AHHHHHH! Stupid Carpet Anemone is eating all my fish! - Page 4

GreenSpottedPuffer · #31 12-14-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

Good to know thanks. The one Carpet Anemone, Blue (Stichodactyla haddoni), that I liked is aggressive. Guess reading about them is important.

Yeah it can be. I think it depends on the fish you plan to keep and tank size. Brad is not having a big problem with his huge green haddoni but his tank is 400G and has big fish mostly.

I think if I was planning mostly bigger fish, I would keep my anemone because I really like it. Just not worth loosing all the small fish though. Im not sure what to do at this point. The two I still have in my tank are both is holes and will not really just come out easy.

I also don't even have an ID yet...

GreenSpottedPuffer · #32 12-14-2008, 07:47 PM

Fifth row middle pic...This is the closest I have seen to mine. Just a different color.

http://uglycoral.com/JOOMLA/index.ph...=17&Itemid=30#

GreenSpottedPuffer · #33 12-15-2008, 12:26 AM

A few experienced anemone keepers on RC are saying it is indeed a mini carpet in their opinion and that they are quite aggressive. Certainly not meant to be kept with bottom dwelling fish. So I either have to change my plans or get rid of it. Im very torn because I really, really like it. Its actually splitting again and a group of them would be cool. I can just sell the ones that move too much or if the numbers get too big. Might consider just keeping the Yellow Tang and clowns with a bunch of chromis instead of small gobies I had planned. I guess I would have to limit my tank to cheap shrimp too since they will eat shrimp. Could be a cool tank with a bunch if mini carpets though.

Canadian · #34 12-15-2008, 11:46 PM

Sell one so someone else has it and can start propagating them locally. Mini carpets are pretty hard to come by up here so if we can get a few reefers to start having them split then we might have a viable number for sale/trade.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #35 12-15-2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Canadian

Sell one so someone else has it and can start propagating them locally. Mini carpets are pretty hard to come by up here so if we can get a few reefers to start having them split then we might have a viable number for sale/trade.

Thats the plan. I am going to sell them as it continues to split and keep the ones that don't wander too far. I think its starting to split now. Actually I already had some requests on RC from a few people who collect mini's and want to buy some because apparently this colour is rare too but I can't ship to the US.

It was kind of a hard decision because I was really set on small fish but I am actually willing to forget the small fish in favour of keeping the anemones. I really think they're cool and such a manageable size. I will most likely just keep the fish I have and get a bunch of chromis or something.