[sarha]

i bought a veitnam sadleback carpet anemone, witch my clown fish love, but can't find any related info or genus name for it also it seems to have a very large oral opening compared to the other carpet anemones i have seen, is this o.k. ?

[sarha]

may bee a picture might help

[Taras1]

Where did you get it? It looks like a young Stoichactis sp. (maybe gigas). If so, i believe they get very big (up to 1 m. in the wild) and are aggresive toward other anemone. On the upside, many species of clowns are hosted by this genera. Humans also sensitize quickly to their sting so wear gloves.

[sarha]

i got it at lfs, he is very sticky hard to feed without getting stuck to him. thank you for the info its nice to know

[Krazy]

with the open mouth gap like that , it could be stressed a touch from the clown loving it up or you may have a nitrate spike in your tank, heck it could even be gettin ready to expell some wastes

if you test your water and the nitrates are a touch high, just do a quick waterchange, if you do a couple small changes over the course of a couple days it will have a better impact on nitrate removal over one larger water change.

[sarha]

it's been like that since i brought it home two months ago lfs said it had a large oral opening normally in the wild wandering if thats true seems to be growing leeps and bounds gaining an inch or two in diameter every week.

[Krazy]

If its been like that since day 1 for you and appears fully healthy and is very sticky and eats well, I wouldnt worry about it then...

A friend of mine, his anemones mouth stays open a touch just like yours, its been fine for months

[jvharding]

Be sure to feed it Shrimp or Krill. It is beautiful!

[sarha]

here it is with its pair of skunks. thanks for all the help one more question, how often do you think this one will eat? i feed 2 times a week maybe more?