Haddoni in a community reef !!!!

[LuckySingh]

How many of u hve kept a carpet ....please post ur experience and pics if u hve one ???
Thanks

[Mike]

We have one in the FOWLR and have not had any issues. Of course it has the pair of big maroon clowns bonded to it. No other fish get close enough to get eaten. It does move some and with its size, could do some damage to its neighboring corals in a reef tank. Although we do have coral in the tank, there is nothing around it.

We do have a mini-maxi carpet in the reef, which is not so mini anymore (6-8 inches across). We have not had any trouble with it in the reef.

[jrnannery]

You can "frag" a carpet anemone, can you not?

[LuckySingh]

Yes I hve seen people doing it

[KING]

Lol..i had 1 an crazy thing it try to eat one of my clowns..It was all most a goner till i walked in..

[pfcreed]

the one I had ate my little snow flake eel. :(..... other then that he doesnt bother anyone.

[OrionN]

You can "frag" a carpet anemone, can you not?
No you cannot frag a clownfish-hosting carpet anemone (S. hadonni, S. gigantea or S. mertensii). If you are lucky one of the frags survive otherwise both died. Don't try.

[jrnannery]

Ok, how do they multiply? Sexually?

[OrionN]

Yes.
Haddoni and Mertensii are broadcast their sperms and eggs while Gigantea female take in the sperm and release fully form baby anemones

[jrnannery]

Good to know.

[LuckySingh]

Also can they co exist with a bta that's in my reef ???