xinumaster
reef addict
Here is the very first resident of my new tank. Doest it clone itself like BTA? And will the color change?
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I love my new haddoni
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dannieboiz
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That's an interesting looking thing, isn't it just a type of carpet anemone?
Well if it clone itself I get first dibs!
Well if it clone itself I get first dibs!
xinumaster
reef addict
Hi Dannie, yes it is a carpet anemone -- Stychodactyla haddoni anemone. My next goal would be to find a red one.
xinumaster
reef addict
Not really. The canopy and lighting are not mounted on the tank yet. I'm just using a single 24W PC temporarily.
racrumrine
New member
They are not known to clone; but, you can cut them in half.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=921143&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=917346&highlight=carpet+anemone
Calfo says that it's a standard way to propagate them. I have 2; but, I don't have the desire to cut mine. The color may change depending on your lighting.
Was it in sand when you bought it? They say they don't have to be; but, the last one I picked up was and he buried his foot right away (I put a container of sand under him). The other one I have likes to be in the rocks.
Best of luck,
Roy
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=921143&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=917346&highlight=carpet+anemone
Calfo says that it's a standard way to propagate them. I have 2; but, I don't have the desire to cut mine. The color may change depending on your lighting.
Was it in sand when you bought it? They say they don't have to be; but, the last one I picked up was and he buried his foot right away (I put a container of sand under him). The other one I have likes to be in the rocks.
Best of luck,
Roy
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xinumaster
reef addict
Thanks for the post Roy. I don't think I'll be cutting my haddoni soon. I got too many expensive fish in my tank that I don't think I'll be able to catch if something goes wrong.
Sparss, I just could not past the chance of getting it when I saw this thing last Thursday. When I saw it last Thursday I look at it for almost 15mins and then left the LFS thinking that my tank is not ready for it but I came back the following day and pick it up.
Elite, Don't worry my tank will have the MH by saturday.
Sparss, I just could not past the chance of getting it when I saw this thing last Thursday. When I saw it last Thursday I look at it for almost 15mins and then left the LFS thinking that my tank is not ready for it but I came back the following day and pick it up.
Elite, Don't worry my tank will have the MH by saturday.
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Newreeflady
New member
Someone should just put in here that this is NOT A RECOMMENDED FIRST ADDITION to a reef tank. Of course, I don't know your situation, and really I don't have time to find out or i'd ask, but because newcomers read these forums someone needs to put this in for future newbies looking up carpets anems.
Happy reefing
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Happy reefing
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xinumaster
reef addict
where did you read that info?
I know it is just me, and my anti-nem mentality, but having "haddoni" and "expensive fish" in the same sentence, much less the same tank, just strikes me as a bit contradictory
. The majority of carpet nems that are up FS from fellow reefers are most commonly because the nems ate 1 or more of the previous owners favorite fish or because they coudn't keep it alive/healthy. IIRC the carpet nems are the hardest to keep and as such require a very mature (IE: stable) tank, with limitied to no swings in parms... that is pretty much the opposite of most newly setup tanks. How long has yours been cycled ?
xinumaster
reef addict
IME I have more success keeping carpet anemone than fish. I even had one of those mini carpet that just multipled like crazy even in the worses parm were fish and corals don't survive. I end up nuking the tank just to get rid of them. I don't see why worry when they hardy.
My 375g tank has been cycled for about 2 mos now. My tangs including my pair of japanese swallow tail angel started to get ick after I added more livestocks (15" giga clam, foxface rabbit, purple tang and a show size dussumeiri) but the the neon carpet anem is still as brilliant as it was. When I turned on my ozone reactor the ick is gone after 2 days.
My 375g tank has been cycled for about 2 mos now. My tangs including my pair of japanese swallow tail angel started to get ick after I added more livestocks (15" giga clam, foxface rabbit, purple tang and a show size dussumeiri) but the the neon carpet anem is still as brilliant as it was. When I turned on my ozone reactor the ick is gone after 2 days.
xinumaster
reef addict
I use to have the brown haddoni carpet too that I bought from LGA. Didn't like the color and it got nuke too.
racrumrine
New member
Please don't tell me you killed a carpet anemone because you didn't like it's color.
There is always someone willing to house a critter and take it off your hands.
Best of luck,
Roy
There is always someone willing to house a critter and take it off your hands.
Best of luck,
Roy
