Good or bad idea?

[ponokareefer]

I have a chance to get a green haddoni from someone who is selling it because it is eating their fish. I have had a set up for a year looking for a healthy one, which this one looks good. The reason I'm hesitating is because they bought it from a pet store only 3 weeks ago. I had heard it is a bad idea to move carpets too often. Would it be okay to move in that short of time?

 

[ponokareefer]

Double post

 

[Ron Reefman]

Aren't you concerned about the fact that it's been eating fish?
I don't think moving it again (to a good home) is a bad thing. What's one more move after what it's been thru over the last 4-8 weeks.

 

[ponokareefer]

Aren't you concerned about the fact that it's been eating fish?
I don't think moving it again (to a good home) is a bad thing. What's one more move after what it's been thru over the last 4-8 weeks.

I only have a pair of clarki's in the tank it will be going into.

 

[D-Nak]

If the haddoni is eating in the current tank, then I think it should be fine to move it. Haddoni seem to be better shippers and acclimate quicker than other carpet anemones.

 

[ponokareefer]

Are there any specific fish that I should be concerned about the Haddoni eating? Are poisonous fish, like rabbitfish or lionfish deadly to the anemone if they eat them?

 

[ponokareefer]

Here's a picture of it.

 

[Gig 'em]

That's a beautiful carpet! I think it should be fine, I feel like they go through a lot more in the process going to and from distributors.

 

[kduen]

If you truly do not want the nem to eat any fish then keep it a species specific tank(Anemone and clowns). This is still not to say that while the clarki's are getting acustomed to the nem that there is no chance of the meeting their demise because there is, especially with a S. Haddoni.

It really is situation dpendent if they consume a fish or not (its not like the nem is actually hunting them down) I went close to six months after introducton of my S. Haddoni before it got it's first expensive meal a 5" copperband. Two weeks later not paying attention I switched off the room lights within about 2 seconds of the tank lights going out which startled a chromis and a anthias straight into the Haddoni. Most of the fish "seem" to know that danger is present but when fish get startled or are being chased and harrassed and are trying to evade one danger and they forget about the big sticky danger that doesn't forgive.

The nem in the picture looks really good actually. If you are aprehensive see if they will hold onto it for another week or so just to make sure.

 

[ReeferBill]

I would be all over that amazingly beautiful anemone!!!!!