Carpet Anemone And Puffer Fish

There are hundreds of sea anemone species throughout the world s oceans and they run the full spectrum of colors.

Carpet anemone and puffer fish.

Like many anemones the carpet makes an excellent host for most types of clownfish forming a symbiotic relationship nbsp. This is one of the larger anemone species so 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. I bought a green haddoni carpet anemone was my lfs i kept eyeing it for about 2 months every time i went in i kept seeing this large haddoni carpet at the time i didn t even know what it was it was hosting a large maroon clown i thought it was just the most beautiful thing i had ever seen finally i shelled out 100 bucks to buy it like i said it was large my 125 gallon reef tank was.

Porcupine puffers may nibble some of the tentacles of the anemone. This may sound crazy but i have a porcupine puffer that has been acting like he is hosting my carpet nem like a clown fish. Ideal foods consist of small chunks of fresh fish small pieces uncooked shrimp and other meaty marine foods such as mysis and brine shrimp. This species tends to burrow into sand or gravel instead of anchoring itself to hard substrate and it is a host for seven different anemonefishes.

This should not cause much harm to either animal. Beaded anemone heteractis aurora the beaded anemone is named for the beadlike swellings along the length of its tentacles which may be brown green or purple in color. Its been going on for months. The puffer took the food and hasn t left it since.

I was looking for some info on my puffer and nem also. They are capable of stinging and semi aggressive so should be kept away from other anemones and corals. The carpet anemone nbsp stichodactyla gigantea also known as haddon s anemone is best kept on a soft substrate bottom. Puffers know to stay away from anemones or at least off to the side so your carpet would not normally get the chance.

For proper care a fully established aquarium with perfect water chemistry adequate flow and strong illumination along with weekly or even daily feeding will benefit your mini carpet anemone. The anemone uh nem uh nee are stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks or on coral reefs waiting for fish to pass close enough to get caught in their venomous tentacles which fire a harpoon like filament into their victim with a paralyzing neurotoxin.