PAR/proper lighting for carpet anemone

[Willster]

I know that the tank you got the anemone from is not suitable for it but your tank also looks brand new to me (from looking at the pictures in this thread)
If you can, get him to a more mature tank. Otherwise you just try to provide it the best you can and hope for the best.
When I wrote "lack of everything" I mean the live on LR. None of the algae and small animals we expect on the LR in a mature tank. It is possible that you got really bad LR (essentially dead rock) and have no seeded LR from some good tank or from the ocean. These live on the rock provide a lot of stability to the water condition to the tank. They process waste, both solid and liquid wast put out by the larger animals.
When the anemone have his mouth open, if you observer that the clowns dig into it, then it is best to remove the clowns. If they don't do this then it likely OK to leave them in there.
He is a beautiful Haddoni. Good luck with him

The tank is full of all dry base rock. I have maybe 2 pounds of actual live stuff in there. Not including the sand.

As for clowns I have not yet got the saddlebacks and even then, they will go into quarantine for a minimum of a month before even seeing the nem. The percula clown I have doesn't go near the nem at all. In fact the only fish that has got eaten. I am doing a test before and after a water change when the new RO filters get put in. I am just making it back home so it will be a while

 

[Toddrtrex]

IMO/E, the clowns (( A. polymnus )) will not deter fish from going near the anemone. In fact, they may cause other fish to get closer, chasing the clowns. Been keeping S. haddonis for 15+ years now, and each one has eaten at least 2 fish. However, I haven't lost a fish to the current one I have in nearly 2 years --- the same amount of time that it has been in a tank withOUT clowns. This anemone has eaten 3 fish in the past. In watching the behavior of the other fish (( mainly dwarf angels )), they will chase the clowns (( usually after the clowns chase them )), get too close to the anemone and be lunch.
I currently have 3 dwarf angels in with the S. haddoni mentioned above, they ignore it, when in the past I would watch them get way too close -- when the haddoni hosted a pair of clowns.
Given how aggressive a pair of A. polymnus can be, I would be nervous for any other fish you have in that tank -- a small tank for an S. haddoni.

As for the anemone, it looks like it is starting the death spiral that recently introduced ones can do -- I have yet to have one survive it. However, this is just going off on a couple of pictures. It is continues to display that behavior I would be very concerned. Would also read up on the use of anti-biotics.

Lastly, I have to agree with Minh that the tank "looks" way too new/young for an S. haddoni.

 

[Willster]

As mentioned with the ro problem my phosphates were elevated. I will grab a bag of chemipure elite and some phosphate remover tonight. The nem never shrank or inverted between when I left and came back. He was fully expanded and had a tight mouth. Could it be that he was just ****ed at the phosphate problems?

 

[kevin gu3]

I have to concur with lots of the above about Haddon's. Had one for 15 years. 3rd pair of saddlebacks.

They like light: I have a 29g anemone exile tank. Lighting is 150w 10K metal halide two inches above the water. The anemone stays center tank under the light.

Doesn't mind current, but nothing direct. The current shouldn't fold it over. You can use this to move their butts off the front glass by directing a power head at it, but don't forget the strainer.

Reason for exile; wanted fish in my reef tank other than saddle backs. Hard to keep a reef without tangs. Most fish didn't last a week. If the fish didn't come to it, the anemone went walkabout and hunted down it's sleeping spot. It knows.

Saddlebacks will not keep other fish away, that is too funny! Once about 15 minutes after I released a new anemone food - uh, I mean tang - into the reef my wife and daughter started yelling "don't go! Don't go". Then the screams. They swore the clown enticed the tang near the anemone and then shoved it in when it got within a few inches.

Haddon's are sticky. If something touches it, it's gone. They don't release if it is big - I have had to pull broken off tentacles from my hand. Btw don't let them grab your wrist, the skin is thin there.

Having said all the above, we love the tank and watching the clownfish eggs. But your haddon will limit what else you can do with the tank.

 

[Willster]

I will have to keep that in mind. The tank is cleared of all problems now as in no phosphates, no brown algae, and I am please to say as of now, I still have my shrimp goby and everyone else! I know it's like playing Russian roulette but those fish were all in before the nem. I am however looking for a better home for it. If may comes around and I still have it I will set up its own tank