Clownfish In Carpet Anemone

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Clownfish in carpet anemone. The carpet anemones can be called home by quite a few of the commonly offered clownfish species including the clarkii clown the pink skunk clown the percula clown the false percula clown and many others. Clownfish anemone compatibility chart. Unfortunately these are generally not great choices for the average enthusiast. This mated pair of amphiprion ocellaris or common clownfish has accepted this green carpet anemone as a host.

This species of carpet anemone can eat fish in the display aquarium so use caution when housing a carpet anemone in with fish other than clownfish. Percula host only heteractis magnifica the magnificent sea anemone stichodactyla gigantea the giant carpet anemone heractis crispa sebae anemone and stichodactyla mertensii merten s carpet anemone. The clownfish anemone compatibility chart on this page lists some of the various anemone species along with compatible clownfish species that they can form a symbiotic relationship with. They are small shrimps getting to about 1 25 2 5 inches 3 6 cm in length.

Anemone shrimps are fascinating additions to an aquarium dedicated to a carpet anemone but should be used instead of the more clownfish rather than. Haddoni hosts amphiprion akindynos a. When healthy this anemone is very sticky to the touch and when they grasp something or someone it is very difficult to convince it to let go without damaging the animal. In the wild a.

Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food. Updated august 12 2019 author. Different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones. Periclemenes anemone shrimps are infrequently traded but interesting tankmates that live in a symbiotic relationship with carpet anemones presumably for protection.

The tank is 38 gallons with compact fluorescent lighting. Amphiprion perideraion pink skunk is a commonly available clownfish but i find it not to be very popular with most hobbyists.