[Sk8r]

Carpet anemones, now---in my first reef, in a wet-dry, HO lit reef, I got a carpet and two clarkiis, as I recall---we had both percs and clarkiis at different times, and this was nearly 3 decades ago. They took to that anemone and fed it and punched it and generally beat on it---result: in a fairly raw from-seed-rock and crushed coral tank about 8 weeks in cycle and still unstable as all getout, that 'nem grew, and grew, and grew, and within 6 months, starting from about 7 inches, took over about 1/3 of a 100g tank [50g sump]. Never had any luck at all with any other nem. We sold those clowns and the nem together. It ate several small fish, whether dead or alive, I have no idea. It was probably a case of stumbling into just the right chemistry and lighting, and once the tank matured and changed its chemistry according to the way we did tanks in those days, meaning no skimmer, no frequent water changes, it couldn't repeat that success.