I am thinking about purchasing a saddle anemone from my LFS. How difficult are they to take care of? What do I need to do to take care of them? How big do they get? It would be going into a 90. Any info would be appreciated.
saddle anemone
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Boogiechillin
It's ok, I confuse my students too.
Saddles get huge - up to a good 1.5' across easily. They can and will out-sting other anemones and corals. Carpets also require very intense lighting, either via lots of PC or MH bulbs. Finally, like the other "carpet" anemones, they are also quite adept at catching careless fish that wander into them. If you absolutely MUST get an anemone (and you have the means to care for one), stick with safer choices like the bubbletip and sebae anemones, which are accepted by a much wider range of clownfish species than the saddle.