Red Carpet Anemone

The best way to view this anemone is top down under heavy actinic lighting.

Red carpet anemone. Colors include bright green red lime green blue white and can even be striped. Stichodactyla mertensii or merten s carpet anemone is the rarest of the carpet anemones and is seldom seen in the ornamental aquatics trade. Has a bright red body and neon green mouth. This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone.

The bali red mini maxi carpet stichodactyla sp. Merten s carpet anemone is the only species of the large carpet anemones that is. Pete s aquariums fish is your 1 source for online and in store sales of anemones including giant red carpet anemone the magnificent sea anemone corn anemones and more. Easy to keep inflated purchase size.

It is roughly 1 and grows to a max size of 3. Red carpet anemone or giant anemone are one of the largest of the anemones available in the aquarium industry. The red carpet saddle anemone is one of the rarest anemones available and they are snapped up when they become available. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea.

Red carpet anemone stichodactyla gigantea is also known as the giant anemone giant carpet anemone or giant red carpet anemone it s the rarest of its species and have a higher price tag than other giant saddle anemones. Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter.