What kind of carpet is this?

[iamborg]

Hi experts,

Can someone please help me to identify this carpet anemone.

I just bought this at LFS today. They only know it is carpet but no
idea what kind.

One of my percs got close and got "slime" pretty bad...

It looks like brownish-green. Feet is just white in color.

The foot was pretty sticky at LFS .

Does it look healthy to you?

Thanks.

 

[D-Nak]

no orange or brown spots (verrucae) on the column correct?

If not, my guess is Stichodactyla haddoni aka Haddon's carpet anemone. Sounds like your clown got stung. Just don't force your clowns into the nem and all should be fine.

 

[iamborg]

No spots on the feet. I was afraid it might be the Atlantic kind.

My percs seems terrified by the carpet.

Does it look healthy to you?

Thanks

 

[OrionN]

It is a Haddoni carpet. It looks healthy. Your A. percula will eventually use it as host. It will take a little time however.

 

[Daniel62]

Also remember this is not their natural host. My pair of true percs are hosted by multi Haddoni, but it took them about 7 months.

 

[iamborg]

Update :

This morning, the carpet walked.

I initially put it in a pot, after feeding it yesterday, I accidentally
got the tweeters too close and it got stuck.

I have to remove the carpet to another pot with sand.

This morning it moved to the side wall.
I am afraid it will move to the overflow and got sucked in.

I got the carpet on Sunday.
I feed it Monday night.

My light is T5. 31W each. 2 blue 2 white. (older bulb)
Light is turned on from 6pm to 11pm everyday only.

Please advise on how to keep the carpet from moving around.

Thanks

 

[OrionN]

You got too little light on it. They need 12 hrs of bright daylight. They need light for photosynthesis, not just for your viewing pleasure. With dimmer light like your, try to increase photo period to 14 hrs. This may help. If he does not get enough light, we will decline and will wander around looking for better condition and will die when he get chew up by your pump. Increase your light. Add more bulbs and change bulb to new ones so that you get the maximum light out put for your hood.
Why do you only keep the light on for 7 hrs a day? For fish this is OK but not for photosynthetic invertebrates like most corals or this anemones

 

[iamborg]

It was a clown fish only tank.
But during the day, the sun-ray did hit the tank for a few hrs in the morning.

Also, its feet does not dig into the sand.
Do I need to dig a hole for it, or it will do its own digging?

I have experience with RBTA in another tank.
My tank has been up for close to 3 years now.

Thanks

 

[OrionN]

It won't dig in until it find a place it like which is more light.

 

[Daniel62]

+1 more light

 

[iamborg]

Update :

This morning I found the carpet floating (this is the 2nd time in 5 days) with the
current in the tank.
It does not like sand. It still look healthy.
I am giving it 8hrs of light now each night.

It tried to eat my hermit crab (1/2 dollar size shell) in the morning. But shell is too
hard.

I just cannot get the carpet to stick to one location.

 

[OrionN]

Is there a reason why you only give it 8 hrs of light instead of at least 12 hrs?
It seem to me that it does not like where it is and is in search to another place. When condition is bad enough, anemone just let go and go sailing to a new place instead of crawing to a new place. i think this is what going on with your anemone.

You should either give it the light it need or return it to the LFS or give/sale it to another reefer. Unless you give it optimal condition, you will get nothing but problem until it died in your tank.

I said what I need to said and will not repeat my advices again in this thread. Good luck to the anemone (and you)

 

[Daniel62]

Like always check your pram! I think you need to do more research

 

[iamborg]

I will give it 12hrs of light and see what happens.

What time frame would you suggest? thanks

(low budget, so try to save $$ by using as little light as possible.
Hence, the 6-8 hr light cycle each day only)

 

[OrionN]

Don't forget to check wyour water paramenter. Salinity, nitrates, Temp....