Oldest Carpet - Whos has it?

[delusions]

Greetings,
I was curious on who has the oldest carpet anenome out there. Initial reading suggest that they are difficult to keep past a year, so i was curious. I've had my green carpet thats about was about 16" at its widest (but since i've upgrade lighting to 250w HQI's, is at about 16") for about 5 years now. I used to feed, but slowly stopped because i was afraid that it'd out grow my 55g back then (its now in a 125).
I once heard that the oldest carpet in captivity used to be a UC Davis and was 20+ years at the time. Anyhow, whos got the oldest carpet?

 

[phender]

It depends on what type of carpet you are talking about. S. gigantea are notoriously difficult to keep. S. haddoni (saddle carpets) are one of the easier anemones. I had one for 7 years before I gave it away. My present one, I've had for 3 years. The two S. mertensii that I have seem to be even easier. One I've had for 2.5 years the other for 1.5 years.

 

[Rod Buehler]

one of my giganteas is 11+ years (bought in th early/mid 90s) in my presence, and I have another that I have only had for a few months but I have all the confidence in the world that it will do just as well as my original. I also have a hadoni for over a year that I dont forsee any problems with.

 

[Martin's Reef]

I have had my green carpet about 10.5 years now.

 

[Rod Buehler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6770821#post6770821 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Martin's Reef
I have had my green carpet about 10.5 years now.

Nice! Which species?

 

[showjet98]

Rod, do you happen to have any recent pics of the giganteas, and the clowns that call them home? I would love to see some nice pics!

 

[Rod Buehler]

I have been avoiding posting pics for certain reasons. I will try to get some soon and Ill drop you an email if your interested..

 

[Martin's Reef]

I think its S. haddoni but not for sure.

Martin

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I've had Stichodactyla tapetum for over 12 years and a S. haddoni for roughly four or five.