True Carpet Anemone

Haddoni resides in the sand flats on the outskirts of reefs where it consumes any and all animal matter that comes in contact.

True carpet anemone.

Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate. Haddon s carpet anemone have short blunt tentacles with a very potent sting and can be distinguished from their close relatives stichodactyla gigante. Some comments by michael. Contrary to the popular belief that this species lives on a reef s.

The gigantic sea anemone stichodactyla gigantea loves warmer water 84 86f and will move often if not feed. True carpet anemone tan stichodactyla gigantea the true carpet anemone has a wavy appearance and lives singly in the shallow waters of the central pacific indo pacific and red sea. Toxic green haddoni carpet anemones are also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone. Haddon s carpet anemone have short blunt tentacles with a very potent sting and can be distinguished from their close relatives stichodactyla gigantea and stichodactyla mertensii by the lack of any coloration spots or markings on the underside of the.

I believe clownfish are the key to keeping this anemone because they seem to clean it daily. I feed mine 5 silversides a week. Haddoni or haddon s carpet anemone is the most commonly imported and readily available of the large carpet anemones and can be identified by its thick central column with large pedal disc very short stubby tentacles and tentacle free oral area and attains a diameter of about 60 cm. This anemone is also referred to as the carpet anemone gigantic sea anemone or giant carpet anemone.

The true carpet anemone has a wavy appearance and lives singly in the shallow waters of the central pacific indo pacific and red sea. Normally found on rocky reefs with soft muddy or sandy substrate it can attain a size of up to three feet in diameter.