Bleaching occurs primarily when an anemone coral giant clam etc.
Giant carpet anemone care.
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.
Feed at least weekly with chunks of frozen silversides shrimp squid and other meaty foods for large carnivores.
Is exposed to elevated temperatures that get too high for too long.
Feed them several times per week and keep your water quality stable and high.
The gigantic sea anemone stichodactyla gigantea loves warmer water 84 86f and will move often if not feed.
Similarly a water heater can burn the tentacles of an anemone.
I feed mine 5 silversides a week.
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.
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.
Hence it is better to place the pump and heater in a separate slot in order to avoid accidents.
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.
Intense lighting is a must 250w hqi 20 000k ab metal halide is what i use now and weekly water changes.
Some comments by michael.
Like most corals and several other anemones giant carpet anemones utilize a combination of methods to obtain food.
Stichodactyla gigantea reef safe.
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.
Although not necessary the saltwater species that will live in symbiosis include amphiprion clarkii a.
Carpet anemone gigantea carpet anemone scientific name.
Low to moderate lighting.
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.
This species may sting nearby corals and other invertebrates.
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.
Around 34 to 36 inches.
The large carpet anemone plays host to a variety of clownfish in the wild.
A healthy specimen will have a tightly closed mouth and will be very sticky.
