Blue Giant Carpet Anemone

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.

Blue giant carpet anemone.

Some comments by michael. Stichodactyla gigantea commonly known as the giant carpet anemone is a species of sea anemone that lives in the indo pacific area. In the wild they can get to well over 3 feet. It can be kept in an aquarium but is a very challenging species to keep alive and healthy for more than 3 5 years.

It also has light spots on the underside of the oral disc and longer pointed tentacles while haddon s anemone has shorter beaded tentacles. 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. I believe clownfish are the key to keeping this anemone because they seem to clean it daily.

Their tentacles are the longest of the carpet anemones but much shorter than a long tentacle or bubble tip anemone. 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. The giant carpet anemone is a large anemone that lives on coral reefs and seagrass beds in the tropical indo pacific.

I feed mine 5 silversides a week.