Green Carpet Anemone Placement

The gigantic carpet anemone occurs in blue red green purple and pink color morphs.

Green carpet anemone placement.

Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter. Mertensii or merten s carpet anemone is the rarest of the carpet anemones and is seldom seen in the ornamental aquatics trade. It s a nice lime green color. Like many anemones the green carpet makes an excellent host for most types of clownfish forming a symbiotic relationship.

I ve seen pic s of them in the sand and even at the lfs in their display tank they had a nice red one in the sand bed. The saddle anemone nbsp stichodactyla haddoni is commonly referred to as haddon s anemone saddle carpet anemone or the saddleback anemone. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea. Giant carpet sea anemone stichodactyla gigantea merten s carpet sea anemone s.

The green carpet anemone or saddle anemone is one of the hardier carpet anemones and can grow up to 31 inches. It features short and blunt stinging tentacles that should be accounted for during handling and placement away from other corals. Indonesia sri lanka family. Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter.

Mertensii may adapt to bubble tip anemone entacmaea quadricolor in aquariums. Found outside of the reef. This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone. The green carpet anemone nbsp stichodactyla gigantea also known as haddon s anemone is best kept on a soft substrate bottom.

However the tank that mine came out of all of the carpets were up in the rocks attached. Difficult minimum tank size. Its beautiful short green tentacles create a wavy body form that seems to drape or carpet over the marine terrain. This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone.

The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea. Malasia indonesia southern japan east african cost to australia. The saddle anemone is an excellent host for clownfish and will flourish in tanks with strong lighting strong water. Also known to host the haddon s saddle carpet anemone stichodactyla haddoni continue to 5 of 12 below.

76 82 f kh 1 5 ph 5 8 7 0 temperament. 30 gallons water conditions. I have a question though about placement of him. I just purchased my first carpet anemone the other day.

This is one of the larger anemone species.