blue carpet anemone

croix67 · Dec 14, 2016

hi just got a lovely blue carpet anemone just would like to no the best way to get it to latch on i no they will go were it wants to its under good leds and moderate flow all water parameters are good tank has been running 2 years. have a nice pair of black and white saddle back polymnus clowns that will host any thing slowy acclimating to lights any info will be grateful

Reefing Madness · Dec 15, 2016

Trex · Dec 15, 2016

S. haddoni or S. gigantea ? Care requirements are different depending on the species.
If you aren't sure, a picture will help with the ID.

croix67 · Dec 15, 2016

all most sure its a S. haddoni looks like its dug in

Trex · Dec 15, 2016

You have an S. haddoni. Pretty good looking one at that.

What is shipped or at an LFS? Do you know what lights it was under?
Keep an eye out from inflating/deflating and an open mouth --- in case you have to treat it.

What lights do you have? How are you acclimating?
Watch the flow -- if the oral disc starts to lift, that it too much.

As for your clowns -- keep an eye on them. A. ploymnus have a nasty habit of diving into the mouth, could stress out a new anemone.

croix67 · Dec 15, 2016

croix67 said:
all most sure its a S. haddoni looks like its dug in

It's under 2x165 watt leds and was shipped to lfs three weeks ago so it's been we'll rested in a good flow so it's not been hammer around with flow and slowly increasing the lights back to full ramp over the next few weeks clowns not showing no interest at the moment