For anyone interested, I started a thread about it at RC:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1479003
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1479003
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Randy's Red Haddoni from Jay's
- Thread starter Randy Holmes-Farley
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Gina McReeferson
My sweet Baby David
That is gorgeous Randy, I had wondered if you picked it up. You don't see a red Carpet too often, that's for sure. I hope it does well for you.
I saw this the other day at Jay's and it's amazing... Great pick up...
LosingSleep
Non-member
Congratulations on such a unique and beautiful specimen!
marine mike
Getting back in! yes!
very cool looking Randy! best of luck with it.
Sweet score Randy. That'll look nice beside your new RBTA! 
OP
OP
Thanks, everyone.
That'll look nice beside your new RBTA!
Yes. Thanks again, it is doing well.
Hopefully they will not compete for the same real estate, but the RBTA is sitting on top of the rock outcrop that the haddoni is at the bottom of.
That'll look nice beside your new RBTA!
Yes. Thanks again, it is doing well.
Hopefully they will not compete for the same real estate, but the RBTA is sitting on top of the rock outcrop that the haddoni is at the bottom of.
I think they'll be fine. I've had a couple of BTAs in with the haddoni ever since day one. If anything, the RBTA would move if it had to. No need for the second thanks. It was my pleasure sir. 
OP
OP
Well, the anemone didn't make it. I had it 35 days, and it was a steady downhill slide during most of that time. Based on everything I've read and been told by many folks who have both successfully and unsuccessfully tried to bring them to their tanks, the setting for it should have been appropriate, but that getting a specimen healthy enough to make the transition from ocean to tank is very hard. I knew the risk and was willing to take it, but that doesn't make it any less disappointing.
I've tracked it all along in the thread linked above, and here's the last post to it:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=13651320#post13651320
I've tracked it all along in the thread linked above, and here's the last post to it:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=13651320#post13651320
Sorry to hear that... That was such an awesome looking speciman...
On a totally different subject... I can't believe you have 62,637 posts on RC!!!
On a totally different subject... I can't believe you have 62,637 posts on RC!!!
Mrs. Delta
Puppy love!
That stinks! 
Joel A
Started over.
just talking from my experience here... but the haddoni i had seemed to settle in a lot easier with 2 clownfish hosting it right away.. maybe that would have helped in your case... no one can say for sure though..
mine attached the first day i put it in there, and didn't move for 6 months until i had to get rid of it... even then i couldn't get it to move so i sold it with the big rock it was attached too.
a quote from the rc thread..
"find a flat rock that can be positioned to form an under-sand inclined "ledge" from the bottom of the tank/container to the surface of the sand. I typically make the sand about 3" deep. This "ledge" rock must be securely wedged so that it will not move at all when the anemone exerts force against it."
That is EXACTLY how mine was set-up.. only i didn't do it intentionally.. lol.. it attached to the rock, then the foot slowly slid to the underside of the rock, and stayed put.
mine attached the first day i put it in there, and didn't move for 6 months until i had to get rid of it... even then i couldn't get it to move so i sold it with the big rock it was attached too.
a quote from the rc thread..
"find a flat rock that can be positioned to form an under-sand inclined "ledge" from the bottom of the tank/container to the surface of the sand. I typically make the sand about 3" deep. This "ledge" rock must be securely wedged so that it will not move at all when the anemone exerts force against it."
That is EXACTLY how mine was set-up.. only i didn't do it intentionally.. lol.. it attached to the rock, then the foot slowly slid to the underside of the rock, and stayed put.
Bummer, Randy. While it may be pretty rare to find a red one, people here on the site commonly have green ones that they've had for a long time and are looking to sell. I'd say I see one come up for sale here on the site about once every 2-3 months.
~Flighty~
Now with more baby
Man, that was the prettiest red one I have seen in pictures or in person. The red ones just seem to be handle shipping and acclimation the way giganteas and magnificas do, which is really crappilly. It could partially be the size and logistics of collecting and small containers and bags. But anyway, that's a bummer.
Did you take any samples to look at under a microscope? We don't really know what it is that kills them as you saw by the scattershot advice you get.
Did you take any samples to look at under a microscope? We don't really know what it is that kills them as you saw by the scattershot advice you get.
OP
OP
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
Bummer for sure Randy. Yours was only the second one I've ever seen, in person or in pics. The first one I saw was abour 3-4 years ago, and died after about a month or so being tanked iirc. There are some rather large green haddonis on here once and a while for cheap money. I got mine for $40. Happy Halloween to you also.
Happy Halloween to you also.
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