Carpet Anemone Lovin, show off your Carpets!!!

[elfda]

Feed him tomorrow and he'll be less powerful. Poor fishy.

 

[Christopher Davis]

Feed him tomorrow and he'll be less powerful. Poor fishy.

Let's hope so!

 

[cdmckinzie]

View attachment 472169 This blue carpet has more blue pigment in it than the one I posted before. Different tank.

OMG that is so beautiful! What are the different types of carpet nems? I am brand new and just learning, but I have seen a lot of pics of carpets and love them. I want to get an anemone crab and some clowns, probably lightning maroon or snowflakes.

 

[Hyde2406]

Are there any mini carpet anemone that would work in a 40 gallon?

 

[DeniseAndy]

Maxi minis. Stichodactyla tapetum

 

[Hyde2406]

I have maxi minis but I was looking for something a bit bigger and characteristics closer to a proper carpet anemone

 

[DeniseAndy]

If you added the carpets, they would probably outgrow too fast in the 40g. At least if you wanted it long term.

 

[Christopher Davis]

Well that's interesting I now call my carpet the atom bomb Carpet! Any ideas as to why it's doing this?!

 

[ehacker]

Well that's interesting I now call my carpet the atom bomb Carpet! Any ideas as to why it's doing this?!

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My guess would be that it wants more light.

 

[Christopher Davis]

My guess would be that it wants more light.

More light? It's under a kessil at 45% right now if you go higher to fast it can bleach things I've heard right?

 

[Christopher Davis]

I will slowly ramp up to 55% very slowly and see how it responds

 

[ehacker]

I am by no means an expert. I took the stretching towards the surface as a want for light. If that is a Mertensii I believe they, like Gigantea, are light lovers. But I think there are more qualified ppl on here who may have insight as well.

 

[Hyde2406]

If you added the carpets, they would probably outgrow too fast in the 40g. At least if you wanted it long term.

Yeah I'd want to keep it long term bummer Thank you

 

[Christopher Davis]

If you added the carpets, they would probably outgrow too fast in the 40g. At least if you wanted it long term.

All depends on what your really trying to achieve 40 gallons is plenty if you only want a carpet. I have 2 right now in a 25 gallon cube and they are doing fine with plenty of room to grow!

Yeah I'd want to keep it long term bummer Thank you

Long term they would be fine as long as you provide basic life support needs/requiremts. All depends on what you are trying to achieve.

 

[Christopher Davis]

All depends on what your really trying to achieve 40 gallons is plenty if you only want a carpet. I have 2 right now in a 25 gallon cube and they are doing fine with plenty of room to grow!


Long term they would be fine as long as you provide basic life support needs/requiremts. All depends on what you are trying to achieve.

My cube is going to be a giant carpet and that's what I'm shooting for! On a side note when one/ both finally do out grow the tank I will either sell or relocate to my bigger tank!

 

[croix67]

update picture of my blue carpet anonme looking stunning every day

 

[Christopher Davis]

So I've got a question the green carpet I purchased is not doing well... all perameters are great... my mertensii is doing fantastic! But my green one has significantly shrunk in size and has its mouth completely gapping. It's constantly going back and forth between open and spewing its insides out and sucking them back in... what is going on I can't seem to make sense of this.

 

[elfda]

So I've got a question the green carpet I purchased is not doing well... all perameters are great... my mertensii is doing fantastic! But my green one has significantly shrunk in size and has its mouth completely gapping. It's constantly going back and forth between open and spewing its insides out and sucking them back in... what is going on I can't seem to make sense of this.

At minimum it sounds like it's very stressed out.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Did you run it through a cipro treatment? These can be very effective. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-i-cipro.211822/

 

[Christopher Davis]

Did you run it through a cipro treatment? These can be very effective. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-i-cipro.211822/

I didn't run it through that it looks like it might be to late to find some