Carpet Anemone Lovin, show off your Carpets!!!
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Yay!!
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Here are some cool pics I got today! I'm still tryna figure out if this is really a peach carpet... I can't find FAQs about it anywhere.
Lol-feed that anemone often and it will grow bigger than your tank! Feed it very sparingly and you can keep it in there for a good while. Mine started out small too. They can grow very fast.
You should start a thread of your own and keep it updated. Not many people have them.
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See that's what I told the people at the dang fish store I purchased it from and they insisted that it was a peach... pretty frustrating feeling like I
Just got ripped off then. Paid 75 for it...
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Those pics are incredible! [emoji7]
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Thank you! iPhone7!
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Wow when my carpet got that big it started eating my clowns among other fish that got to close. Love carpets but I'm afraid to own another one.
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I've read that keeping them well fed can help minimize the likelihood of their snacking on your fish?
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I was going to say the same thing so far mine eats a couple pieces of mysis a day!
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Every day I wasn't on shift, I lost a damsel from the tank with the huge carpet, because my coworkers didn't feed it. T-T
Ravenous beasties, for sure!
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Well I can now understand why these things eat fish!!! I've never had an anemone with this kind of an appetite! And is it just me or does it look like it's already getting bigger? I've increase lights to 30% intensity and more flow!
Snaking on multiple pieces of mysis while holding on to some for when it's done stuffing its mouth!
Snaking on multiple pieces of mysis while holding on to some for when it's done stuffing its mouth!
s. mertensii anemones are very hard to come by and are typically a lot more expensive than $75. i wouldnt say you got ripped off, you certainly got the better end of the deal! i find that mertens carpets also dont eat fish as readily as haddoni carpets do. just dont feed it and it will grow MUCH slower.
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My LFS had it listed at 100, I got them to drop to 75! Great news then! I want it to get about a foot across then I will slow its growth! Clowns don't seem to interested in it yet, but I'm sure that will change!
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How hard is it to keep blue carpets?! I am considering making a purchase!!! Would you go blue or red?
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Great! I have adjusted my lighting to be more white and I brought my intensity up ramping from
5%actinic blues
15%+ramping to full
20%+
25%+
30%full spectrum
15%actinic
Here's a picture of my blue carpet. Both a front view and a
side view.
Color doesn't make them more or less difficult. Blue, green, purple, brown, all the same care.
Color doesn't make them more or less difficult. Blue, green, purple, brown, all the same care.
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