Purple Anemone Carpet- PIC and Q's
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Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
beautiful purple haddoni carpet theroon. you have a wide selection of clownfish to choose from, as all should be inclined to use it. some species will recognize it easier, like a. polymnus, but all should eventually find it. and yes, your porcelain crab should be fine in it.
keep in mind, your haddonis are notorious fish eaters...keep this in mind if some fish start to go missing.
nice find!
keep in mind, your haddonis are notorious fish eaters...keep this in mind if some fish start to go missing.
nice find!
delphinus
New member
I agree on the ID (S. haddoni) and just wanted to say "HOLEY WOW NICE ANEMONE."
If I could find a purple carpet like that I'd practically give away my other tanks and anemones to offer up in trade.
Well almost anyhow.
Best of luck with it.
As mentioned, there is some risk of fish-eating with this species. Also be wary that in time they will grow to be large anemones. I had to give up my gorgeously green haddoni (I've not seen many greens that could compare to it) after about 3 years simply because it was outgrowing any tank I could keep at around 24" diameter. I see in your sig that you have a 180g so if the carpet is in there you should be set but you may find you need to rearrange things a bit as you go along. The nice thing is that although they grow large, they don't grow as fast as some other species might, so you can just adjust as you go.
Anyhow nice anemone. I'm jealous.
If I could find a purple carpet like that I'd practically give away my other tanks and anemones to offer up in trade.
Well almost anyhow.Best of luck with it.
As mentioned, there is some risk of fish-eating with this species. Also be wary that in time they will grow to be large anemones. I had to give up my gorgeously green haddoni (I've not seen many greens that could compare to it) after about 3 years simply because it was outgrowing any tank I could keep at around 24" diameter. I see in your sig that you have a 180g so if the carpet is in there you should be set but you may find you need to rearrange things a bit as you go along. The nice thing is that although they grow large, they don't grow as fast as some other species might, so you can just adjust as you go.
Anyhow nice anemone. I'm jealous.
OrionN
Moved on
Great carpet. I have nothing else to add to what was said above. Only, you should post the picture in this thread to show everybody and to keep up this great thread.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201498&highlight=what+color+is+your+carpet
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201498&highlight=what+color+is+your+carpet
AquaReeferMan
Got Reef?
I tried tank-raised clowns for my haddoni and he ate them all. I then found a pair of wild saddle back clowns(a polymnus). After like 10 minutes of being in the tank they went right in. I guess the carpet was too sticky for the tank-raised clowns. Any way nice haddoni. Dont be angry when you lose a fish, because its going to happen. I dont even have time to list everything mine has claimed for a meal.
phender
Active member
As far as clowns go, anything from the clarki complex of clowns will likely jump right in. A. polymnus and A. sebae are almost exclusive to this anemone in nature so they are always a good choice, but not always available.
IME, ocellaris and percula clowns are kind of hit and miss with this type of anemone.
IME, ocellaris and percula clowns are kind of hit and miss with this type of anemone.
AquaReeferMan
Got Reef?
Yeah the tank-raised clowns I tried were Ocellaris and Percula. It look them a while to even pay it any interest. Only to become food once they did.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
i had a haddoni anemone with two ORA clarkiis in it for several months. when i moved the anemone to give to a friend, one clown went into the anemones mouth to hide (it did this occasionally when spooked, or at night) and yet...never returned.
