Maxi Mini vs Haddoni

[UncleSalt]

I was wanting to get a carpet-esque nem into my tank. It'll be going into a 40 for now, and transitioning to a 120 down the line. I hear a ton of tales about the Haddoni eating fish, and that is certainly something I do not want. Is the Maxi Mini as aggressive?

 

[Cole.97]

I would not get a carpet anemone. I had one (that I gave back to the store) for a year that ate 3 out of my 4 fish and my cleaner shrimp. Also IMO they need a lot of sand, as mine would move around until it found a deep part in the sand.

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

I have 4 mini maxis and have never had a problem with them harming anyone. And they don't tend to wander which is great. You can get lots of them, all different colors, and they won't get huge like a Haddoni will.

 

[justinky]

S. Haddoni's are fish eaters, with better volume you may not run into any issues such as a 120g. But any type of slow grazer fish such as a leopard wrasse, mandarin, tamarin wrasse are more susceptible of accidently touching the carpet which will more then likely result in death.

Safer options are, S. Gigantea as they don't have as potent of a sting but are much harder to acclimate to captivity. H. Magnifica, not normal for them to eat fish and they look really nice, downside is they are like S. Gigantea and are hard to get acclimated in captivity. Once acclimated both are very hardy though.

Edit: Also I must mention that if you have a pair of clowns hosting said anemone, they will help keep fish away from the anemone usually, so that's something you can factor in as well.

 

[jedimasterben]

Maxi minis are fantastic. I've got nine of them, and while they'll grab whatever they can and eat it, healthy fish will be protected by their slime coat.

 

[m0nkie]

I have 4 maxi minis.. 1 of them traveled around the tank, but the other 3 stayed. very beautiful little anemones. my anenome shrimp chills there all day

 

[Kaman8]

I have lost 1 fish with my haddoni so far in 6 months. Haddoni is hosting my pair of clowns and they will push other fish and cleaner shrimp away, except they will let my flameback angel come very close. Have maxi mini too and it will stay put and not walking around, but it will not host any clownfish .

 

[enchelycore808]

My vote is for mini maxis. Indestructible compared to haddoni, plus they are easily propagated. I will admit that they don't have that same wow factor like a healthy haddoni. I just wish they got bigger and hosted something other then shrimp lol.