New Carpeting

[AJ_77]

Shag? Pile? Plush?
No, it's the amazing Stichodactyla haddoni, or Carpet Sea Anemone (or variant thereof).
(Many thanks to Tony & Linda for delivery and acclimation, to Jonathan & Katie for invaluable support, and to Ross for emergency tubing supply!)

First morning, new home:
http://members.shaw.ca/AJ_77/haddoni_full.jpg

Closer:
http://members.shaw.ca/AJ_77/haddoni_close.jpg

[christyf5]

My God, that looks spectacular!! :cool: :cool:

More pics! MORE!!! :biggrin:

Christy :)

[AJ_77]

:lol: :lol:
Working on it! (FASTER!!!)

OK, don't usually show off the tank, but:

http://members.shaw.ca/AJ_77/haddoni_wide.jpg

[spikehs]

got any clowns for it?

[EmilyB]

:cool: Alan !

[AJ_77]

:cool: - :biggrin:

Got 2 Pink Skunk Clowns (A. perideraion) that are currently hanging around a branching Euphyllia sp. on the left. Hopefully they will check out the Carpet in the next couple of days or so...

[Canadian Man]

looking great today Alan!
Did it seem to attach to the bottom or something yet?

[christyf5]

Looks awesome. I can't believe its so green. :cool:

[AJ_77]

Christy - yeah it is amazing, and the photos don't even capture it, really.

Jon - it's now starting to dig in, the whole foot is sloped and the lead edge is displacing substrate.

http://members.shaw.ca/AJ_77/haddoni_digging.jpg

It's also attaching to the rock just behind. Hopefully it doesn't move that one - it has a fair bit of weight on it. Structural, you might say.

http://members.shaw.ca/AJ_77/haddoni_attaching.jpg

[Delphinus]

My 20g seems so strangely empty now ... :cry:

Take good care of her, Alan ... she looks pretty happy in her new home. :cool:

(Don't underestimate her ability to topple structural rocks! You may wish to consider epoxying some of the neighbouring rocks together if you feel they're at risk..)

[AJ_77]

My 20g seems so strangely empty now ... :cry:

Take good care of her, Alan ... she looks pretty happy in her new home. :cool:

(Don't underestimate her ability to topple structural rocks! You may wish to consider epoxying some of the neighbouring rocks together if you feel they're at risk..)
I thought you were taking the 20 down??...

As for looking happy, which is more important, gross watts of lighting or PAR? The 175 MH better than 220W mixed-K PCs?

I'll take a closer look at the rock structure tonight. It is recently set, and seemed good and solid - no epoxy anywhere thoiugh (yet).

[Delphinus]

I thought you were taking the 20 down??...

Yeah, down it comes ... (as soon as I get 5 free minutes.) It still feels odd though!! She was in that spot for almost 3 years.

As for looking happy, which is more important, gross watts of lighting or PAR? The 175 MH better than 220W mixed-K PCs?

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say "food". :razz: As for the difference in lighting, I guess we'll find out! :biggrin:

[Doug]

:biggrin: Very nice. Beautiful anemone Have to watch it dont eat yer fish now. :biggrin:

[Quinn]

I was kinda wondering about that. I'm pretty sure I can see it eyeing those chromis!

[AJ_77]

Oh come on, the fish are smarter than THAT! They haven't gone near it!
You can see them eyeing it warily from a safe distance, though... :biggrin:

(the chromis stay near the surface, and the YT damsel is too smart, but we can always hope - :eek: )

[Aquattro]

My understanding is that carpets often eat fish. I think DJ88 can confirm this!!

[Quinn]

Do chromis drift when they sleep?

[Canadian Man]

Do chromis drift when they sleep?

No they are pretty rigid and aware when the sleep. mine sleep in my sps or behind the overflow.

[AJ_77]

My understanding is that carpets often eat fish.Absolutely Brad! (But maybe it would be better to say "sometimes eat aquarium fish.") They have a well-earned reputation, and are adapted for taking small fishes that hop onto them from the substrate, mainly. I plan for mine to eat fish up to twice a week, but the frozen-food kind...

I "hope" that the fishes in with it continue to be wary, but from accounts of Carpet owners, I expect that there will be incremental losses over time.

Still pretty cool, though...
:biggrin:

[Doug]

They like hippo tangs. :lol:

[AJ_77]

They like hippo tangs. :lol:
Yeah, I read that thread too! I think that could be termed "culling the school" - maybe only the stupidest blunder into them...

:biggrin: