Green carpet question?

[cjgalante]

I currently have a 90gallon mixed reef with a green carpet. I have a 4 inch sandbed, that the carpet has burried its base into and stayed in the same spot for over a year. My question is I'm about to move everything into my new 120 gallon tank which will be bare bottom. Will this be a problem for the carpet or will it just attach to the live rock or glass bottom? If anyone has any advice either positive or negative please reply.

Thanks chris

 

[racrumrine]

I have a green carpet in a 80 bare bottom tank under VHO lighting.

He decided to attach himself sideways in between a couple of live rocks.

He seems happy, is always very sticky and eats what I feed him. Sometimes, he will retract more between the rocks, especially during feedings.

Best of luck,

Roy

 

[cjgalante]

bump

 

[55semireef]

It should be fine but.... then you have a foot that is very vulnerable. If a rock somehow moves while the foot is attached on it, the foot can rip. If you have strong crabs they can clatch on to the foot and can cause it stress and possible rip it. Its just much safer with sand.

 

[Vancouverman]

I know a girl that put a tuperware container full of sand on her bare bottom tank and made a sort of circle of rock around it and kept the anemone right there in the container.

Jay

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8213069#post8213069 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Vancouverman
I know a girl that put a tuperware container full of sand on her bare bottom tank and made a sort of circle of rock around it and kept the anemone right there in the container.

Jay

that works too

 

[OrionN]

S. haddoni live on sand. If you want a happy S. haddoni, you got to give it sand. I think some reefer with bare botton have his Haddoni in a tuberware full of sand. He able to arrange rock and cover the bucket from being seen.