Are Carpet Anemones Hard To Keep

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Are carpet anemones hard to keep.

When healthy this anemone is very sticky to the touch and when they grasp something or someone it is very difficult to convince it to let go without damaging the animal. Stichodactyla spp anemones otherwise known as carpet anemones are fascinating creatures and highly sought after by hobbyists. Carpet anemone heteractis crispa sebae anemone and heteractis magnifica magnificent or ritteri anemone are among the most difficult anemones to keep as they are very large in size and comparatively more venomous. The blue morph of stichodactyla gigantea in the wild.

Although difficult to keep they are not as difficult as the gigantean anemone. Haddoni anemones are among the more common carpet anemones available in the hobby these days. Keep in mind that carpet anemones can really pack a punch and can kill most anything they come into contact with in an aquarium. It all depends on what anemone you want carpet anemones are notoriously hard to keep and whether or not you want an anemone only tank or to have it in a display tank with other coral and fish.

The below is a picture of my blue carpet anemone. However carpet anemones are very challenging to maintain in the home aquarium and few hobbyists are able to attain long term success. This species of carpet anemone can eat fish in the display aquarium so use caution when housing a carpet anemone in with fish other than clownfish. By mike maddox.

Haddoni anemones are very demanding and require very good and very stable conditions. A larger tank is better for anemones as apart from being more stable they can wander about without hopefully bumping into too many coral. Handdoni carpet anemones the haddoni anemone srichodactyla haddoni can get as large as gigantea growing to around 2 in diameter.