peacock carpet anemone?

[Allenfamily]

Thanks again Maxx, that is exactly what we were looking for. I found a picture of one with the exact color we have and also found a lot of good info on keeping this anemone. Most info says minimum tank of 40-50g and 175mh minimum light. It's in a 120g with 2 -250w mh and 2 96w pc. Other required parameters are right where we are at (ph 8.2, sg 1.024, dkh 9....) so I think should do well. It's opening more with the halides on so I'll post another pic tonight. Now the only problem is that I'm scared of it, I hope my fish are smart enough to stay away.

 

[returnofsid]

Carpets can pack a much more potent sting than an RBTA...might be cause for concern...lol. It'll only hurt for awhile...or longer!!!

 

[Maxx]

No need to be scared of it. I have a small Ritteri (H.magnifica) anemone I've kept for almost 3 years now. It will sting me if I'm not careful, but the sting isnt painful, just a mild tingle like a low, low voltage electrical shock. I notice that the tentacles dont leave any marks on my hands, but will leave an itchy rash if I'm stung on my wrist or anywhere else w/o callouses.

If you're genuinely worried, I would buy some long rubber gloves. This will also keep tentacles from sticking to your hand, and then pulling off from the anemone.

Nick

 

[apollothesun]

very cool.

 

[bill_fit]

The mouth of that carpet is perfect, no gaping , it just looks to healthy to be dyed.
Looks like you found a real treasure there.

 

[returnofsid]

I want a frag!!! J/K

 

[soyadrink]

I want a frag!!! J/K

Hahahaha. me too!!!

 

[Maxx]

Ive seen dyed anemone's that had a tight mouth before, so thats not always a good indicator. However, I've seen those anemone's with some amazing colors like that before. That's all real. Might darken up in time if it stressed with the shipping and bleached any.

Nick

 

[Allenfamily]

I hasn't darkened but it is still openening more. After doing some reading I'm not sure that we're going to keep it, if we can get it to move to a smaller rock that is. It went in on the sand and then moved over to about a 40lb base rock and decided to attatch. If it can be coaxed onto a smaller rock I think we may take it back. Our only reason for adding another anemone was to free up some higher ground for some other things. We keep an RBTA right now and we only keep that because we love our clowns that will not host with this new anemone. Everything I can find says that the only clown known to host this a Clarki, we have false percs. So this anemone is beautiful but is not going to serve the purpose we aquired it to serve. It seems healthy and seems to be adjusting well. I paid $99.99 + tax = $108. I can return it to the LFS I bought it from for that but if anybody wants it we would sell on here for that price. Yes I know this is not the for sale/trade forum but I'm just throwing this out to see what you think. Of course this is not going to happen unless I can get it to move voluntarily as we are not going to risk damaging it by peeling it off of the rock it's on and that rock is not coming out of the tank. Thanks for tolerating our nonsense, Jeff and Christie

 

[returnofsid]

I wouldn't give up on it yet. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if your clowns will host it. It might just take them time. Clarkii's are the only clown known to host it in nature though. However, it seems I've also read that clowns that are hosting a particular species of anemone sometimes are stung when they switch to a different species of anemone, though I'm not sure how accurate this is.

 

[Maxx]

I've seen hells fire anemones, (actinodendren sp) host a marron clown before....and they dont host clownfish in the wild. If you want to keep this anemone, and get rid of the RBTA, go for it. I currently have a small (4 inch diameter) H.crispa anemone which was hosting a small pair of picasso perc clownfish (1 inch and 0.75 inch). The female left the H.crispa and moved into a large M.doreensis anemone which is not their natural host in the wild.

Ya never know....

Nick

 

[returnofsid]

It's pretty typical for most species of clowns to host anemones, in our reef tanks, that aren't natural hosts in the wild. Even Condylactis Anemone, which are only found in the Atlantic ocean, where no Clownfish exist, are usually hosted by Percula and Occellaris Clownfish. Though I don't recommend this as the anemone can be likely to eat the clownfish too!!

 

[Allenfamily]

At this point I don't really think it's all up to us, it seems pretty comfortable right where it's at. We talked with Will, the guy we got it from and he was so sure that they would host that he offered a bet. So at this point it looks pretty happy, the RBTA looks pretty removable and we are getting ready to do a little restructuring anyway so we are going to get rid of the rose and see what the clowns think. If they don't like it we can decide what to do then. Either way the rose sprawls too much and likes to sway with the current and just covers too much high end real estate. It also casts a huge shadow. We are really hoping that the clowns like it because it is not like any anemone we have ever seen. We'll keep you posted and thank you all for all of the input, we really appreciate it.