Carpet nem ID please

shred5 · Dec 9, 2020

gig 'em said:
Yeah, we need a good quality shot of the upper column to see if there's clear pigmented verracue. OrionN you have haddonis right? It's been 13 years since I've had one so I can't remember if they have non-pigmented verracue-style dots down the column or not.

Yea I think they might be there.
It is slightly bleached.
Also a haddoni would have moved off the rock to the sand most likely.

gig 'em · Dec 9, 2020

OrionN said:
True Haddoni have tan foot, and no verrucae.
I consider this anemone, not 100% normal Haddoni. IMO, it is a hybrid or else a sub species of carpet. I have one exactly just like this, except my anemone the verrucae is slightly more prominent. Mine also have blue foot. He acts just in between the Haddoni and Gigantea. Tentacle lenght is also longer than Haddoni but shorter than Gigantea.

Might have a lesser known species of carpet anemone here haha. I would throw my vote in the haddoni box. It's odd that it's on a rock ATM and the foot is so dark, but the length of tentacles and lack of verrucae tells me it's not 100% gigantea. Time will tell with this one.

gig 'em · Dec 9, 2020

AP_Reefing said:
That’s unfortunate. I’ve never seen a carpet like this and thought the coloring was pretty unique and the white under the polyps is what made the pink look more unique. Yes this is how I picked it up this past Sunday

Which store did you get this from? I may need to pay it a visit next time I'm in LA ;Happy

AP_Reefing · Dec 9, 2020

OrionN said:
Tentacle lenght is also longer than Haddoni but shorter than Gigantea.

This is why I was confused and tried using Google but couldn’t figure it out. Thank you for taking a look, I like the uniqueness of it. It’s extremely nice and by far the brightest coral in my tank

AP_Reefing · Dec 9, 2020

gig 'em said:
Which store did you get this from? I may need to pay it a visit next time I'm in LA ;Happy

LAX Aquarium. I got to know Kris, great shop. He has 1 more (as of yesterday) similar to this but small - same highlighter pink. He doesn’t always have a variety of carpets but did get a nice shipment in this past weekend.
I actually asked him if he were to ever get his hands on a blue gigantea that looks like the pictures below to not even put it in display and save it for me. It was almost like he knew to put this one right at the entrance of the store when he heard I was coming hahaa

AP_Reefing · Dec 9, 2020

shred5 said:
Yea I think they might be there.
It is slightly bleached.
Also a haddoni would have moved off the rock to the sand most likely.

True. It’s possible it will eventually. My red haddoni started off on a rock and sat like that for just over a month until it walked it’s way into the sand.
The haddoni seems extremely happy, hopefully this will fully color back (although it’s still up in the air if this is a true haddoni)