I need some Carpet pros in here... PICS/Questions??
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reefvilla
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I did that when I first put it in... Dug down in the sand right under the rocks in the corner and set him down in the hole. It just won't "dig" in?! This is how it was when I bought it so either its got a problem or its just how it is....:twitch:
So would you dig, stick it in and then push sand around his foot?
reefvilla
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Yeah, I love that thing!!
elegance coral
They call me EC
Yes. I'd do what ever it takes to conceal the foot.
BTW. That toadstool is unbelievable!:eek1:
reefvilla
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Well, I'll get the shovel out tomorrow and dig till I hit glass!! :fun2:
I don't want my $150 Carpet Anemone to die in my tank...
Leathers I can do...Anemone's?? Obviously not so much..
elegance coral
They call me EC
That's okay. I can do carpets. I have a large haddoni and gigantea. I gave up on toadstools a long time ago.:lmao:
reefvilla
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Well, I came in to my office early this morning and the Anemone looked bad. The stomach was inverted and he was very small.
I instantly got in the tank and pulled him up to the top and as I did the stomach went back in?
So I dug out under the rocks down to the glass and set him down in it, piled the sand around as good as I could. He looks 10x's better than when I came in but I'm still thinkin this is bad.
He's still Very sticky?!?
I instantly got in the tank and pulled him up to the top and as I did the stomach went back in?
So I dug out under the rocks down to the glass and set him down in it, piled the sand around as good as I could. He looks 10x's better than when I came in but I'm still thinkin this is bad.
He's still Very sticky?!?
reefvilla
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I dug him in really good and then put a rock in front of him just to change it up a bit. He has been doing "better" I guess, no stomach stickin out and has seemed to attached as far as I can tell, hard to see but when hes not attached he usually floats out a little and I can see his foot.
Colors haven't changed, I've increased the lighting a bit and I have done two 15 gallon water changes and will do another one tonight.
He's hangin in there so maybe if I keep doing what I'm doing he'll pull out of it!?!
Colors haven't changed, I've increased the lighting a bit and I have done two 15 gallon water changes and will do another one tonight.
He's hangin in there so maybe if I keep doing what I'm doing he'll pull out of it!?!
Toddrtrex
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I really hope that I am wrong, but it seems like it is doing the death spiral that I have experienced in the past.
Can go from looking great one minute and looking awful the next.
These shots occurred over one evening, about a total of 3 hours.
And then finally the next night...
Can go from looking great one minute and looking awful the next.
These shots occurred over one evening, about a total of 3 hours.
And then finally the next night...
Toddrtrex
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A slightly open mouth isn't uncommon for a newly introduced Haddoni, but for the stomach to invert, that isn't normal at all. I received a new one about 2 weeks ago, and its stomach has never inverted. In fact, all the times I have had a NEW Haddoni invert its stomach, it didn't make it.
reefvilla
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Man, your not paintin a pretty picture! :sad2:
I'm gonna keep an eye on him and test the water all the time. He looked worse the other day but who knows.
reefvilla
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Alright...
Just called and talked to the store. They said this is "normal" for this type of Carpet. He said it wasn't a Gigantea or the Haddoni but a different name (forgot) that is a little finicky and will do this stuff off and on!?!?!?
He also said that if it does die he will take care of me so don't worry. I've spent about $1600 there in the last month and a half so I would think they'll stand behind it.
Just called and talked to the store. They said this is "normal" for this type of Carpet. He said it wasn't a Gigantea or the Haddoni but a different name (forgot) that is a little finicky and will do this stuff off and on!?!?!?
He also said that if it does die he will take care of me so don't worry. I've spent about $1600 there in the last month and a half so I would think they'll stand behind it.
Toddrtrex
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The other type of hosting "carpet" is an S. mertensii, and that isn't what you have. It is an S. Haddoni. And it isn't normal at all for it to be doing this.
But, at least they said that they would take care of you if it doesn't make it. For now, I would just keep an eye on it, do a water change and run some fresh carbon.
But, at least they said that they would take care of you if it doesn't make it. For now, I would just keep an eye on it, do a water change and run some fresh carbon.
reefvilla
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I Was running new carbon in my reactor but I stopped 2 days ago.... I was trying to rule out reasons for the way its acting. So guess I will crank it up tomorrow.
On some things, Most things, this reef store seems to know their stuff but then some times I'm just not sure where they're coming from....
elegance coral
They call me EC
:lol::rollface::lol: I'm sorry, but you just have to laugh at some of the stuff people at the LFS will say.
You have a haddoni. It's not some different kind with strange behavioral patterns. Like Todd said, there are only three hosting carpets. Haddoni, gigantea, and mertensii, unless you consider adhaesivum to be a carpet as well. The anemone in your pic's is very easy to ID. There is absolutely no doubt that you have a haddoni. "Most" people that work at a LFS will not know one carpet anemone from another. The guy is probably trying to do his best to keep you happy, but I wouldn't take advice from him. He obviously doesn't know anemones, or he's being untruthful with you on purpose.
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