Giant Carpet Anemone Care

Feed at least weekly with chunks of frozen silversides shrimp squid and other meaty foods for large carnivores.

Giant carpet anemone care. Intense lighting is a must 250w hqi 20 000k ab metal halide is what i use now and weekly water changes. Around 34 to 36 inches. The giant carpet anemone stichodactyla gigantea can play host to clownfish threespot domino damsels and periclimenes shrimp but have been occasionally known to eat their residents and can consume other fish and invertebrates with wild abandon. Some comments by michael.

The giant carpet anemone is an expert only anemone that needs high lighting and strong water movement. Carpet anemones house symbiotic algae known as zooxanthellae in their tissues just like reef dwelling corals and they are highly dependent on strong lighting to stay healthy. This species may sting nearby corals and other invertebrates. The large carpet anemone plays host to a variety of clownfish in the wild.

Feed them several times per week and keep your water quality stable and high. The majority of their energy is derived from symbiotic algae living within their cells providing the anemones with excess energy that they make via photosynthesis the use of sunlight to convert carbon dioxide into food energy. A healthy specimen will have a tightly closed mouth and will be very sticky. Open water pumps in the aquarium can be dangerous for them as their tentacles can get easily caught in the pump and can even lead to their death.

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. Carpet anemone gigantea carpet anemone scientific name. This species is very aggressive so give a minimum of a foot of space between a fully inflated giant carpet anemone and any other anemones and corals. Make sure your tank is at least 2 years old before adding this invert to your tank and make sure you have a 3 to 4 sand bed for the anemone to bury its foot.

Low to moderate lighting. Similarly a water heater can burn the tentacles of an anemone. The result is the expulsion of the animal s complement of zooxanthellae which eventually leaves the host looking very pale to white or even translucent. Hence it is better to place the pump and heater in a separate slot in order to avoid accidents.

The gigantic sea anemone stichodactyla gigantea loves warmer water 84 86f and will move often if not feed. Like most corals and several other anemones giant carpet anemones utilize a combination of methods to obtain food. Although not necessary the saltwater species that will live in symbiosis include amphiprion clarkii a. Stichodactyla gigantea reef safe.

Is exposed to elevated temperatures that get too high for too long.