Ritterii or carpet?
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keefsama2003
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Good luck finding mertens i have been searching for a while and had a few leads but they either dont come in very often or they go so quickly you never get a chance to see them.
only thing with haddoni is they are fish eaters.
only thing with haddoni is they are fish eaters.
55semireef
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Haddonis will readily accept pieces of silversides and shrimp. Carpets in general like fleshy foods. Some people feed theirs once a week, once every two weeks or 4 times a week. It all depends on how fast you want yours to grow. The more you feed your Haddoni the more rapid its growth rate will be.
All carpets in general are sand dwelling anemones. That means they will be on the sandbed. Hopefully that answers how far away from the light they have to be.
OrionN
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S. haddoni is a sand dwelling, while S. mertensii are rock dwelling. S. gigantea can be one either sand or rock. Often they stay on the sand /rock interface in aquarium.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8414879#post8414879 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 55semireef
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All carpets in general are sand dwelling anemones. That means they will be on the sandbed. Hopefully that answers how far away from the light they have to be.
55semireef
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Oh yeah thats right Mertens are rock dwelling. I just remembered Phender's thread about fragging his carpet.
Pictures in the wild indicate the Giganteas prefer the sand though.
But yes, Haddonis are sand dwelling.
plancton
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don't scare me guys, I just bought a h. magnifica. The lfs guy which is my friend and doesn't do things for profit, told me they are not hat difficult and that he has kept many with good results.
You just need to get a healthy one that was shipped right he said. The magnifica he sold me had been in his store for 1 week, arrived healthy and remained visibly healthy, he told me that it even ate flake food when he was feeding the fish.
I am keeping it with t5 at the topmost part of the tank, so far it looks really good and my ocellaris love it.
I have 8x39 t5 with no individual reflectors, but they are very close together.
I also own 2 bta in the same tank, and they love the conditions, and the light is bright enough, one moved to the middle-bottom cuz the light was to bright, and the other one remain on the top but partially hidden, as if to much light for it.
You just need to get a healthy one that was shipped right he said. The magnifica he sold me had been in his store for 1 week, arrived healthy and remained visibly healthy, he told me that it even ate flake food when he was feeding the fish.
I am keeping it with t5 at the topmost part of the tank, so far it looks really good and my ocellaris love it.
I have 8x39 t5 with no individual reflectors, but they are very close together.
I also own 2 bta in the same tank, and they love the conditions, and the light is bright enough, one moved to the middle-bottom cuz the light was to bright, and the other one remain on the top but partially hidden, as if to much light for it.
OrionN
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Your H. magnifica will walk all over the place looking for more light and more flow. Keep all your PH cover because they often get kill by PH. It may even block the overflow and cause a minor flood. I will likely kill a few coral walking around. My H. magnifica is about 4 inches below a 400 W. MH.
Good luck.
Good luck.
55semireef
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T5s that have individual reflectors put out 300% more light. :thumbsup:
They are still very difficult to keep even with high lighting and the right amount of flow. It doesn't take much for your H. Magnifica or Gigantea to go down hill.
Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
400w would do fine.
OrionN
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H. magnifica would do just fine with 400 W MH. The problem with them is getting a healthy one and they require very clean water and high random flow. Mine only inches below the water surface right under a 400 W MH. They are, without a doubt, the clownish hosting anemone that require the brightest light.
