Carpet Anemone?

[Delphinus]

$12? Wow that's awesome.

I thought I had it good when I found my brown one for $20 - but Nate (I got it from Big Als when they were still around) said they just landed that cheaply. I was happy

Anyhow best of luck and yes please do continue sharing pictures!

[bassman]

So far so good.

It's been 12 days since acclimation and the anemone seems to be doing fine.

It has not moved from the spot I originally placed it in and opens up nicely everyday. It seemed to be larger every day at first but the growth has slowed a fair bit now.

I fed it a very small chunk of a silverside the day after acclimation. It took to the food right away and did not spit it back out later. I have fed it one more time since, 2 days ago. Same thing again, just a small chunk of a silverside. And just as last time it took the food right away and retained it.

It's hard to see the mouth clearly on a regular basis but it does appear to be just slightly open most of time with what looks like a little bubble coming out of the one side of the mouth. The bubble has a purple stripe running down the middle of it. Is this normal for this type of anemone? It almost looks like bait, the purple is very bright.

[Delphinus]

12 days is a pretty good run. You're almost out of the danger zone from a timetable perspective. (I hope I'm not jinxing this by saying it!!!!!)

The mouth sounds normal. All the ones I've ever seen have had that little purple thing. It's kinda cool isn't it? I can't remember but I don't think haddoni's have it at all (or at least, not all do), so that also is a sort of a "distinguishing feature."

I feed mine mysis (although really they eat anything I offer - flake food, cyclops-eeze of all things - you'd think it would be too small - but no they seem to have a vigourous feeding response to it).

I anxiously await a new picture

[bassman]

Thanks,

Yes that purple thing is cool. I like watching the extensions wave around in the current, it's very relaxing, almost hypnotic.

I will get some pics later today once it opens up more.

How often would you recommend feeding it for now? I feed my other anemone once a week.

[Delphinus]

I have clowns in mine, that hardly venture more than a couple inches from the anemones, so a lot of the food I try to offer the fish ends up getting eaten by the anemones. So I don't really "target feed" my carpets except for occasionally, but they are getting a little bit of food basically every day. If I didn't have the fish in there I would probably target feed at least once or twice a week, I reckon..

[bassman]

Thanks, pics coming soon....

[bassman]

He made it!, it's been 1 month, 2 days since acclimation. :-)

The anemone looks very healthy, to me anyways LOL. It still has not moved an inch from it's original placement. The mouth is never gaping, always closed up nice and tight and it seems to enjoy rolling it's folds around in the current.

I feed it frozen silversides every 7-10 days and it eats plenty of mysis fed to my other inhabitants every other day.

Will this type of anemone prefer to stay up high in the rock work or will it eventually move down to the sand bed?

Thanks

P.S. I have attached a pic from last week. It was the day after a feeding so it's not as full as it usually is.

[Delphinus]

Gorgeous.

Mine sit at the bottom of the rockwork, seems to me that's where they settled initially though, and that's where they've stayed for the most part. I know with haddoni's that juveniles prefer to be at the top of rock and move down to find sand as they grow larger, but I don't think it's the same story for gigantea. In fact mine never did bury their feet in sand, even when they were at the bottom of the rock in a tank with sand, they were still attached just slightly above the sand/rock interface.

So my guess is, likely the anemone will stay in that spot, unless maybe, once larger, it's not as suitable a fit in that spot. For the most part mine have never really moved much although there has been a few times they have shifted around slightly as they got larger.