Huge Carpet Anemone

Some comments by michael.

Huge carpet anemone.

The giant carpet anemone stichodactyla gigantea was described by forsskål in 1775. Haddon s carpet anemone can be identified by their thick central column with large pedal disc very short stubby tentacles and tentacle free oral area and attains a diameter of almost 2 feet in diameter in the ocean. Carpet anemone swallowed a big turbo snail ok so my carpet anemone 10 12 diameter swallowed a huge turbo snail whole. For example i had a huge carpet anemone in my 150 gallon tank for several years and over that time it managed to nab several snails a spiny sea urchin yep spines and all and about 10 fishes.

I can see the top of the shell turtle heading out of its mouth every now and then over the past two days. The gigantic sea anemone stichodactyla gigantea loves warmer water 84 86f and will move often if not feed. 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. By mike maddox.

Big beautiful and deadly. Stichodactyla spp anemones otherwise known as carpet anemones are fascinating creatures and highly sought after by hobbyists. I believe clownfish are the key to keeping this anemone because they seem to clean it daily. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea.

Some other names they are known for are gigantic sea anemone carpet anemone and giant anemone. However carpet anemones are very challenging to maintain in the home aquarium and few hobbyists are able to attain long term success. I feed mine 5 silversides a week. This species is commonly known as the giant carpet anemone.

A deeply folded oral disc slightly tapering tentacles that vibrate constantly short but they are longer than that of stichodactyla haddoni extremely sticky and often slightly pointed at the tips. The maxi mini carpet can sting corals but i have not found the sting to be as bad as some other anemones like a bubbletip anemone or long tentacle anemone. The stichodactyla genus is a member of the stichodactylidae family and this genus contains 6 species. Contrary to the popular belief that this species lives on a reef stichodactyla haddoni resides in the sand flats on the.

This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone. My maxi mini anemones stay away from my torch and frogspawn corals so we have had no battles so far.