True Carpet Anemone

Contrary to the popular belief that this species lives on a reef s.

True carpet anemone.

Normally found on rocky reefs with soft muddy or sandy substrate it can attain a size of up to three feet in diameter. Some comments by michael. Haddon s carpet anemone have short blunt tentacles with a very potent sting and can be distinguished from their close relatives stichodactyla gigantea and stichodactyla mertensii by the lack of any coloration spots or markings on the underside of the. I feed mine 5 silversides a week.

Haddoni resides in the sand flats on the outskirts of reefs where it consumes any and all animal matter that comes in contact. Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate. I believe clownfish are the key to keeping this anemone because they seem to clean it daily. Haddon s carpet anemone have short blunt tentacles with a very potent sting and can be distinguished from their close relatives stichodactyla gigante.

Toxic green haddoni carpet anemones are also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea. Normally found on rocky reefs with soft muddy or sandy substrate it can attain a size of up to three feet in diameter. The true carpet anemone has a wavy appearance and lives singly in the shallow waters of the central pacific indo pacific and red sea.

Intense lighting is a must 250w hqi 20 000k ab metal halide is what i use now and weekly water changes. True carpet anemone tan stichodactyla gigantea the true carpet anemone has a wavy appearance and lives singly in the shallow waters of the central pacific indo pacific and red sea.