Is this a mertens?

pfan151 · 02/15/2019, 02:31 PM

Saw this at the LFS. They said it came from a customers tank who bought it originally from World Wide Corals. The white tentacles are throwing me off. It’s bigger than a dinner plate.

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ocellaris123 · 02/15/2019, 02:57 PM

yup

WatDatThing · 02/15/2019, 03:00 PM

Look like it. It's huge.

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Greg 45 · 02/15/2019, 03:22 PM

Yes it is. They were coming in pretty regular a few year ago and the not so much. They were poor shipper's . If there were anymore please send me a pm of where you located the mertensii.
Good luck with it .

Planetmacro · 02/15/2019, 09:52 PM

Nice

Mad Marine · 02/18/2019, 06:57 AM

great find!

phender · 02/18/2019, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg 45

Yes it is. They were coming in pretty regular a few year ago and the not so much. They were poor shipper's . If there were anymore please send me a pm of where you located the mertensii.
Good luck with it .

In my experience they were much better shippers than the other carpets, the problem was finding ones that were small enough to ship and with enough color for anyone other than serious anemone geeks to buy.

And I will pile on to say yes, it is a merten's carpet.

Oh, and last time I checked, Amazing Reefs and Aquariums in So. Cal had a couple small ones. I don't know if he ships or not.

ocellaris123 · 02/18/2019, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by phender

In my experience they were much better shippers than the other carpets, the problem was finding ones that were small enough to ship and with enough color for anyone other than serious anemone geeks to buy.

And I will pile on to say yes, it is a merten's carpet.

Oh, and last time I checked, Amazing Reefs and Aquariums in So. Cal had a couple small ones. I don't know if he ships or not.

I saw those merten's at amazing aquariums. If i had room I would have gotten one!

D-Nak · 02/19/2019, 01:17 AM

They get huge, and when they get bigger they usually lose most of their color and turn into a drab brown nem that takes up a lot of valuable real estate.

pfan151 · 02/19/2019, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by D-Nak

They get huge, and when they get bigger they usually lose most of their color and turn into a drab brown nem that takes up a lot of valuable real estate.

Yea, I’m not planning to buy it. It’s just the first one I’ve seen in person so I thought it was cool. This one actually has kind of a cool color to it. I’d say about 14-15 inch diameter right now.

Planetmacro · 03/04/2019, 10:13 AM

Wish I had one available local.

02/15/2019, 02:31 PM	#1
pfan151 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,897	Is this a mertens? Saw this at the LFS. They said it came from a customers tank who bought it originally from World Wide Corals. The white tentacles are throwing me off. It’s bigger than a dinner plate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

02/19/2019, 01:17 AM	#9
D-Nak Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 5,797	They get huge, and when they get bigger they usually lose most of their color and turn into a drab brown nem that takes up a lot of valuable real estate. __________________ Tank info: 120 gallon 48x30x20 high DT. Clownfish breeding rack in full swing: C-Quest Onyx, Bali Aquarich P1 Picasso + Rod's Onyx, wild percula + Rod's Onyx.

02/15/2019, 02:57 PM	#2
ocellaris123 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,123	yup

02/15/2019, 03:00 PM	#3
WatDatThing Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 830	Look like it. It's huge. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

02/15/2019, 03:22 PM	#4
Greg 45 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bayonne,N.J. Posts: 1,159	Yes it is. They were coming in pretty regular a few year ago and the not so much. They were poor shipper's . If there were anymore please send me a pm of where you located the mertensii. Good luck with it .

02/15/2019, 09:52 PM	#5
Planetmacro Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 160	Nice

02/18/2019, 06:57 AM	#6
Mad Marine Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 177	great find!

03/04/2019, 10:13 AM	#11
Planetmacro Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 160	Wish I had one available local.