Who has the biggest...

[flasher1]

Who has the biggest carpet anemone and how big is it?

Reason I ask is I am planning a tank for the future dedicated to this one carpet and need to know the biggest carpet and how long it took to get that way. If you want to throw in feeding habits, too, that would be ok

 

[flasher1]

out of the 48 views, no one has a carpet anemone of anykind?

 

[reef2]

ive got a carpet but only for 3 months. i feed it 2-3 times a week. it has went from 6 inch across to about 10 inch across. ive read that the average size in a tank is about 18 inches.

 

[elegance coral]

My Haddoni is about 16" and my new Gigantea is only 4". I feed my anemones every week or two.

 

[Titus77]

I just picked up a new Gigantea. It is ~4 inches.

 

[flasher1]

elegance coral - how long did it take for your haddoni to get that big?

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12700359#post12700359 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flasher1
elegance coral - how long did it take for your haddoni to get that big?

I don't keep track very well, but I'm guessing I've had it for about 3 years. It was around 7 inches when I got it. It shot up to about 12" in the first few months. It has leveled off at about 16", but its size is closely related to how much I feed it. If I started feeding it twice every week it would probably be 18" or more in a couple of months. I don't really have a strict feeding schedule.

 

[nemowithnoeyes]

i got my bta about 4" and its know 7" august would mark the one year mark and its a green bta. its so beutifull

 

[Flighty]

The biggest I have seen in person is reefkeeper2's beautiful gigantea. look up the bostonreefers.org tank of the month to see it.

Edit for link
http://www.bostonreefers.org/totm/may08/index.php

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12701463#post12701463 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Flighty
The biggest I have seen in person is reefkeeper2's beautiful gigantea. look up the bostonreefers.org tank of the month to see it.

Edit for link
http://www.bostonreefers.org/totm/may08/index.php

I haven't seen this anemone in person, so I'm not disputing the ID. Especially coming from you, I'm sure the ID is correct, but doesn't it look alot like Mertensii? Both it's size and the way it is hugging the rock like that?

 

[adtravels]

36 cm, now its bigger by about an inch, 8 inches, 1 year ago under pc lighting.

 

[Flighty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12702935#post12702935 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by elegance coral
I haven't seen this anemone in person, so I'm not disputing the ID. Especially coming from you, I'm sure the ID is correct, but doesn't it look alot like Mertensii? Both it's size and the way it is hugging the rock like that?

Definately a gigantea. It looks different from regular tanked ones we are used to because it is so large and the scale of the pictures throws you off. It has grown quite a bit since some of those were taken.