coral49
New member
I am now one of the many who took the risk in hopes to have a thriving Petco carpet anemone. I have a couple quick questions but first here is my short story.
I've had several mixed reef tanks for over 20 years, ever 5+ years an upgrade to a bigger tank. I prefer the look of mixed tanks always with an anemone (Bulb).
Current set up is a 2+ year old, 300 gallon (8ft) w/LED's supplemented with 2 x 48" T5 10K lights. Tank has 6 Bulb Anemone all in the same area and a bunch of very overgrowth leathers. SPS scattered around.
I have always wanted a carpet anemone but never had space nor confidence. After lurking here for over a year, felt I could handle it. (Thanks OrionN and others). In true fashion I became a stalker. 1st a stalker here on RC, then at Petco. I got prepared, 10 gallon tank bottle of Cipro. Every Tuesday for 6+ months I wandering into the Petco near my house. The "œexpert" claimed a carpet was on the order list and would come when available. Well last Tuesday it actually happened. I saw them from a distance and thank goodness no one was in front of me. I became a bull and would have trampled anyone in my way.
I would have preferred a gig but they had 2 haddons. One looked really good - blue green, tight mouth very full about 8". Other brighter green with bleached stripes, closed mouth and slightly bigger. Plan was to only buy 1 but at that price I had to get both of them. It was silly not to.
I put them in the 10 gallon for observation under a T5 fixture, no treatment. Neither deflated nor expressed black gunk at all. On Saturday put them in DT, prior to lights on. Both are sticky.
The blue green has been perfect so far, the green stays flat the entire time the lights are on, no gunk or gapping mouth. When Lights are off Green is full again within mins, to my knowledge never deflates in the dark. When inflated is actually much bigger than blue green one. Stays full all night. It never deflated in QT tank with lights on.
I thought these guys can handle light, do they need an acclimation period.. or something else going on? Attached are pictures, they suck. I need to start stalking the photo forum.
I also have a couple other basic questions, which I never bumped into along the way.
1) Can urchins and Haddon co-exist? I have a long spine and tuxedo.
2) The blue green one waves around a lot, is that a sign of to much water flow or typical behavior. Neither has moved from original spot. They are somewhat protected by rock.
thanks
I've had several mixed reef tanks for over 20 years, ever 5+ years an upgrade to a bigger tank. I prefer the look of mixed tanks always with an anemone (Bulb).
Current set up is a 2+ year old, 300 gallon (8ft) w/LED's supplemented with 2 x 48" T5 10K lights. Tank has 6 Bulb Anemone all in the same area and a bunch of very overgrowth leathers. SPS scattered around.
I have always wanted a carpet anemone but never had space nor confidence. After lurking here for over a year, felt I could handle it. (Thanks OrionN and others). In true fashion I became a stalker. 1st a stalker here on RC, then at Petco. I got prepared, 10 gallon tank bottle of Cipro. Every Tuesday for 6+ months I wandering into the Petco near my house. The "œexpert" claimed a carpet was on the order list and would come when available. Well last Tuesday it actually happened. I saw them from a distance and thank goodness no one was in front of me. I became a bull and would have trampled anyone in my way.
I would have preferred a gig but they had 2 haddons. One looked really good - blue green, tight mouth very full about 8". Other brighter green with bleached stripes, closed mouth and slightly bigger. Plan was to only buy 1 but at that price I had to get both of them. It was silly not to.
I put them in the 10 gallon for observation under a T5 fixture, no treatment. Neither deflated nor expressed black gunk at all. On Saturday put them in DT, prior to lights on. Both are sticky.
The blue green has been perfect so far, the green stays flat the entire time the lights are on, no gunk or gapping mouth. When Lights are off Green is full again within mins, to my knowledge never deflates in the dark. When inflated is actually much bigger than blue green one. Stays full all night. It never deflated in QT tank with lights on.
I thought these guys can handle light, do they need an acclimation period.. or something else going on? Attached are pictures, they suck. I need to start stalking the photo forum.
I also have a couple other basic questions, which I never bumped into along the way.
1) Can urchins and Haddon co-exist? I have a long spine and tuxedo.
2) The blue green one waves around a lot, is that a sign of to much water flow or typical behavior. Neither has moved from original spot. They are somewhat protected by rock.
thanks
