Carpet nem in SPS tank. Will it work?

[Creetin]

I want a nem that will stay in the sand. My 4 year old RBTA went for a whirl in my tunze. A clone did that a few mos prior.
I have only large fish besides the clowns i care about.
(Sohal, Orange shoulder, Purple tangs)
How much of a chance will the nem will eat the fish, and will it beideal for high flow and high light?
TIA

 

[patriots81]

LTAs stay on the sand and they are less dangerous then carpets. LTAs will most probably not eat your fish. with carpets though, there is a higher chance

 

[OrionN]

Carpet have no problem eatting large fish. Reefers lost large tang to them all the time. H. malu and H. crispa also stay in the sand and are much safer for fish than Carpet or even LTA. LTA have been know to eat fish but not that often.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I am one of the few that haven't had issues with carpets (( Haddonis )) eating fish. I currently have 5 of them, and the oldest being with me for 10 years. In all that time I have only lost a yellow watchman goby and a Mandarin to them. But, it is a risk.

Part of the issue with keeping a Haddoni in an SPS tank is the flow -- IME Haddonis aren't a fan of a lot of flow, so need to feed the sweet spot with enough flow for the SPS, but not too much to bother the Haddoni. 2 of my tanks have large amounts of SPS in them.

 

[t4zalews]

my LTA ate 5 chromis...I think they were stupid fish though

 

[OrionN]

Both LTA and carpet will eat fish. Carpet more so than LTA (from personal experience) I only keep carpet in species tank only for a while now.

 

[rkelman]

I have a carpet in my reef. Its eaten a few fish.. It comes with the territory.. The fish were mostly in trouble anyways so I can't really be sure they wouldnt have died on their own.

 

[Creetin]

Thanks for the tips, I have a good spot for it to get medium flow and good light. It will have 2 aggressive clowns to go with it so maybe they will detour the fish from going in it at night.
I want a blue carpet, But i will look into crispa's too.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Blue Haddonis (( healthy ones )) are hard to come by. But, IMO they are real beauts, I will never get rid of mine.

 

[Creetin]

I have a vendor i can trust, They sell alot of them.
I will order it them. Thanks
A red one is my dream nem, But i cant spend that much on a nem right now.

 

[patriots81]

good luck!

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15564051#post15564051 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Creetin
I have a vendor i can trust, They sell alot of them.
I will order it them. Thanks
A red one is my dream nem, But i cant spend that much on a nem right now.

Good deal. Red is about the only one that I am missing, perhaps one day.

 

[Creetin]

Well he comes in tomorrow, excited to see how big he is.
Alledged 11+ inches. Nice blue S.gigantea.
Curious to see how my clowns react to him. They are ignoring the other nem i just got in. Maybe the carpet will eat a couple blue devils.

 

[skyrne_isk]

Six weeks ago, reefhotspot sent me a healthy gig that is still going. I ordered two, one was DOA, though.

 

[azcummins]

I hate to ruin the party, but I've kept BTA, LTA and a carpet in my tank w/ SPS and I haven't had an issue.

The carpet placed itself in the sand bed and didn't move. It ate 4 fish tho (including clowns) and once it ate my wife's favorite fish, it had to go.

My LTA and BTA all roamed for a week, then stayed put and have stayed put for 8 months through a lighting change and several flow changes. While they were moving, they moved past some SPS.

They did sting some of my SPS when they moved past them, but the key is the 'nem kept moving. It didn't park itself right next to an SPS frag/colony and continue to harass it. In my case, the SPS just pulled in its polyps and once the nem was past, the polyps came back a-ok.

Overall, if you tank is already established with lots of SPS, then a carpet would be safest IMO as it would probably park itself in the sandbed.

LTAs/BTAs would probably roam around the middle/top of the tank and could cause issues if they stopped near SPS. If they did, I'd move the SPS.

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15605873#post15605873 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by azcummins
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LTAs/BTAs would probably roam around the middle/top of the tank and could cause issues if they stopped near SPS. If they did, I'd move the SPS.

LTAs (( Macrodactyla doreensis )) are sand dwelling anemones and wouldn't be at the middle/top of the tank.

 

[azcummins]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15605929#post15605929 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
LTAs (( Macrodactyla doreensis )) are sand dwelling anemones and wouldn't be at the middle/top of the tank.

Hmmm...all of mine stayed in the upper 3rd of my tank near my 250W MH's.

 

[Creetin]

Thankyou AZ, I know all too much about the wondering knome i mean BTA's. Mine would park till it split then i would have to move the stuff away from where they would pop up. They are pita's, But the wifes fav are RBTA's. I keep tons of flow around my sps and my rbta's didnt go near them, But they did like hanging around my lps.

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15605939#post15605939 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by azcummins
Hmmm...all of mine stayed in the upper 3rd of my tank near my 250W MH's.

Then I would be surprised if they were actually LTAs. Over the years I have kept over 10 LTAs, and each one stayed on/in the sandbed. The only time I have every since an LTA not on/in the sandbed was when they were kept under poor lighting conditions.

 

[azcummins]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15605943#post15605943 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Creetin
Thankyou AZ, I know all too much about the wondering knome i mean BTA's. Mine would park till it split then i would have to move the stuff away from where they would pop up. They are pita's, But the wifes fav are RBTA's. I keep tons of flow around my sps and my rbta's didnt go near them, But they did like hanging around my lps.

I guess I'm lucky as my BTA's split and the clone moves about 2" from the mother and stays put till I sell it!