Would you chance a bleached carpet?

[Reefing102]

Saw this guy at my LFS. They rarely get anything in that’s worthwhile. This guy is massive, about 12” across or so as he sits in the picture. I’m not sure how long they’ve had him but his tag is definitely older looking (ink kind of worn down). But the sad part is, he’s in an unlit tank. The light you see is the 10’+ ceiling level spot lights.

I have the room in my tank, but I don’t have Cipro on hand for treatment. They have him listed as Striped Saddle Anemone $65.99.

Would you take the chance if you had the capability? Sorry for the crappy pic. Looks like a haddoni to me.

 

[Saltyreef]

If you are sure how to care for a large carpet nem and the tank is suitable, i would grab it. Borderline rescue move though it looks in rough shape from lack of light. Carpets eat everything unsuspecting lol

 

[DmitryB]

They should be giving it away for free!

 

[PolypPocket]

What kind of a fish store doesn’t put lights on their tanks?! Crazy.

I think it’s pretty cool looking and could be a really rewarding rescue once it colors back up.

 

[Ocellaris123]

Bleached is not a death sentence. Besides being bleached it appears in good shape. If i were looking for a haddoni and didnt care about what color it turns out i would chance it. Good light and conditions and it will recover in a few months no problem. I would feed small meaty foods as well to supplement nutrition while it recovers

 

[Reefing102]

They should be giving it away for free!

One could wish lol

What kind of a fish store doesn’t put lights on their tanks?! Crazy.

I think it’s pretty cool looking and could be a really rewarding rescue once it colors back up.

The kind that doesn’t invest in their saltwater selection. I used to work at this store 10+ years ago. They refused to get any decent lighting for coral or other light loving creatures. Their saltwater section is even more dismal now with a low boy (for fish, not coral), this 60 gallon cube and a little 3 gallon with a clown in it. Back in the day they had a 75 gallon frag tank (with standard flourescent lights), and 2 sections of marineland commercial tanks.

They never invested because anything outside of fish never sold. And their mark up is so insane that it was significantly cheaper online. They didn’t follow MAP, they had their own mark up of 130% on top of wholesale (so if wholesale it was $1, in store price would be $2.30 minimum). Their IO salt buckets run about $140ish. And they wonder why stuff doesn’t sell.

My only hesitation is I don’t have much of a sand bed (mostly bare bottom). I believe I could give it proper care no problem.

 

[cet98]

imo it looks to be a good shape outside of the coloring but not having a sand bed would lead me to suggest that you pass on bringing it home. As you likely already know, haddonis need a sand bed to securely anchor their foot in and without one, it will move around looking for it which will only cause more unnecessary stress to it unfortunately.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

There's always a chance it could come back and do good! Just have to give it proper care

 

[Reefing102]

imo it looks to be a good shape outside of the coloring but not having a sand bed would lead me to suggest that you pass on bringing it home. As you likely already know, haddonis need a sand bed to securely anchor their foot in and without one, it will move around looking for it which will only cause more unnecessary stress to it unfortunately.

My only thought was a container with sand in it (kind of like what’s used when QTing sand dwelling wrasses)but not sure that would prevent it from walking anyway.

 

[cet98]

imo it looks to be a good shape outside of the coloring but not having a sand bed would lead me to suggest that you pass on bringing it home. As you likely already know, haddonis need a sand bed to securely anchor their foot in and without one, it will move around looking for it which will only cause more unnecessary stress to it unfortunately.

In theory that would be a good idea but other parameters like flow and lighting must also be taken into account. Anemones like to “find” their preferred spot, so the chances of one placing in it in the correct spot would be a concern for me.

 

[X-37B]

What kind of a fish store doesn’t put lights on their tanks?! Crazy.

I think it’s pretty cool looking and could be a really rewarding rescue once it colors back up.

A lfs that was recently sold was closed sun-tue. The owner left the lights off for 3 days.
He never had an issue with coral but not something I had ever heard of.

 

[areefer01]

My only thought was a container with sand in it (kind of like what’s used when QTing sand dwelling wrasses)but not sure that would prevent it from walking anyway.

The challenge with this is security. A container such as this is static and placed by the hobbyist. If the animal does not like the placement or feel comfortable, safe, then it will try and find such a place that does. Stress for the animal and hobbyist.

Not directed at you or anyone here but half the battle with keeping some animals is environment. If we can't provide it then we should not try and keep it. Trying to make it conform to our environment is failure to launch.

As others noted though on the overall health. The picture shows it in good form. That is half of the equation. The hobbyist who buys it has to do the second part.

 

[Uncle99]

Bleached anything, especially large nem.
Not a chance.

 

[BryanM]

I would only do this if I had direct experience with the species and bringing them back to good health.

 

[X-37B]

Saw this guy at my LFS. They rarely get anything in that’s worthwhile. This guy is massive, about 12” across or so as he sits in the picture. I’m not sure how long they’ve had him but his tag is definitely older looking (ink kind of worn down). But the sad part is, he’s in an unlit tank. The light you see is the 10’+ ceiling level spot lights.

I have the room in my tank, but I don’t have Cipro on hand for treatment. They have him listed as Striped Saddle Anemone $65.99.

Would you take the chance if you had the capability? Sorry for the crappy pic. Looks like a haddoni to me.

If I was in the market I would get it.
It just looks light starved.
That same nem that size with color at my lfs is $1K. They have a green and pink one same size and price.
Put it under a halide or strong leds and it has a shot.
I would drop it in under my 400 watt halide if it was at my lfs for that price.
I can get a small 4-6" for 1-200.

 

[jamie1210]

i would way rather deal with a bleached carpet than one that has a bacterial infection and needs cipro! Just treat the bleached carpet like a healthy carpet. You wouldn't even need to feed it. Just give it good lighting, stable water and the color will slowly come back.

 

[Hot2na]

YES, YES, AND YES ... I 've done numerous ZOOX transplants over the yrs and only ONE failed ..However a second attempt on that one worked ..Do it right and you will succeed ! and attached is a pic of the one that was done 2x ...went from white as snow and small to that in 4 months ....