Haddon s carpet anemone can be identified by their thick central column with large pedal disc very short stubby tentacles and tentacle free oral area and attains a diameter of almost 2 feet in diameter in the ocean.
Carpet anemone in ocean.
Periclemenes anemone shrimps are infrequently traded but interesting tankmates that live in a symbiotic relationship with carpet anemones presumably for protection.
Use caution when introducing anemones into a reef aquarium however as some species are quite mobile and may sting and damage live corals.
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Haddoni anemones are very demanding and require very good and very stable conditions.
The giant carpet anemone is a large anemone that lives on coral reefs and seagrass beds in the tropical indo pacific.
A typical sea anemone is a sessile polyp attached at the base to the surface beneath it by an adhesive foot called a basal or pedal disc with a column shaped body topped by an oral disc most are from 1 to 5 cm 0 4 to 2 0 in in diameter and 1 5 to 10 cm 0 6 to 3 9 in in length but they are inflatable and vary greatly in dimensions.
Contrary to the popular belief that this species lives on a reef stichodactyla haddoni resides in the sand flats on the.
Their tentacles are the longest of the carpet anemones but much shorter than a long tentacle or bubble tip anemone.
They are small shrimps getting to about 1 25 2 5 inches 3 6 cm in length.
Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter.
But large heteractis anemones are prominent and visible residents on indo pacific reefs.
In my experience haddoni anemones typically like to attach sink their boot into the substrate and attach their boot to the bottom pane of glass.
Most anemones are sessile with a specialized foot used to anchor them in soft substrates or attach themselves to rocks and corals.
Meet the carpet anemone most of the many kinds of anemones living on coral reefs stay hidden in crevices or under rocks.
In the wild they can get to well over 3 feet.
The tentacles will be around to.
Haddoni anemones are among the more common carpet anemones available in the hobby these days.
This anemone is one that is known to be host to several species of anemonefishes including the common clownfish.