Stichodactyla Haddoni

[invincible569]

Images from Splash

Latin name: Stichodactyla Hadohhi
Degree of difficulty: easy - medium for advanced reefers
Lighting: low / medium (bulb)
Current: low / medium

Members please post your experiences & pictures in this thread to this species.

[nyfireman3097]

WOW i never seen these before what are there street names ?
Nick

[invincible569]

WOW i never seen these before what are there street names ?
Nick

Carpet Anemone

http://species.fishindex.com/species...t_anemone.html

[nyfireman3097]

really i have never seen colors like that before amazing
Nick

[Orion76]

I love these, I used to have a beautiful pink one with a powder blue mouth.

Unfortunately they are a bit dangerous to keep in a reef tank, especially with anthias and flasher wrasses that cost a fortune. Can also cause problems when it wanders and stings your corals.

[nyfireman3097]

do clowns host them ?
Nick

[Orion76]

Yes this is the natural host of many of the clownfishes we keep.

Think twice before putting one in your tank though, these are ferocious beasts that get huge in a really short time and can eat anything in your tank, I have even seen mine eat fully grown turbo snails. It swallowed the shell whole and spit it out empty when it was done.

The problem is especially with new livestock additions to the tank that are disoriented and blunder straight into the anemone, I have lost quite a few creates like this.

[nyfireman3097]

lol thats awesome lol if i was able to ever get something like that i wouold have a seprate tank for it
Nick

[CurvBall]

That red one is stunning. I was after a blue carpet anemone for many months but I feel that perhaps a red one if the way to go

[jwalters103]

heres mine



its actually the very first saltwater animal i ever got and has outlived everything. it has also eaten quite a few fish and inverts though