what kind of carpet anemone??

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williampaul

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i bought this carpet about two weeks ago and i was curious if anyone knows what type it is. he has been under these rocks for about 4 days. should i be concerned?
sorry kinda hard to see the pic
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Looks like a stressed Gigantea. What type of lighting do you have? It looks as if it is hiding from the light or looking for more flow. I wouldn't be too concerned yet. Just be sure he has good flow and maybe try to feed him a little. Other than that, he should be left alone. Good luck!
 
ive only got 110 watts of pc now but more is on the way. when i first put him in he floated around for about an hour and the took a spot underneth my powerhead. and then he moved over where he is now. so is he looking for a spot with less flow or more? im kinda new as you can tell
 
If it is a Gigantea, it prefers to be on a rock ( or right at the sand/rock interface ) compared to a haddoni ( which I am sure it is not ) which wants to be on the sand.

110 watts of PC is not enough for a Gigantea, no matter what size your tank is. What kind of lights do you have coming?

It doesn't look all that healthy to me, it is pretty bleached. ( though I've seen worse ). Is its mouth open or closed?
 
That would be a H. crispa (aka Sebae anemone).
You can help it attach in one of two ways:
You can wedge its foot into a crevice and hope it stays or you can dig a hole in the sand under a rock and put the foot there. Either way you want the tentacles in the light.
Contrary to popular opinion, anemones don't always move to a spot that is best for them. Leaving it in the cave would not be good.

If your tank is shallow (15"-18", 55-60 gal) you now have just barely enough light for a sebae anemone. If you have a deeper tank you might as well take the anemone back. Even if it is healthy now, it will slowly waste away due to insufficient light.
 
phender i just read that i could bury it up to its tenticals in the sand and see if it will plant that way. i moved it out of the cave because i didnt think that was to good to leave him there and now he is just floating close to the bottom in the right hand corner of my tank. do you think that 260 watts will be good till i can afford more?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10754670#post10754670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by williampaul
phender i just read that i could bury it up to its tenticals in the sand and see if it will plant that way. i moved it out of the cave because i didnt think that was to good to leave him there and now he is just floating close to the bottom in the right hand corner of my tank. do you think that 260 watts will be good till i can afford more?
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For difficult cases I usually resort to putting it in a crevice and reducing the water flow in the tank for a few hours to give it time to attach.

If you had a shallower tank, you could pull it off with 260 watts of PC, but with your tank I think it would be futile to try and keep this anemone. It might live for 3 months tops, if it is exteemly healthy right now. During that time it will gradually get smaller and stop eating and finally die. My best advice would be to take it back and wait until you have the equipment to support it. In the mean time you can get some zoas, mushrooms and some of the easier LPS corals. Sorry. :(
 
what if i combine my new light and my current light in a canopy would 370 be close what i need. or if he moves higher on the rocks?
 
If you were to combine the lighting you maybe able to pull it off. I had a similar problem when I added my RBTA but I reaqua-scaped so he was getting light from my Halide and within 20 minutes was opening up.

The difference is, that Halides put out WAY more light than PC's by far. If I was in your position, I would definitely combine the PC's in the hood, and plan on buying a set of Halides ASAP

But unfortunately what phender has said is true...she/he will die under the PC's.
 
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