S. Haddoni in Reef?

[Raibaru]

Probably has more to do with fish just being inquisitive/curious while also being cautious.

Generally what is the difficulty of the haddoni, gigantea, and magnifica? The pdf linked above and in the sticky simply says "most difficult" but it also says difficult for BTAs and all the people I talk to say they are relatively easy and no more difficult then keeping some of the more basic coral (people have commented that SPS are 10x more difficult to manage then anemones).

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13348763#post13348763 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Raibaru
people have commented that SPS are 10x more difficult to manage then anemones

a very misleading generalization.

Entacmaea (BTA) is the widely accepted "easiest" anemone species to keep followed by haddoni then magnifica then gigantea (most difficult).
My fishes don't pay any attention to my gigantea.
They'll gaze all day long into a haddoni. There's something about Haddon's anemone that attracts fishes.

 

[NewSchool04]

Todd, I'm just going to come out with it and ask you when you are going to give me that blue anemone? When?

 

[NewSchool04]

Oh yeah, that yellow tang getting eaten . . . or regurgitated is tough to see. Interesting but tough.

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13348902#post13348902 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NewSchool04
Todd, I'm just going to come out with it and ask you when you are going to give me that blue anemone? When?

Oh, Pat, even in the state that I am in now ( been out all night ), you will never get my blue Haddoni -- the tan one, and the green one are open for discussion, but the blue one.....never.

The truth be told, the blue one was a gift from an ex, so (( warning sap moment )) it has a boat load of sentimental value to me, so I am going to hold on to it for as long as possible.

And now that I have embarrassed myself enough, I am going to listen to some music and call it a night.

And as for fish being eaten, will comment about that in the AM ( or when I wake up )

 

[orcafood]

That is the anemone I was looking at earlier. It looks like S. gigatea to me, what do you think?

 

[OrionN]

I think it is a S. gigantea. Look at the column. If there are color spots, it is a Gigantea.

 

[Ken_wied]

Dumb question - I read here that the carpet anem's are dangerous to corals - is it simply because they move and sting the corals or is it a chemical released that is toxic to corals? I keep my coral's on the complete opposite end of my tank than the nems. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated!
ken

 

[orcafood]

I read that gigantea are less likely to eat fish then Haddoni, have you guys found this to be true?

 

[orcafood]

I am getting a 10in purple based magnifica for free. Are they like carpets as in notorious fish eaters?

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13362328#post13362328 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by orcafood
I am getting a 10in purple based magnifica for free. Are they like carpets as in notorious fish eaters?

How are you able to get one of those for free? wow thats some luck.

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13362328#post13362328 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by orcafood
I am getting a 10in purple based magnifica for free. Are they like carpets as in notorious fish eaters?

No, they do not have the bad rap like haddoni's. There are much fewer people sucessful with these anemones though. Many of the people that are sucessful keep them is species tanks or tanks with very few fish other than clowns. The pool of knowledge we have on H. mag is simply to small for us to know the likelihood of them eating fish. They definitely have the ability, though. No one will be able to tell you if your mag will eat your fish or not.

 

[mrpet]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13329364#post13329364 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
I currently have 3 haddonis, my oldest being 9+ years old. In all that time I have only lost 2 fish to them -- a watchman goby and a mandarin dragonet. Have kept dwarf angels, larger angels, tangs, and the like with them with no real issues. Of course I very well could just be lucky. Should note that 2 of the 3 host clownfish.
hello what are the yellow and orange zoas in the third pic very nice and if poss where did ya get them..
And now I HAVE to post pictures of them.

Tan ( 9+ years old )

Blue ( 2+ years old )

Green ( 6+ months old )

 

[mrpet]

not sure what happened anyway what are the zoas in the third pic very nice.... and where did ya get them ....

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Those look like the zoas that he got from diversden. I was just about to order them and then they were gone. :lol: oh well

Anyways..who is giving you a free magnifica?

 

[Steve Cuddeback]

I have an 10 inch green haddoni and a very large 20 inch blue carpet in my 120 gallon mixed reef tank.The green one ate my 6 inch blonde naso about 2 weeks ago. Last night my blue carpet ate my 8 inch sailfin tang. I had these fish for over 7 years and they were the only fish in the tank except for a pair of Clarkies. I have only had the carpets for 6 months. I just added moonlights to hopefully keep any other fish from straying into the carpets at night which is when both fish were eaten. Is there anything else I can do to prevent this from happening?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

besides the obvious (ie: don't place Haddon's anemone in the same aquarium as fish you don't want eaten) watch your anemones. IME they might move to a better night time fishing spot (ie: a place where the moonlights don't illuminate). Introducing Haddon's anemone after fish is much trickier than having the anemone first and adding the fish later. If a fish forgets where a new anemone is in the aquarium it might easily blunder into it.

 

[orcafood]

Well, the magnifica was going to be free because it got caught in the persons power head and lived. It was on a comeback, and the person didn't want it to happen again, so they just gave it away.

Too bad, there were two people selling the anemone, so one told me yes while the other told someone else. The other person apparently asked first. O well.