receiving a haddoni carpet tommrow??? acllimation tips???

[lsingh]

my 1st carpet very excited..i should be getting it tommrow ...not very fancy just a simple color....
i hve successfully kept btas in my other tank and now carpet in my 300gln system...
any acclimation advise???

 

[Scuba George]

Temp acclimate and drip there sensitive to salinity changes,
although I've heard drip isn't necessary

I need gills @_@

 

[Trex]

Getting it shipped or picking up from an LFS?

S. haddonis can be very sensitive to shipping. If the mouth is gaping within the bag, I would get it out of there as soon as possible.
I would make sure to light acclimate it -- I prefer to use window screening -- 3 layers supported by egg crate with removing a layer every 5-7 days.
Need to watch the mouth very closely for the next 7-10 days. I have found that running fresh carbon and doing a water change help a lot.

The big concern is the "infection" that seems to be somewhat common with new S. haddonis. I have seen that "infection" transfer to healthy S. haddonis and take them out. (( painful way to lose a red S. haddoni and a 12+ year old tan one )).

Once you get it, please take plenty of photos -- mainly of the mouth -- want to be able to watch it settle in and offer any help if I can. (( been keeping S. haddonis for the last 16 years or so )).

 

[Trex]

BTW --

How deep is your sandbed?
What do you have for flow?
What fish ?
Do you have any shrimp, if yes, what kind(s).

 

[lsingh]

Got mostly wrasses some Anthias purple tang blk tank...tank is 73x36x24...
Tunze wave box with couple 6155 pointing upwards and flow on the sand bed is very minimal...
Sand bed is around 4" deep

 

[Trex]

So, no shrimp? I have personally seen peppermint shrimp go after newly introduced S. haddonis.

If the oral disc starts to lift up more than once in a blue moon, the flow is too much for it -- they seem to be more sensitive to too much flow more than other hosting anemones.

All of mine have preferred to have their foot buried in the sandbed, right at the rock/sandbed interface -- to the point were they like to have a rock cove around them.