Haddoni Carpet Anemone Eating Fish

This species of carpet anemone can eat fish in the display aquarium so use caution when housing a carpet anemone in with fish other than clownfish.

Haddoni carpet anemone eating fish.

The haddon s anemone is found in the indo pacific region growing up to 50cm in length. While the haddoni anemone has not been known to move you should not have. For that reason extreme care should be taken when keeping a haddoni anemone in an aquarium with other anemones. Also known as the carpet anemone.

It features short and blunt stinging tentacles that should be accounted for during handling and placement away from other corals. When healthy this anemone is very sticky to the touch and when they grasp something or someone it is very difficult to convince it to let go without damaging the animal. The anemone is about 18 inches across and i have all the pumps shut off in the tank so you can see it better. Found in seagrass meadows and on sand over coral and rocky reefs playing host to 6 types of anemone fish and their families.

The saddle anemone is an excellent host for clownfish and will flourish in tanks with strong lighting strong water. Stichodactyla gigantea stichodactyla haddoni and stichodactyla mertensii are called carpet anemones because they have large flattened bodies and their upper surface is covered by numerous relatively short carpet like tentacles. I am feeding my carpet a silverside for a snack.