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MIKE ALERS
10/07/2007, 09:23 PM
i wanting to purchase a blue carpet anemone and im wondering how difficult it is to keep them happy.i have success with my bta and condy how much more difficult are the carpets.im also wondering if the blue carpets are less agressive than the beige ones.

Gary Majchrzak
10/07/2007, 09:36 PM
aggressiveness and husbandry have nothing to do with color and everything to do with species.
What species of "blue carpet" are you considering?

MIKE ALERS
10/07/2007, 09:47 PM
i dont know what type it is? i know there is two kinds hadonni and gigantea but wich is easier to maintain?

Gary Majchrzak
10/07/2007, 09:49 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10925350#post10925350 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MIKE ALERS
i dont know what type it is? i know there is two kinds hadonni and gigantea but wich is easier to maintain?
haddon's is "easier" by far!

Make sure to read the Anemone FAQ at the top of this forum.

MIKE ALERS
10/07/2007, 09:53 PM
is there a easy way to know wich one it is?

Lance M.
10/07/2007, 10:16 PM
gigantea's are usually all one color and the tentacles are usually longer then haddoni's.

Toddrtrex
10/07/2007, 10:55 PM
Here are some pictures of my haddoni. I've had it for 7 months or so now. Hasn't been any trouble at all -- it came in super healthy and shipped perfectly (( think I got lucky )) It is in my 75 with 2 * 250 DE. + 2 *54 T5. Have a decent amount of flow in my tank -- 600 GPH return, 2 MJ1200s, one SEIO 820 and a Hydor 4.

Acclimating.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/bluecarpet.jpg

Right after being put in the tank.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/blueagain.jpg

Aug. 1st.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/bluecarpet8_1.jpg

Around Sept 15th -- natural sunlight from a skylight.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/carpetsunlight1.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/carpetsunlight3.jpg

FTS (( yellow/tan haddoni has been with me for 6+ years, the BTA about the same time --- hard to tell, not sure if I still have the original or a clone. ;) ))

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/newbulbwithflash.jpg

thriceanangel
10/08/2007, 10:40 AM
Is that a BTA on the right?

Toddrtrex
10/08/2007, 10:51 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10927802#post10927802 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thriceanangel
Is that a BTA on the right?

Yep, and it is now 3 btas. ;) Lucky for me all there have stayed in that spot, but I am going to get rid of two of them, just to be safe.