My new blue S. Haddoni!!!!

All I can say is wow, they look great both of them!
These would cost us more than 2200 in Australia!!
 
He's expanded a lot more now.. and the mouth is almost completely closed.. He still hasn't moved out of the hole I diged for him. Let's see how tomorrow turns out :)
 
How long after putting him in the tank was that picture taken?

That was about 2 hours in the tank.. He's mouth is getting more closed.. this is 8 hrs in the tank:

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Strange.. as soon as the daylights went down and the moonlights came on, the haddoni's mouth started opening very big and part of its inside was coming out.. It's very similar to this poster's concern: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2025508

I'm not too concerned with it right now though but it is strange when the daylights are on the mouth was much more closed. I'll observe over the next few days. He may have just pooped.. my rbta does that a lot at night.
 
The ORA clowns are showing a lot of interest in the Haddoni. They are hovering around it within 2-3 inches but are still a little "scared" to go in...
 
Looks healthy. Keep and eye on it and don't blast it with too much flow while your acclimating it. It may expel some zoox for the first few days due to the shipping and or lighting stress. The clowns sound like they will be it's new friend in no time. Btw, how big is it?
 
That is the one I got since I missed yours... ;) There was a whole thread on Facebook on how my friend and I stalked DD in order to get it... lol

Mine arrives Saturday...

I hate you for getting this one. I was trying to find it and I couldn't. I thought maybe they forgot to post it or something happened to it. I have been looking a really blue carpet for a little while now. Good luck with him.
 
We have a successful bonding of haddoni and tank raised clowns! They love him.

My only concern is that the haddoni might not make it... I hope it does... His mouth is open a lot more now than yesterday.. He also shrank a lil and testicles aren't as open as yesterday too.. I hope this is just shipping stress and he will slowly get stronger.

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well im not sure about his testicles..

but my haddoni when i got him.. his tentacles were very open..and flowing when i first introduced him, and then as he tried to dig his foot into the sand his tentacles would tighten up... 1 month and 2 days now... his tentacles are flowing again :P
also.. if the clowns are hosted to it already, maybe seperate the 2? .. the clowns could help it but also stress it out a little bit more.. im not a pro so id wait to see what the experts say.
 
well im not sure about his testicles..

but my haddoni when i got him.. his tentacles were very open..and flowing when i first introduced him, and then as he tried to dig his foot into the sand his tentacles would tighten up... 1 month and 2 days now... his tentacles are flowing again :P
also.. if the clowns are hosted to it already, maybe seperate the 2? .. the clowns could help it but also stress it out a little bit more.. im not a pro so id wait to see what the experts say.

did you light acclimate him? I have AI LEDs.. I placed him in the sand and the par measurements in that area is around 100-120 tops. I assume this type of light won't be too stressful for him since its not that high? I just put a mesh on top of the tank to block out some light for the time being.

It's only been 30 mins since the mesh and his mouth is completely closed!! Love it! Hope it stays that way...

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i would keep an eye on the clowns too they can easily stress it. That is a very nice nem the clowns are sweet too. Its cool when u drop a chunk of shrimp in and the clowns feed the nem, no more feeding tool needed lol
 
Oh and keep us posted on how it likes the leds mine has been under vho for 6 years and doing good but i want to go led i tried the par 38 evil for my sps and they are very happy but i'm afraid to try them with the nem don't wanna mess it up thats my baby
 
I would keep a very close eye on those clowns. It looks a bit stressed, and it doesn't look like it has "planted" its foot yet.

What lights do you have? Are you acclimating it to your lights at all?

This picture is about 3 years old, but what helps explain by what I meant with "planted"

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And the underside,

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