Blue Giant Carpet Anemone

I believe clownfish are the key to keeping this anemone because they seem to clean it daily.

Blue giant carpet anemone.

Their tentacles are the longest of the carpet anemones but much shorter than a long tentacle or bubble tip anemone. This anemone is one that is known to be host to several species of anemonefishes including the common clownfish. Giant carpet anemones are one of the largest of the anemones available in the industry. In the wild they can get to well over 3 feet.

It also has light spots on the underside of the oral disc and longer pointed tentacles while haddon s anemone has shorter beaded tentacles. 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. Giant anemone giant carpet anemone giant blue carpet anemone description. Stichodactyla gigantea commonly known as the giant carpet anemone is a species of sea anemone that lives in the indo pacific area.

Some comments by michael. Intense lighting is a must 250w hqi 20 000k ab metal halide is what i use now and weekly water changes. 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. I feed mine 5 silversides a week.

The giant carpet anemone is a large anemone that lives on coral reefs and seagrass beds in the tropical indo pacific.