Blue Giant Carpet Anemone

The gigantean carpet anemone typically will get over 2 feet in diameter and will frequently get to around 3 feet when kept in ideal conditions.

Blue giant carpet anemone.

Their tentacles are the longest of the carpet anemones but much shorter than a long tentacle or bubble tip anemone. Giant carpet anemones are one of the largest of the anemones available in the industry. It also has light spots on the underside of the oral disc and longer pointed tentacles while haddon s anemone has shorter beaded tentacles. Intense lighting is a must 250w hqi 20 000k ab metal halide is what i use now and weekly water changes.

The gigantic sea anemone stichodactyla gigantea loves warmer water 84 86f and will move often if not feed. I feed mine 5 silversides a week. The giant carpet anemone is very similar to haddon s carpet anemone but it grows much larger up to two and a half feet in diameter. This anemone is one that is known to be host to several species of anemonefishes including the common clownfish.

Giant anemone giant carpet anemone giant blue carpet anemone description. The giant carpet anemone is a large anemone that lives on coral reefs and seagrass beds in the tropical indo pacific. It can be kept in an aquarium but is a very challenging species to keep alive and healthy for more than 3 5 years. In the wild they can get to well over 3 feet.

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