Blue Giant Carpet Anemone

In the wild they can get to well over 3 feet.

Blue giant carpet anemone.

The gigantic sea anemone stichodactyla gigantea loves warmer water 84 86f and will move often if not feed. This anemone is one that is known to be host to several species of anemonefishes including the common clownfish. Intense lighting is a must 250w hqi 20 000k ab metal halide is what i use now and weekly water changes. Giant carpet anemones are one of the largest of the anemones available in the industry.

It can be kept in an aquarium but is a very challenging species to keep alive and healthy for more than 3 5 years. Giant anemone giant carpet anemone giant blue carpet anemone description. 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. The giant carpet anemone is a large anemone that lives on coral reefs and seagrass beds in the tropical indo pacific.

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. I feed mine 5 silversides a week. Their tentacles are the longest of the carpet anemones but much shorter than a long tentacle or bubble tip anemone. It also has light spots on the underside of the oral disc and longer pointed tentacles while haddon s anemone has shorter beaded tentacles.

Stichodactyla gigantea commonly known as the giant carpet anemone is a species of sea anemone that lives in the indo pacific area.