What Color is Your Carpet? {pics please}

[Gary Majchrzak]

There are many species of Carpet Anemones {Stichodactyla} and they occur in an even greater number of colors. To casual browsers wishing to purchase a Carpet Anemone after viewing these beauties- beware: Carpet Anemones have certain husbandry requirements to thrive. Some species of Stichodactyla are very demanding and should only be attemted by experienced reefkeepers. Please post pics of your colorful Carpet Anemones to this thread. I'll kick it off with a pic of one of my colorful mini-carpet anemones.

Stichodactyla tapetum

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

My blue Haddon's, or Saddleback Carpet Anemone {S. haddoni}:

 

[tubs]

Yellow Stichodactyla gigantea

Yellow Stichodactyla gigantea

I have 3 of them including the tapetum.

Here's my 3 year old Yellow S.gigantea:

 

[tubs]

Pink/Red haddoni

Pink/Red haddoni

Here is the Pink / Red S.haddoni. I think it is more on the pink side.

 

[tubs]

S.tapetum

S.tapetum

Here's my little S.tapetum. It's one sticky little bugger but it doesn't seem to harm any corals as they move around. Very very hardy and prolific.

It doesn't have the green coloration as in Gary's.

 

[BonsaiNut]

Red haddoni...

 

[BonsaiNut]

Some other colored carpets from another old thread. These are from a Japanese reef store site.

 

[Xtrakritical]

thanks for starting this thread! (I needed a reason to post some of the hundreds of pics I've taken of this guy!

 

[tubs]

Some other colored carpets from another old thread. These are from a Japanese reef store site.

Bonsai,

That Japanese red is really red - very nice carpets.

John

 

[tubs]

thanks for starting this thread! (I needed a reason to post some of the hundreds of pics I've taken of this guy!

:D [/B][/QUOTE]

Very nice color. I've seen a gigantea that color before. Had a chance to pick it up but it didn't look too healthy.

Post more pics of it :D

John

 

[Vert20]

Here is my green carpet...

 

[arcab4]

how about this multi-color carpet? =)

<img src="http://reefcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=1433784" border="2'>

 

[tubs]

how about this multi-color carpet? =)

arcab,

can't get over that multi-color. Do you still have it? and any other colors you're keeping?

john

 

[arcab4]

hey tubs,

yup! still got that beauty. never seen one like that before in my life. i was wondering if the color would change but it's still like that. yesterday ate a big ole' piece of silverside.

 

[tubs]

Man you should make that your avatar

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

More pics of the rainbow please!:eek2:

 

[tubs]

More pics of the rainbow please!:eek2:

Yeah good idea yeah. More pics arcab :eek2: :eek1:

 

[arcab4]

hey guys,

here's a closeup of it. you can see the different colors it has. very cool.

<img src="http://reefcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=1435303" border="2">

 

[ri]

Great thread... Never knew anemones came in all those colors. I've read that most anemones move around in the tank frequently. It that true of carpet anemones also?

ri

 

[tubs]

Great thread... Never knew anemones came in all those colors. I've read that most anemones move around in the tank frequently. It that true of carpet anemones also?

ri

Usually, at least IME once they find a spot they won't move. FWIW both of mine anemones never moved especially the yellow which I've had for a while now. I've moved it around from tank to tank and has always stayed put where I placed it.

The key is probably providing adquate lighting and flow so that they don't try to go higher to get more light.

John