Journey of my Stichodactyla haddoni !!!

[LuckySingh]

Receiving it tomorrow and couldn't wait ....I am so excited that I started the thread before I received it ....I pmed Minh as he's for good experience with carpet and will act accordingly he advised ....
Any other acclimation tips ...will be under 400 watts halides with tunze wave box and 2x6155.....4" deep sand bed and tank is roughly year old
Sneak peak what I am getting not my pic it's vendors pic
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/01/9y5u3ybe.jpg
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It 'll be around 12"


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[LuckySingh]

Looks this beast seems like huge already ...dnt know how much it will expand ...dnt even know how I am gne put this thing in my aquarium
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/01/ebyryta2.jpg


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[hobogato]

that is probably the bigggest carpet i have ever seen! cant wait to see it in the tank. you might want to get a huge fishbag from a lfs and transfer it into that to get it into your tank.

[LuckySingh]

That's the biggest risk I hve ever taken with my reef dnt even know whether I should or not ....

I did found a salad bowl that sure he will fit
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/02/u5e8abar.jpg

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[allan]

Dang dude, it looks happy in the bucket. Can't wait to see it under some light.

[LuckySingh]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/02/u9ygaju2.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/02/qada9u5e.jpg
As soon as the carpet got introduced my mcclouchi clown ran from the other side and dive straight into carpet


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[Big_Pun]

thats so swesome wish i had the room for a carpet....hmm sps liquidation time!! lol

[Louis-210]

WoW that is Nice!!!!!! :hypnotyized:

[Pennies2Cents]

WOW... Its beautiful.. We were looking at getting a carpet for the 240 again.... Would love to find the right place to order from.

[LuckySingh]

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/6TAiGb3y9q0



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[LuckySingh]

WOW... Its beautiful.. We were looking at getting a carpet for the 240 again.... Would love to find the right place to order from.
I usually check em online ...basically we all want that what we r getting has been quartine long enough for them to settle down in our home base reef ...
I got this from extreme corals ...

Also this thing is scaring me to death ... It's huge And his foot is literally like my shoe size ... So he's laying on rock and half on my sand bed ... Tunze's hve been turned off and I cut down my return to half ... Hopefully this beast would plant his foot by the time I get back from work ...
So far he's under 2 blue t5s .. Tommoriw I will turn on my halides but shorter light cycle


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[LuckySingh]

Carpet has planted his foot but I noticed his mouth open a little bit and see some of his guts
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/02/ru7ega6a.jpg
Also this clown is laying right on his mouth kinda scary too
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/02/y8etybe8.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/02/eduny8ad.jpg


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[Pennies2Cents]

not sure if its something you wanna try but...with the giant carpet we used to have, we fed it a small piece of shrimp to see if it would eat, my belief it helped in getting the nem to settle in well.

[Paul28]

MAN that thing is nice !!!!

[Flyride95]

Wow he is amazing. Big grats.

[LuckySingh]

Pics from this morning under halides ....
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/02/yme4ebav.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/02/suqy3yta.jpg



http://youtu.be/52rJMUaeE28

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[electricrcplane]

Very Nice, looks great.

[LuckySingh]

Color does seems a little off from vendors pic and those were taken under 14k bulb also ...I assume maybe because of shipping stress ..I do notice thou a pinkish color rim on this ....I hope it colors up more nicely


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[Pennies2Cents]

Im crossing my fingers with you... :hypnotyized:

[LuckySingh]

not sure if its something you wanna try but...with the giant carpet we used to have, we fed it a small piece of shrimp to see if it would eat, my belief it helped in getting the nem to settle in well.

I fed the carpet this morning and it wasn't very sticky 1st time I placed the silverside on him and I got flew away ...I places again and eventually he ate it ...
Mouth is still open but a little less since I fed him ..
Although I am tank conditions seems very ideal for him ...light is enough also and his foot seems planted pretty solid aswell ...I wish I could take the pic the amount of stand he shifted to get his foot planted .....http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/04/ne8urede.jpg


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[LuckySingh]

http://youtu.be/y0YpOOm7X4c


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[Scutterborn]

I don't have any experience with these but every time I see another video it seems as though they are blasting it with a powerhead. Is this you plan and your still letting it settle in first?


