Green Carpet Anemone
A variant of Carpet anemone (Stichodactyla gigantea)
Representative Carpet anemonephoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
The giant carpet anemone *Stichodactyla gigantea* in a bright green to fluorescent-green form, with a broad flat disc densely packed with short, beaded adhesive tentacles that glow under blue light. This is the most frequently imported color of the species.
📜 Backstory
Green is the most common imported color form of the giant carpet *S. gigantea*, regularly offered by importers and stores such as BlueZoo Aquatics and reef-anemone specialists. These are wild-collected from Indo-Pacific reefs rather than aquacultured, and 'green' is simply a color description, not a named clonal line. *S. gigantea* is widely regarded as the most delicate of the carpet anemones, with poor shipping survival, so even the common green form is an advanced-only animal.
Keeper tips for this variant
Give it a large, mature tank with intense light, strong flow and a deep sandbed at the base of the rockwork (gigantea is a rock-and-sand dweller that tucks its foot into a crevice near the substrate). Feed substantial meaty foods regularly. Its sticky sting is lethal to neighboring corals and it can wander, so guard powerheads and leave open space around it.