Is my carpet dying? (pics)

[taylor t]

I have a carpet I got 4 days ago(purple gigantia)...doing the same thing. I got it from live aquaria. I've called them twice asking what to do. They keep telling me it's going to take a while for it to acclimate. To "give it time". It's moved about 12 inches from where I burried it in the sand to behind the rocks. It didn't want to stay in the sand. It's SUPER sticky though. I've got 200 gallons of system water with several tanks tied to it 3+ years old with all kinds of corals doing great. No one looks stressed. I tried to feed it, didn't really respond too well. Other nems in the system doing fine. I think color carpets are just hard to get to take to new homes....? My guy's looked horrible, suprisingly good, then horrible again, all within 24 hours. 4 days later I'm still biting my nails!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11322336#post11322336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by taylor t
I have a carpet I got 4 days ago(purple gigantia)...doing the same thing. I got it from live aquaria. I've called them twice asking what to do. They keep telling me it's going to take a while for it to acclimate. To "give it time". It's moved about 12 inches from where I burried it in the sand to behind the rocks. It didn't want to stay in the sand. It's SUPER sticky though. I've got 200 gallons of system water with several tanks tied to it 3+ years old with all kinds of corals doing great. No one looks stressed. I tried to feed it, didn't really respond too well. Other nems in the system doing fine. I think color carpets are just hard to get to take to new homes....? My guy's looked horrible, suprisingly good, then horrible again, all within 24 hours. 4 days later I'm still biting my nails!

taylor- this thread is about Haddon's anemone. Yours is a gigantea. The two species have different requirements. Read the anemone FAQ at the top of this forum.

 

[taylor t]

sorry

 

[thefireking]

I had a carpet do the same behavior a day or two before it slimed. Sorry.

 

[AD87]

I have noticed when my lights are off in my tank the carpet does great (its now hosting a my clown) gets 12 inches across, gets big and plump when I come home when the lights are on its shriveled up and the mouth is gapping. Is this still normal I have sps and softies in the tank and there doing great. Its in a 75 gallon, 30 gallon sump/fuge with cheato.
temp 76.5
sal (ref) 1.025
amm-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-3.5
cal-420
alk-4.0 mEg/l
mag-800
phos-0
ph-8.3

 

[E.J. Coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11322336#post11322336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by taylor t
I have a carpet I got 4 days ago(purple gigantia)...doing the same thing. I got it from live aquaria. I've called them twice asking what to do. They keep telling me it's going to take a while for it to acclimate. To "give it time". It's moved about 12 inches from where I burried it in the sand to behind the rocks. It didn't want to stay in the sand. It's SUPER sticky though. I've got 200 gallons of system water with several tanks tied to it 3+ years old with all kinds of corals doing great. No one looks stressed. I tried to feed it, didn't really respond too well. Other nems in the system doing fine. I think color carpets are just hard to get to take to new homes....? My guy's looked horrible, suprisingly good, then horrible again, all within 24 hours. 4 days later I'm still biting my nails!

Gigantea ain't sand-dwellers.Mine stays perches 6" below the lights perched atop the rockwork...