Carpet Anemone Clownfish

This mated pair of amphiprion ocellaris or common clownfish has accepted this green carpet anemone as a host.

Carpet anemone clownfish.

The clownfish anemone compatibility chart shows the various anemone species along with compatible clownfish species. Like many anemones the carpet makes an excellent host for most types of clownfish forming a symbiotic relationship nbsp. 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. Perideraion pink skunk anemonefish a.

The carpet anemone nbsp stichodactyla gigantea also known as haddon s anemone is best kept on a soft substrate bottom. In fact only one species of clownfish the clark s clownfish amphiprion clarkii is know to occupy all 10 species of host anemones in the sea most clownfish are very selective about which anemone they will accept as a host in the sea but in the aquarium in absents of a preferred host they will often accept a. Ocellaris false clownfish a. Gigantea hosts 7 different species of anemonefish amphiprion akindynos barrier reef anemonefish a.

Bicinctus two band anemonefish a. Some aquarists believe that tank raised clownfish do not host anemones as readily as wild caught clownfish after a few generations. You want your clownfish to live in a host anemone but so far it s not happening. Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the 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. I ve got a sure fire tip to get your clownfish to host find out how. This is one of the larger anemone species so a. If you would like clown fish consider the below list of some the more common clown fish that have been known to readily host in haddoni anemones.

The suggested reason is that their parents and grandparents have never seen anemones and therefore have lost the instinct or need for the protection from potential predators. They are capable of stinging and semi aggressive so should be kept away from other anemones and corals. Not all the 29 species of clownfish will go in all 10 species of host anemones.