NEED HELP CARPET anemone yes or no

[bsagecko]

i have a 90g 4ft tank with 440W of VHO lighting

i am not worried about the filteration it is awesome with a skimmer sump combo


what i am worried about is that my tank will not be big enough or that the carpet will eat my fish


i have one small 2" true percu and a 3-4" coral beauty

150lbs of live rock

and one 3-4" toadstool leather

will a carpet be ok or is the size requirement to much or are they a potenial threat to my fish or future fish that i might have?

what is the potential of them destorying future or present corals?

i am only interested in lps and softies mostly leathers, frogspawn, hammers, and the like and i will have a deresa clam in the future

what you guys think?

 

[Toddrtrex]

What type of carpet? gigantea, haddoni, or mertensii ? Each have different care requirements.

 

[rkelman]

Yes type would help. Assuming Haddoni (being the most common) I'd say the tank is ok. I don't know much about VHO lighting but I had my Haddoni under Pc's without an issue. The carpet may eat fish for sure. I've lost a few. Mostly bottom dwellers are at risk. Its been said moonlights help. Most fish that get eaten in a carpet are not well to begin with as they have a natural instinct to avoid them. If they decide to travel across your tank which will happen at some point they may sting / kill corals on the way. I haven't had any adverse effects on my corals from the Carpet. They are beautiful animals but not without their problems too.

 

[bsagecko]

i think it is haddoni but not a hundred percent sure

 

[LPDK91]

I keep my haddoni under vho and he has been fine for a year now. He has never ate any of my fish. Once he found a spot he liked he has stayed put. I have a bta on the other hand with him that moves all the time.

 

[rick12]

how often how much and what do you feed your Haddoni--? any pics

 

[LPDK91]

I feed both 1 silverside every other day.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I feed my blue Haddoni and my tan Haddoni around 3 times a month, if that.

Blue,

Tan,

 

[LPDK91]

Heres a bigger pic
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[rick12]

what is silverside?

 

[jim.l]

I've had a haddoni since '92. He's been in 3 tanks.... 65, 110, 150. He lived happily under vho (440 W) for about 4 years. Since then he's had mh and vho actinics. I've never had a fish that could resist going near and eventually they all get eaten. I had a Yellow tang for 5 years who grew up with it. One day, zap. Also every once in a while, 3 or 4 years, he will decide to relocate... leaving a path of distructuion on the way. I'd flush him if I hadn't had him for so long. They are quite hardy if the tank is stable, ready for inverts.

 

[LPDK91]

Saltwater minnows They come frozen from a lfs.

 

[rick12]

how big are your carpets? would they be ok in a tank with an urchin?

 

[Toddrtrex]

Both of mine are over 12" across, and think the blue one might be bigger then that. They can/will get a lot larger then that, depends on how much you feed it.

Can't speak for the urchin, since I don't keep them.

 

[bsagecko]

urchin and sea anemone is just asking for trouble

i have kept urchins and they will even pick at my softies when i had them

i think the anemone will win and sting the crap out of the urchin

 

[rick12]

what else can you keep or not keep with the carpet/pizza anemone? is a cleaning crew ok? will hermits be eaten?

 

[jubjub]

well just keep corals away from the anemone... seriously i thought my green star polyps were like indestructible but i found my RBTA managed to kill some of it. so just let hte anemone go where he wants and then move the corals so it doenst kill them

 

[Cope]

I would stay away from silver sides. You a much better off buying sea food at the supermarket, shrimp,squid,ect.
Dont forget to cut the food up, the food should (IMO) be cut in to quarter inch or so sections, smaller is easer for the anemone to digest.

I think the carpet has a chance of eating any thing in the tank. It will eat eat what ever it can catch or what ever falls in to it.

I would not do an urchin just because it has potential to knock stuff over, like rocks and corals. A coral or rock fall on to your anemone could be bad.
just my .02
Cope

 

[Cope]

Oh yeah picks!!
My Gigantea