I have received this small haddoni from LA a few days ago. It is in my 25 lagoon which has been setup for a year. It has going through different phases sometimes it look normal sometimes with the mouth open and the guts exposed. It seems to be happy when the light is not on. It shrinks when the light is on. Lighting is not very strong neither is flow. It is also has not attached itself to anything it has been 4 days. Is this OK? Anything I should do? Long time reefer but first time trying a haddoni.
Small Haddoni, is this normal?
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It looks better in the second photo. It doesn't look like you have much sand. Haddoni like a sand bed that's at least 3" deep. Sometimes small specimens will attach to rocks, but ideally they like their foot buried in the sand.
If it is going back and forth like that it probably is stressed out. As stated, you need a good sandbed for these guys. I have three and when they are unhappy, they will move around, but love the deeper sand. Now, when I first got them, one was a bit stressed like yours and I did a treatment of cipro. This worked really well. It is now heathy and happy.
I actually have treated many carpets with cipro, but only one was doing what yours is. The others had more obvious symptoms.
I actually have treated many carpets with cipro, but only one was doing what yours is. The others had more obvious symptoms.
This is compilation of treatment protocols.
Thanks for the info, saved for future reference. Unfortunately I do not have Cipro. Going to add sand too. What I noticed is when the light is not on it's fully extended albeit not attaching. So I will keep the light at the lowest for now. Should I feed it something to give it some energy? It is sticky last time I touched it.
You can try some small food, but my guess in its stressed state, it will not eat. Let it adjust unless you get some cipro and go that route.
The brand Fish Flox is what I have. Looks like Chewy.com or FishFlox directly has them. Also petsolutions.com. Cannot remember where I got mine. 
I did not use a prescription. Let me see if I can find where I got it. They also may have changed in the past year.
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this guy really needs to get its' foot imbedded in the sand. Add at least 2"
Try Allivet.com. I used FishFloxFishFlex, but they are out of stock.
As stated, make sure to put in some more sand, which should make him a little bit happier. Also, make sure to feed him small foods, nothing big or with bones to make sure hes using all of his energy to get healthy because some of the larger foods take a bit of energy to digest.
I tried Chewy and WalmartPetRx both require prescription. I will add more sand but I do not want cause a dust storm. I bury it's foot (very gently when it's foot was stretched) but it has since left that spot.
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I have received this small haddoni from LA a few days ago. It is in my 25 lagoon which has been setup for a year. It has going through different phases sometimes it look normal sometimes with the mouth open and the guts exposed. It seems to be happy when the light is not on. It shrinks when the light is on. Lighting is not very strong neither is flow. It is also has not attached itself to anything it has been 4 days. Is this OK? Anything I should do? Long time reefer but first time trying a haddoni.
They like high intermittent flow, high light, deep established sandbeds, and very stable water paramaters. Good luck
It is looking better after yesterday’s feeding. I did a 10% water change using the water from another tank. Although it did deflate once it didn’t last long. I am going to increase the flow slowly and also the intensity of the lights. More sand will be added as well but at this point I don’t have a lot of sand to cover the whole tank with 2”.
Something good to feed it would be reef roids, if you mix some up and use a syringe to dispense it over the surface of the nem it will absorb it and it won't have to digest all of the meat, but will still get a good amount of nutrients.
