Purple Haddoni

Liquid360 · Mar 21, 2019

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a haddoni, my favorite of the anemones. Last one I had was eaten by an MP40. That was a couple years ago. My current reef has no such dangers and has been stable long enough and has more than enough good lighting for one. This guy arrives Saturday. Very excited.

Greybeard · Mar 21, 2019

Love those carpet nems.

Goldenvue · Mar 23, 2019

Haddonis are awesome kept a blue red and purple for like 8 yrs and decided to go with sunburst in the new tank. Post pic when she comes in.

Liquid360 · Mar 23, 2019

Well... LiveAquaria sent me the wrong carpet. These mistakes NEVER go in my favor, but this time I’m happy. This is the bluest Haddoni I’ve ever seen. I mean pics don’t do it justice. It is beautiful. After years, I still do not understand the pricing of these animals. Pricing is entirely arbitrary, but they had the blues priced at $300 more than purple. This means little except I wanted a blue, but wasn’t gonna pay price.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 23, 2019

Mine finally stayed still. Was moving around at one point and stinging corals in its path. My Percs just pound the daylights out of this thing

Liquid360 · Mar 23, 2019

This thing is just so blue! Can’t believe it.

Captain Quint · Mar 23, 2019

Beautiful! Congrats on the wrong one being sent.

That's a nice mess up for a change.

Liquid360 · Mar 23, 2019

Captain Quint said:
Beautiful! Congrats on the wrong one being sent.

That's a nice mess up for a change.

Lol I couldn’t agree more. Screw ups never seem to go my way. I’ll happily accept this one.

doctormark · Mar 23, 2019

As you know this will eat your fish. You should definitely remove the box fish ASAP.

Liquid360 · Mar 23, 2019

doctormark said:
As you know this will eat your fish. You should definitely remove the box fish ASAP.

I’ve heard all the stories but I’ve never, not once, had a fish eaten by a carpet. I’ve kept them since the mid 80’s. I appreciate the warning/concern.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 23, 2019

I notified them for you and they are sending you an invoice for the other $550. . . . . JUST KIDDING.

This is gorgeous no doubt, in fact nicer than my semi rainbow

Captain Quint · Mar 24, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
I notified them for you and they are sending you an invoice for the other $550. . . . . JUST KIDDING.

This is gorgeous no doubt, in fact nicer than my semi rainbow

LOL!!!!!

Liquid360 · Mar 25, 2019

Captain Quint said:
LOL!!!!!

I’d love to see your rainbow

Liquid360 · Mar 25, 2019

I contacted LiveAquaria to let them know about mistake. They refunded all my money. One of the nicest Haddoni I’ve seen and I get it for free? Crazy.

D-Nak · Mar 25, 2019

Wow, and I was worried that the purple one might be a bit drab. You made out like a bandit.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 26, 2019

Liquid360 said:
I’d love to see your rainbow

JoshH · Mar 26, 2019

Liquid360 said:
I contacted LiveAquaria to let them know about mistake. They refunded all my money. One of the nicest Haddoni I’ve seen and I get it for free? Crazy.

So you got this bad boy for FREE???? Now that's customer service. Though I'd tell them to ship it out anyway

I'd even pay the shipping again

Mike78 · Mar 26, 2019

Liquid360 said:
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a haddoni, my favorite of the anemones. Last one I had was eaten by an MP40. That was a couple years ago. My current reef has no such dangers and has been stable long enough and has more than enough good lighting for one. This guy arrives Saturday. Very excited.

I just ordered a green one. How long did you acclimate before putting it into DT?

Jon Fishman · Mar 26, 2019

If you don't mind me asking...... how did you get past the "MP40 dangers" I can't even find covers for my powerheads that aren't crappy looking DIYs.

Liquid360 · Mar 27, 2019

Jon Fishman said:
If you don't mind me asking...... how did you get past the "MP40 dangers" I can't even find covers for my powerheads that aren't crappy looking DIYs.

Wish I had a more satisfying and helpful response, but I switched to Maxspect Gyre. I tried using the mesh covers provided with the MP40, but weren’t substantial enough.