Green Carpet Anemone Clownfish

Like many anemones the green carpet makes an excellent host for most types of clownfish forming a symbiotic relationship.

Green carpet anemone clownfish.

The tank is 38 gallons with compact fluorescent lighting. 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. The green carpet anemone makes an excellent host for many types of clownfish including amphiprion ocellaris a. The green carpet anemone can be found living either singularly on the reef or soft bottoms in the indo pacific region and the red sea.

They are capable of stinging and semi aggressive so should be kept away from other anemones and corals. If u are having any questions or if you want to follow me for real time update of my aquarium and behind the. This mated pair of amphiprion ocellaris or common clownfish has accepted this green carpet anemone as a host. This is one of the larger anemone species.

The green carpet anemone nbsp stichodactyla gigantea also known as haddon s anemone is best kept on a soft substrate bottom. 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.