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Dr.Brain Coral

I know these are not good beginner inverts at all and I will wait till I am more experienced but I was wondering what would tabk dimensions need to be for a tank only for a carpet nem. I was thinkin of a square tank with dimensions about 30 by 30 by 20 with a deep sandbed. No rock in the main tank and instead a live rock sump and a heavy duty skimmer. Does anybody have any other suggestions

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I know these are not good beginner inverts at all and I will wait till I am more experienced but I was wondering what would tabk dimensions need to be for a tank only for a carpet nem. I was thinkin of a square tank with dimensions about 30 by 30 by 20 with a deep sandbed. No rock in the main tank and instead a live rock sump and a heavy duty skimmer. Does anybody have any other suggestions
Ever been stung by a carpet anemone? I have and it dropped me to my knees no fun. I think Tidal Gardens has a good video on youtube about them.
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Ever been stung by a carpet anemone? I have and it dropped me to my knees no fun. I think Tidal Gardens has a good video on youtube about them.

 

I've been stung by them, mine just felt like a chemical burn.

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90 gallon cube is a good starting size for a haddoni. I think you have a good starting point. Basically good quality water (6 month to a year tank age minimum), good lighting, and good flow. They're not especially difficult if you have the correct setup for them.

Moving them can be tricky. As pointed out above the stings can be nasty. If you're allergic to them they can cause anaphylaxis. I would wear elbow or shoulder length gloves whenever working in the tank. They are extremely sticky to the point you can damage or tear them trying to remove them. Also they can produce an unbelievable amount of goo if taken out of the water, like cups of it. They'll kill any fish that they don't accept for hosting including clownfish. Have a much better chance with clarki's or sabae's and probably bicinctus (Spotcinctus), for hosting successfully than percs or ocys.

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Dr.Brain Coral

I wasn't planning on any fish. So the dimensions sound big enough? I was expecting to be flamed haha Thanks for being civil everbody

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I wasn't planning on any fish. So the dimensions sound big enough? I was expecting to be flamed haha Thanks for being civil everbody

 

You didn't do anything to warrant any flaming :). You asked the question before you went out and bought the 'nem, nothing wrong with that.

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I wasn't planning on any fish. So the dimensions sound big enough? I was expecting to be flamed haha Thanks for being civil everbody

 

You may want to consider an appropriate clown. I think they have better survival rates with a host than without one. May be also related to ones in mixed reef tanks though, so not sure if it matters in a species only tank.

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Ever been stung by a carpet anemone? I have and it dropped me to my knees no fun. I think Tidal Gardens has a good video on youtube about them.

The amount of pain varies person to person. Namely if the anemone is healthy and if you have an allergic reaction.

30 x 30 x 20 sounds great, although I'd make it shallower (Easier to light) and add some clownfish.

Make sure to have good filtration and WC's even with so few fish.

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I think it would be cool to have a slope with the back being higher...and hope to god that the think is kinda slanted so you could see the polyps(I think thats what they are called) as the bottom is usually just tannish although they have a mind of their own haha.Do make sure you cover up any and all valves with a screen until the poor bugger settles in(RIP my little bubble boy=(...)

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Dr.Brain Coral

The amount of pain varies person to person. Namely if the anemone is healthy and if you have an allergic reaction.

30 x 30 x 20 sounds great, although I'd make it shallower (Easier to light) and add some clownfish.

Make sure to have good filtration and WC's even with so few fish.

I had such deep tank because I was planning to have a deep sand bed to help the Carpet feel more at home.

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A LFS near me has a small-is cube (20? 30? gallons) with a huge blue carpet as the centerpiece. It's gorgeous. I'd TOTALLY get a tank just for that animal. It's marvelous. Next time I'm there I'll snap a pic.

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I absolutely love the idea of a tank with nothing but sand and a showpiece carpet! I looked into adding one to my pico system but you can't get the same effect even with a hand picked BTA

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I absolutely love the idea of a tank with nothing but sand and a showpiece carpet! I looked into adding one to my pico system but you can't get the same effect even with a hand picked BTA

Thank you East1. I have been really into anemones lately and the Carpet is the coolest.

 

250W MH Pendant. Used MH fixtures are dirt cheap nowadays. Plusrite 20K bulbs cost about $15 each.

I will look into those lights more, but are any LEDs suitable for a Carpet? If they support sps will they sustain a Carpet nem?

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Thank you East1. I have been really into anemones lately and the Carpet is the coolest.

 

I will look into those lights more, but are any LEDs suitable for a Carpet? If they support sps will they sustain a Carpet nem?

Yes, but MH would be a little cheaper now that people are selling them for next to nothing.

Also put some small pieces of rock near the base, and maybe towards the corners of the tank. I'd definitely get a sump with a good skimmer, carbon, and some more rock.

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most LEDs have come pretty far. for a tank like that I'd go with a high wattage multichip LED, perhaps even a 100W with a dimmer. You get the shimmer of halide with a far more effecient light source

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I run a 30W LED over my mangrove tank for the same amount of time as I would any light, but brightness/intensity it's comparable I'd say to a 150W MH, if not moreso. It cost me less than 100$ to build the entire thing, including a fan based cooling system and a bracket I made from an ikea lamp, I posted a full list somewhere that I can copy here if necessary.

 

tl;dr it'll be in the region of a few times cheaper from the get go

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oh my. Thats a magnificent nem

 

magnifica... lol jk but yeh assuming not haddoni from the placement blue giganteas are most common right aside from brown?

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