new carpet

[yankee22]

i been lookin for a long time for a carpet and finaly found one i like..... im new to the care of them however so if anyone could give me some advice that would be of great help

 

[t4zalews]

whats ur lighting...do you know if its a haddoni or gigantea?

 

[Volturi21]

It almost looks like a S. Mertensii.

 

[shutiny]

Most likely, it is a haddoni but not a mertensii.

 

[Magga Pie]

How can you tell the difference between the two?

 

[elegance coral]

I can't be positive, but if you blow up the pic, it looks like there are blue spots under the oral disk. We know it's not mertensii for sure.

 

[Volturi21]

I can't be positive, but if you blow up the pic, it looks like there are blue spots under the oral disk. We know it's not mertensii for sure.

If there are verrucae under the oral disk it is a S. Mertensii, not a S. Haddoni...right?

 

[2Addicted]

Whatever kind it is it is really really cool! im jealous.

 

[RLeclerc]

whered u get it?

 

[Toddrtrex]

If there are verrucae under the oral disk it is a S. Mertensii, not a S. Haddoni...right?

Haddoni will have them too, but they are very faint -- so faint that sometimes it is very easy to miss them. IMO, if they are very pronounced, then the odds are good it is NOT an S. Haddoni.

You can barely see them in the following shots,

Really hard to see them on this one,

 

[elegance coral]

If there are verrucae under the oral disk it is a S. Mertensii, not a S. Haddoni...right?

I've never seen or heard of a S. mertensii in that color. Mertensii is usually brown with redish spots. That anemone looks nothing like a mertensii to me. If it has blueish spots, I'd say it's gigantea. No obvious spots, and I'd say it's haddoni.

 

[TheHotOne]

You have yourself a great looking anemone. Which ever one it may be, know that you have a great looking anemone.

 

[yankee22]

thanx guys and i myself am not sure what kind it is and i bought it from a local fish store me and my friends know the owner and he brings in good stuff and looks for things we want for us... and i have a 75 watt haghlight man over a 20 gallon custom cube

 

[NaClCrocodile]

Time for an upgrade. That thing is gonna fill up a 20G in no time lol. You may need more light, but I'll let the experts take it from here.

 

[yankee22]

i think my lights good it might be a little more then 75 watts and that really the onlything in my tank i know its grows fast but iv wanted one for a long time

 

[Magga Pie]

He has a 75w hqi over his tank. The anemone is the only thing in there. Its a custom 20g cube. Just a little backround on his tank.