swap". The odds are both anemones don't make it after such a transplant(s).

fwiw2: those "haddoni" on the rocks may not be haddoni at all and if they are, don't expect them to stay on rock, they will bury their foot in the sand or under the rockwork. "Carpets" living on rock work would be Mertens or Gigantic anemones.

Best of luck and your tank thread has been a great read

 

[NexDog]

I'd place the anenome half on sand and half on the rock. The old anenome will be going with its 5 clones to an LFS where it will be doomed because no-one here uses halides (in my town). But the damn LTA is splitting every month. Someone in my thread said it was a purple Gigantea....

 

[traveller7]

fwiw: your "LTA" is more likely E. quadricolor, aka Bubble Tipped Anemone, BTA. Quite durable and adaptive. LTA's(M. doreensis or H. crispa are not frequent captive cloners)

The anemone in the picture could be Gigantea, but it could also be Haddoni that has not situated itself. The pictures are inadequate for an accurate ID.

Hit this thread for carpet placement pictures, S. haddoni will be fully under sand 99% of the time. Plan on losing some fish to S. haddoni.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201498

S. gigantea dies 99% of the time, although most seem to be rock dwellers at the sand line. Plan on killing a few before getting a healthy specimen.

IMHO: you'll be better served long term with H. crispa or M. doreensis with a nice color, i.e. purple, green, etc.

 

[Flighty]

Those look like giganteas to me, but of course you can't really tell with such a little pic. Be sure to look at the husbandry requirements for them as they are one of the toughest anemones to keep. They do make a dramatic display, but can get ...well... gigantic

 

[NexDog]

Interesting thread that. Definitely seems risky. Think I'll sleep on it.

 

[traveller7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7951071#post7951071 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NexDog
Interesting thread that. Definitely seems risky. Think I'll sleep on it.

Patience wins, especially with anemones