New Green Haddoni

[sledge760]

Picked up this 8" green Haddonni today from my LFS. They had him in their tank for six weeks with no issues. I only added him to my tank this afternoon. Looks like he is settled in already. Can someone tell me if he is definitely Haddonni?

 

[Swayze27]

Appears to be haddoni. Especially if it is green with a white pattern throughout. I have 2 that are similar patterned.

 

[Jeep_guy]

Very nice and yes it's a haddoni

 

[Swayze27]

Did you place him on the rock? They love the sand, I usually dig a spot out at the base of a rock to where the bottom glass is visible and lay them foot first in the hole with the power heads off. They suction to the bottom glass and as long s the flow is comfortable and lighting reaches them, they stay put. From my experience haddoni like medium to low indirect flow, much different than gigs.

 

[sledge760]

When I placed him in my tank he kind of just floated on to the rock, but he just moved down to the sand. I did have 4 good size hydor koralia powerheads running on my 150, I did turn them them off until he settled. I turned two of them back on for now. I can't believe how great he looks under my LED's compared to what he looked like at the LFS.

 

[Kevin Guthrie]

Sure looks like a Haddon's and looks healthy. They prefer a slight current. But they also are good at clearing your tank of fish.

 

[NYCBOB]

haddoni for sure. they love deep sandbed and low flow. they do eat fish. mine ate my beloved mandarin recently. it gets huge too.

 

[Cliving1]

Very cool. Post more pics when you can.

 

[sledge760]

This morning under mostly white LED. Really expanded.

 

[NYCBOB]

looks bleached from the last pics.

 

[sledge760]

That's what I thought too. What do I do for bleaching?

 

[Swayze27]

The best thing to do with nems is leave them alone unless they are in danger. Make sure he's in an area that is getting good lighting and as long as he's getting a little flow he should color up. Some say they feed, others say you should not feed a new nem until after its settled and stress free. I guess that's your call. If you do feed I suggest small chunks about the size of a dime. I see people throwing whole shrimp and hole silversides into nems that I would have problems digesting, lol. If your sand bed is compacted I might would suggest slightly digging out an area by him that he can slip his foot into. They can dig and it's crazy to see but the less energy he has to use to do that, the more energy he may have to begin coloring up. That's just my two cents. It seems most people set their rock structures up to be a visibly pleasant view from the front of the tank, which can result in the better flow being up front as well to suit all the corals, etc. that are in front. Well my haddoni lived in the back of a 93 cube for 2 plus years as happy as can because of this, lol. I got to see him periodically when he stretched out but despite hating where he ended up in the tank, I left him alone because he was thriving and he's now in my 180 and is still doing well.

 

[humphreyhh]

yep, haddon. I have the same one. Nice looking nem! Slightly bleached but it will be fine under good lighting.

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[sledge760]

Thanks for the advice Swayze27. I did plan on leaving him be. He has stayed on sand since last night. Right now he is deflated and looks green again.

 

[NYCBOB]

how could he look green one minute and bleached the next? the green u r seeing is probably due to ur lighting. watch out for the deflating. haddoni shouldnt deflate too often. a happy haddoni shouldnt move around either, so watch out for that.

 

[humphreyhh]

When anemone deflates the coloration condenses that's why it looked greener. Doesn't mean it's really healthier. Just leave it be and make sure your water is fine.

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