Receiving a lrg red haddoni carpet!! Acclimation tips

[lsingh]

I been In hobby for last 7 years and have kept several bubble tips over the years ...my current tank is 72x33x27 lightly stocked with anthias wrasses and couple clowns and couple tangs ....
Few Sps Lps and softies rock work is mainly on right side of the tank and got an open area on left side giving my fishes open water to swim ...I just purchased a lrg haddoni last night which I might receive it next week ....
Need acclimation tips please how to deal with this big animal
I am running 3x400 watts of halides( old school ) and have roughly about 4" deep sand bed
Tank is been running since last April ...

 

[RARECLOWNSNJ]

How large?

1. Tell the store/person not to feed the anemone for at least a couple days before. to avvoid regurgitation of food in the shipping bag.

Just make sure you have a very fine sand bed.

Also find out the lightening its under now, amount of time the lights are on. Anemones that are very large can also tear if you try to pick them up from their own wieght.

Open the bag first and check the smell and check water color in the bag. If there is alot of debris in the bag. Empty the anemone and half the water in a bucket and add some tank water. then do normal acclimation.

If the water is clean do a normal drip acclimation.

What do you mean by next week. You should def figure out a solid shipping schedule so that you can prepare. I would advise not leaving the animals in a shipping bad past 10 oclock am for overnight. You need to get it asap from the delivery service.

 

[greg 45]

Why ask here on line /everyone is going to give you a different opinion
If I were you I would contact the person
that you are purchasing the anemone from
They can give you all the parameters that the anemone is in at this time
Duplicate what they are running untill it settles in

 

[E.intheC]

Both of the above posts are spot on.
I also would have also researched the hell out of anemones (haddonis in particular) before making a purchase so that you know you're 100% ready.

That said.. Good luck man! Make sure you post some pics when you do get the anemone situated.

 

[Hecdr34]

Update?

 

[lsingh]

Update?

Sorry for got to update I received the anemone about a week ago
Pic under 2 39 watts blue t5 right after he was placed in the tank and yet to plant his foot

Pic under 400 watts 12 k halides two days later ...he's already attached to the bottom of the tank ....

This pic is from this morning looking better and better day by day under full blown 12 k bulbs

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This anemone is about 20" wide when fully extended

 

[E.intheC]

That's a beauty. You have some $$$ potential meals in that tank, though

 

[Zoous]

Very nice and huge!!! What's the size of that thing? What are you feeding it?

 

[Hecdr34]

Very nice! Good luck with those nice fish in the background. I think Haddoni's know which are the most expensive ones and feast on those first..... Lol. Hopefully you don't have to deal with that.

 

[Wolverine57]

Beautiful carpet, congrad! If you don't mind me asking where did you buy it? How much?

 

[Wolverine57]

Very nice! Good luck with those nice fish in the background. I think Haddoni's know which are the most expensive ones and feast on those first..... Lol. Hopefully you don't have to deal with that.

Hector ur funny! Now your scaring hm...LOL I never had that problem, and I fed my carpet 1-2 twice a week! My clowns use to sleep inside the hole.

 

[Hecdr34]

Lol.. I guess it all depends on the anemone itself. I owned one that ate every fish in my tank including the male clownfish that it hosted and some of my cleanup crew. I guess I was one of the unfortunate ones to have a greedy carpet

 

[Hecdr34]

I want a red carpet sooo bad