Carpet anemone & Clams

[Powertec]

I wouldn't worry about it at all. I have a Deresa clam the size of a football and a gigantea in the same system and there has never been any issues at all.I don't believe that clams have chemicals that they release as other corals and nems do.

[ponokareefer]

Thanks for the reply Powertec. Now I just need Delphinus to come and identify it to see what I'm getting into if I do buy it.

[Powertec]

Put up a pic i have got pretty good at id's as we'll. I at one point had 2 gigantea's....and have had haddonis as we'll..

[Delphinus]

They can coexist together in the same tank. It's not good if there's repeated prolonged contact however, so make sure they are far enough apart, but otherwise should be OK.

I eagerly await the pictures.

[Powertec]

And there's Tony...lol
Hopefully it is another healthy gigantea

[ponokareefer]

From what I've read, it sounds like I want to watch out for a haddoni as they are the most likely to eat fish. What is the most obvious sign it is a haddoni?

[Delphinus]

It's hard to describe but I think if you see each then it's hard to mistake them for each other.

The main thing with gigantea's is that they have coloured verrucae (the raised dots on the sides that they use to help adhere in place). Here's an example..


With haddoni these are smaller, more regular (like a grid), and the same colour. They're almost invisible.

Of course the tentacle length is longer on gigantea but they don't always have them all out after shipping. For example, here's a picture of my green when I first got him:


.. then here's a picture of him with longer tentacles:


Haddoni's tend to lay flatter and get bigger. Haddoni's come in a larger variety of colours though. For example you can find a red haddoni but I don't think there's such thing as a red gigantea. At least I haven't seen or heard of any so far..