Are Carpet Anemones Hard To Keep

Haddoni anemones are very demanding and require very good and very stable conditions.

Are carpet anemones hard to keep.

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. 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. Haddoni anemones are among the more common carpet anemones available in the hobby these days. So it s best to get one situated in the tank before adding any other livestock that would likely be killed if the anemone should start to crawl around.

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. Big beautiful and deadly. A larger tank is better for anemones as apart from being more stable they can wander about without hopefully bumping into too many coral.

However carpet anemones are very challenging to maintain in the home aquarium and few hobbyists are able to attain long term success. The below is a picture of my blue carpet anemone. By mike maddox. Keep in mind that carpet anemones can really pack a punch and can kill most anything they come into contact with in an aquarium.

Handdoni carpet anemones the haddoni anemone srichodactyla haddoni can get as large as gigantea growing to around 2 in diameter. In my experience haddoni anemones typically like to attach sink their boot into the substrate and attach their boot to the bottom pane of glass. 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.