Red/Blue Carpets and long term success?
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OrionN
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I don't think that they are less hardy then other color. When we buy these hard to find these colors, we tend to have lower threshold to buy, thus we often buy sicker animals. I am guilty of this myself. They are not harder to keep IMO.
I finally got a Blue Carpet three weeks ago. It is a small one only about 5 inches or so. It is in my 24 g tank with my green carpet that I have had for 20 months. I feed the green one only sparingly to keep him small in my office tank. The tank olso have two Onyx Percula, two Crocea clams, various small SPS frags and Xenia. I chage 6 g water every week. Everything is doing well and stable for the last year.
My Blue Carpet is not dong well. It is deflating every afternoon and back to full inflation every morning when I come into my office. This is going on for three weeks now. Yesterday, it was fully inflated at 6PM for the first time. I hope that this is the first sign that it is doing well and turn the corner. I have not try to feed it yet other than fish food, which stick to the anemone but the two clowns just pick them off after a few seconds.
Anybody with Haddoni start out like this but pull through and do well? BTW, Salinity is 35 ppt and temperature is on the low side at 74 AM, 77 PM. Light 150 W DE 10000K MH on 12 hrs per day.
I have not test any paramenter for a long time but IME, this much water change and this level of load (two fish) all the water parameter should be well within tolerance of Haddoni (plus my older Haddoni, clams and coral all really doing well.)
I finally got a Blue Carpet three weeks ago. It is a small one only about 5 inches or so. It is in my 24 g tank with my green carpet that I have had for 20 months. I feed the green one only sparingly to keep him small in my office tank. The tank olso have two Onyx Percula, two Crocea clams, various small SPS frags and Xenia. I chage 6 g water every week. Everything is doing well and stable for the last year.
My Blue Carpet is not dong well. It is deflating every afternoon and back to full inflation every morning when I come into my office. This is going on for three weeks now. Yesterday, it was fully inflated at 6PM for the first time. I hope that this is the first sign that it is doing well and turn the corner. I have not try to feed it yet other than fish food, which stick to the anemone but the two clowns just pick them off after a few seconds.
Anybody with Haddoni start out like this but pull through and do well? BTW, Salinity is 35 ppt and temperature is on the low side at 74 AM, 77 PM. Light 150 W DE 10000K MH on 12 hrs per day.
I have not test any paramenter for a long time but IME, this much water change and this level of load (two fish) all the water parameter should be well within tolerance of Haddoni (plus my older Haddoni, clams and coral all really doing well.)
Toddrtrex
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I have had my blue Haddoni for around a year now (( would have to check at home for exactly how long I've had it ))
Going on what Minh said, the key is finding a healthy one. When I first got mine it was in great condition, and has been that way ever since. It even survived my bad attempt at moving it to another tank. It was stuck to the bottom glass, and while I was trying to be careful, I managed to poke a hole in it (( the gloves were too thick )). I thought for sure I had killed it by the way it looked, and if I would have been going out of town I might have pulled it out. Lucky for me ( and it ) I was home all that weekend and could keep an eye on it. Two weeks later, looked at good as new.
Here it is when I first got it.
And here is a shot from a couple of days ago.
Going on what Minh said, the key is finding a healthy one. When I first got mine it was in great condition, and has been that way ever since. It even survived my bad attempt at moving it to another tank. It was stuck to the bottom glass, and while I was trying to be careful, I managed to poke a hole in it (( the gloves were too thick )). I thought for sure I had killed it by the way it looked, and if I would have been going out of town I might have pulled it out. Lucky for me ( and it ) I was home all that weekend and could keep an eye on it. Two weeks later, looked at good as new.
Here it is when I first got it.
And here is a shot from a couple of days ago.
cartman5579
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My Red Haddoni has been in my tank for about 6 months, in my friends tank before that for about a year. Its doing great. About 18 inches across
osprey3883
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Hello,
Totally off subject, Todd how long did it take your skunks to acclimate to the haddoni?
Matt
Totally off subject, Todd how long did it take your skunks to acclimate to the haddoni?
Matt
osprey3883
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Todd,
Good to know, thanks!
Matt
Good to know, thanks!
Matt
MarinaP
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Calcium reactor will be great to have. Dripping kalk, diluting calcium powder, measuring levels, what a pain... I still remember doing it myself.
And just to get the thread somewhat on track
- Todd's tank is a living proof that SPS and anemones do mix in larger tanks, I have a mixed tank myself (mag, bizarre number of RBTAs, crispa, green carpet, SPS, etc). Not sure of the total water volume, (BB shallow tank has two large sumps), must be close to 500G all together).
And just to get the thread somewhat on track
- Todd's tank is a living proof that SPS and anemones do mix in larger tanks, I have a mixed tank myself (mag, bizarre number of RBTAs, crispa, green carpet, SPS, etc). Not sure of the total water volume, (BB shallow tank has two large sumps), must be close to 500G all together).
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Re: Red/Blue Carpets and long term success?
Only experienced anemone keepers with the proper set up should attempt S. gigantea
S. haddoni is a much better choice for those with less experience.
species is a more important factor for success than color.
Only experienced anemone keepers with the proper set up should attempt S. gigantea
S. haddoni is a much better choice for those with less experience.
Toddrtrex
Premium Member
adtravels I think I feed mine at most 3 times a month, but most of the time it is twice a month. Switch b/t krill and silversides. Fed all my anemones last night, the two existing Haddonis got about 5-6 pieces of krill, and the new one got two small ones.
Marina -- want to buy me one? The kalk drip I don't mind so much, since that is my poor man's auto top off. The dosing two part is slowly becoming a pain. And to your point, thanks. 
My other haddoni is in my 75 which is full of SPS too.
Marina -- want to buy me one?
The kalk drip I don't mind so much, since that is my poor man's auto top off. The dosing two part is slowly becoming a pain. And to your point, thanks. My other haddoni is in my 75 which is full of SPS too.
Toddrtrex
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Yea, I've been thinking about dosing pumps for my two part, along with a lot of other things for the tanks.
And for the main question, I really don't think color plays into the long term success. Just like "OrionN" said, the "cool" colors make us overlook some things about the anemone that would normally be a red flag on a "boring" colored one.
And for the main question, I really don't think color plays into the long term success. Just like "OrionN" said, the "cool" colors make us overlook some things about the anemone that would normally be a red flag on a "boring" colored one.
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