Anemone Carpet Red

This anemone is easier to keep than some other type of anemones as long as its needs are met.

Anemone carpet red.

Saddle carpet anemones have short blunt tentacles with a very potent sting and can be distinguished from their close relatives stichodactyla gigantea and stichodactyla mertensii by the lack of any coloration spots or markings on the underside of the anemone and down its column. 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. Colors include bright green red lime green blue white and can even be striped. The haddoni carpet anemone s tentacles look more like colored bumps rather than tentacles.

Red carpet anemone stichodactyla gigantea is also known as the giant anemone giant carpet anemone or giant red carpet anemone it s the rarest of its species and have a higher price tag than other giant saddle anemones. This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea. Easy to keep inflated purchase size.

Red carpet anemone or giant anemone are one of the largest of the anemones available in the aquarium industry. Their tentacles are very short and so numerous on the surface of the oral disc it gives the anemone a plush carpet appearance hence the name carpet anemone. Some anemones establish symbiotic relationships the most popular being with clownfish which are protected by a mucus layer that makes them immune to the anemone s sting. Http youtu be hqh84u0n04o and 2013 video http youtu be sm6kg1kfnlo video of one of the red carpet anemones off kwaj s emon beach thanks ivy.

I like to think of it as looking like commercial grade carpeting. This is nota gigantea. The bali red mini maxi carpet stichodactyla sp. The best way to view this anemone is top down under heavy actinic lighting.

It is roughly 1 and grows to a max size of 3. Their tentacles are around to inches in length which is a little smaller than the tentacles of a gigantea anemone. Has a bright red body and neon green mouth.