AHHHHHH! Stupid Carpet Anemone is eating all my fish!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yeah so lights are out and its not fully open (after just eating ) but here is one of them.



Any ideas?

[Delphinus]

I've never seen tapetum in person. It doesn't really look like S. helianthus to me though, they're sort of .. not sure how to put it .. "fatter". (Still smallish, but stouter tentacles). Might be worth posting in RC's anemone forum about the aggressiveness of tapetum?

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I've never seen tapetum in person. It doesn't really look like S. helianthus to me though, they're sort of .. not sure how to put it .. "fatter". (Still smallish, but stouter tentacles). Might be worth posting in RC's anemone forum about the aggressiveness of tapetum?

Do you think it may be a large species that is just splitting a lot? Would that mean its unhappy?

[Delphinus]

To be honest it does sort of look like it could be S. haddoni (another super-sticky/aggressive feeder anemone). But I didn't know they could be splitters. I thought they were not, but ... maybe they can be after all??

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

To be honest it does sort of look like it could be S. haddoni (another super-sticky/aggressive feeder anemone). But I didn't know they could be splitters. I thought they were not, but ... maybe they can be after all??

This guy sure does split.

Sigh...I guess its going to have to go. I am going to read about them. I feed it silversides and it still eats my fish

Too bad though, I really like it!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

It does seem to look an aweful like S. haddoni

I guess it would get pretty darn big if thats the case. Weird that it splits though. From what I was reading too, they shouldn't be too aggressive.

[Delphinus]

I had a haddoni for a few years in a 20g. Had to sell it when it got to the point it touched all 4 tank walls at once. (wall to wall carpet anyone?? sheesh).

Never kept fish in with it but man it ate everything it touched. The occasional frag, snails, etc. would spit out the empty shell a couple days later.

It got bought and sold a few times after I had it and everyone who had it apparently eventually lost fish to it. Tangs, a moorish idol, blennies, damsels, a linckia star ... kind of made me sad to hear about these stories but I guess that's how it goes with this species... I think they belong in tanks all by themselves, maybe just a pair of clowns and that's it.

Anemones are headaches man!!

[Keri]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Yeah so lights are out and its not fully open (after just eating ) but here is one of them.



Any ideas?

Well, it's pretty, but I haven't seen any S. tapetum's that don't have multiple colours before.

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Yeah so lights are out and its not fully open (after just eating ) but here is one of them.



Any ideas?

The tentacle shape looks like S. helianthus to me, sort of ricordea like. That squares with your "can't touch it" statement as well, those things sting like crazy. Like Tony said, here are some pretty good anemone iders on RC or you could try sending that pic to Fenner @ wet web media. I'm by no means an expert on these.

[untamed]

I think mine is haddoni. Based on the photo, I think yours is something else.