-Ben-

[LuckySingh]

Ben I hve a wave box and 2x6155 on this tank ....1st I turned off every thing and return was only on half way ...2nd day I turned on the wave box and today I turned on 1 6155 pump which is on the other side of tank ...:so far anemone's foot seems planted solid and again all my tunzes r newer wide flow ones but pointed a little upwards moving a lot of uper water column of reef and anemone is being unaffected with the flow ....still got I tunze to turn on which is located right above the anemone but also I dnt think that will hurt him either


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[LuckySingh]

Day 4 today and carpet is still footed at same spot ... I took this pic under full spectrum 12 k Hamilton halides and now I am realizing it does hve a lot of pink in him .. Check this out just an iPhone pic from this morning before I left for work it really does seems to me on a pink reddish side than total red ...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/04/egegadad.jpg


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[OrionN]

I don't have any experience with these but every time I see another video it seems as though they are blasting it with a powerhead. Is this you plan and your still letting it settle in first?


-Ben-
S. haddoni needs bright light but do not need a lot of water movement like S. gigantea. LPS type water movement should be great for these anemones. More water flow and they just pick up and move.

lsingh,
your anemone is beautiful and the clown fish is...rare and expensive.
I like my A. percula and my anemones.

[Scutterborn]

lsingh,
your anemone is beautiful and the clown fish is...rare and expensive.
I like my A. percula and my anemones.

Lol!


-Ben-

[LuckySingh]

Day 6th
Anemone's mouth seems a bit getting tighter .....no feeding yet halides runs for about 6 hours a day ...I been increasing half hour every day until I reach 10 hours a day ..
Pic from this morning



Excuse my aiptasias ...lol
With couple blue and purple t5
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/06/e7uryje7.jpg


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[LuckySingh]

Day 7
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/08/7y8a2yza.jpg


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[Scutterborn]

How's the mouth looking?


-Ben-

[LuckySingh]

How's the mouth looking?


-Ben-

Today actually looked a lot better ..way better than 1st day but still open ...
I wonder if its normal for anemones like this to do ...it seemd pretty sticky when I fed him 2nd day and colors seems to do well also and foot is been planted pretty solid too ...but why little open mouth ??


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[LuckySingh]

Day 9 anemone is been looking better and better
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/09/uje9amed.jpg


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[LuckySingh]

Going on over three weeks now ...I love the pink rim ....carpet has been stable and mouth is fully closed ...
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I live the pink rim

[LuckySingh]

Quick I phone video under
Blue plus t5s
http://youtu.be/KKglyLl3EnQ

Under 12 k halides
http://youtu.be/r7FOYZ7E1Xc

[LuckySingh]

Check the size of my haddoni
My naso is around 12" with steamers imagine the size of carpet
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/14/u2azugeh.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/14/ge3a9ymu.jpg

[350gt]

That's nice..... Naso looks sweet too.

[LuckySingh]

It's been 4 months and anemone has been doing great ...it did loose a little bit of color right at center when my kalk reactor popped a while back and Has recovered now fully without moving ...it's definitely at least 2' more has been coloring up more lore day by day .
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/02/pugymebu.jpg


Thanks
Lucky Singh

[Pennies2Cents]

Beautiful! : )

[OrionN]

Very nice lsingh. He is doing very well under your care

[BBQHILLBILLY]

that anemone is awesome

[LuckySingh]

Just an update on this carpet . He's been growing like crazy and coloring up nicer day by day .
Any ways I took some macro shots and I suspect this to be on a little rainbow side
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/27/dybynupu.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/27/epyqe8a7.jpg




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Lucky Singh

[OrionN]

Lucky,
How much light do you have on him?

[LuckySingh]

I got 3 400 watts 12k .
Carpet is about 30" under the light roughly or May be more


Thanks
Lucky Singh