Dunno which anemone to get, help me out

[t4zalews]

Most onyx will fade in black color when hosting a BTA or LTA. I've seen on some rare occasions of them keeping the black. but most cases will fade. Mine were originally in a BTA and when I switched them over to a sebae, they darkened almost immediately.

 

[ReefSafari]

I voted for a Haddoni Carpet....But I also have never had any expereinces with any other Anemone..so..:hmm2: I have really enjoyed our Haddoni Carpet, While they do lack long flowing tenticles, to me they are beautiful, and when they bloom out, it to me looks better than many of the long tenticled anemones...It is for sure the center peice of our tank.

 

[t4zalews]

yes..that is a gorgous haddoni...I've kept every kind of clownfish hosting anemone except for carpet and ritteri. I am definitly leaning towards getting a carpet. I just have to keep my eyes open to anything that pops up.

Do you have it up in the rocks?

 

[ReefSafari]

Do you have it up in the rocks?

No, Its at the base of the rocks, I have a "Lagoon" style tank, with rock around it, and a sand bed, it moved up to the edge of the rockwork, and planted its foot there, and the foot goes all the way under the rockwork. So far it seems to have really liked its location. Everyone always says Haddoni's like being in the sand. Its hard to see in the picture, but I have black sand, I didn't go with white, so it can be hard to tell where the rock stops and sand starts...

 

[t4zalews]

yea..it was the dark sand throwing me off. Thats one lucky clarki

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

I vote gig if you can take care of it. They are the must beautiful.

 

[t4zalews]

I would love to be able to find a green gig., only problem is my only sources are online places as the LFS around me dont offer what I usually look for. Anyone know of any reputable vendors besides LiveAquaria. I'd like to see the anemone before buying it, I know that gets tough.

 

[jojo42689]

i have a pair of black onyx's also and they hosted my bta and there black is still the same and theyve been hosting it for 3 months now and no diffrence my male actually has more black than my female so like i said it all depends on the fish

 

[t4zalews]

yea..it does work like I said...is just the MAJORITY of the fish do loose thier coloration in BTAs

 

[jojo42689]

may i see a picture of your clowns and i say get a carpet i heard onyx clownfish love carpets i would of got one but i got a good deal for my rose bubble i paid 40 for it

 

[Toddrtrex]

may i see a picture of your clowns and i say get a carpet i heard onyx clownfish love carpets i would of got one but i got a good deal for my rose bubble i paid 40 for it

Percs are naturally hosted by Gigs and Mertensii, but not Haddonis, though in our tanks they can be hosted by Haddonis. "Carpets" doesn't tell what species.

 

[jojo42689]

so basiclly only tank raised percs get in the haddonis...

 

[Toddrtrex]

so basiclly only tank raised percs get in the haddonis...

Mine are wild caught, and it took them about a second to go into my Haddoni -- it was still in my hand (( transferred it from another tank )) when they were in it.

Was just stated what their natural hosts are -- the term "carpet" is too broad, IMO.

 

[t4zalews]

how rare is it to find a colored gig?..one that isnt tan. I'd like to get a green one..but if they are too far and between, I'll settle for a haddoni. Diver's Den has been pretty weak with anemone selection lately. (unless you want a bubble tip)

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

I guess you didn't get that purple haddoni at bluezoo I pmed you about. I wonder who got it? That looked like it would be a beauty.

 

[t4zalews]

I did see that pm...thank you for the message. I didn't know what I wanted to do, and by the time I was considering buying it, it was already taken. Seems to go that way sometimes. I'm still keeping my eyes open for a nice carpet to come around. I'd like to find a smaller one 3-4" if possible.

 

[t4zalews]

I hate seeing my clownfish without an anemone...I went ahead and ordered a small flourescent green haddoni from vivid aquariums. I'm still going to keep my eyes open to see if a small Gig comes on the market. I'd like to get a pair of anemone crabs for one of them (the anemones).

 

[t4zalews]

just my luck..I had the green gig from Divers Den in my shopping cart, adn when I go to check out...I forgot my username and password. By the time I figured it out it was too late. Man is that frustrating

 

[t4zalews]

I pulled the trigger on a blue carpet anemone from pacific east. It looks like a gig from the picture from a far. Kind of rolling the dice. Looks healthy and will color up from some TLC. Hopefully its not an expensive mistake

 

[1fishkeeper]

Didnt they say that it was a haddoni on the post on here when they posted about them? Because i was also looking at both the purple and blue one until I seen that.