Giant Carpet Anemone And Ocellaris Clownfish

Most anemones are treated as sessile but the ones inhabited by anemonefish are in fact motile.

Giant carpet anemone and ocellaris clownfish. The species exhibits a rich range of color variation including brown yellow blue green and more. They also possess a powerful poison. Clownfish do not require host anemones to survive or thrive. Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food.

Watching a clownfish seemingly playing in its anemone host is one of the most magical things that can happen in our aquariums. Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the anemone. Bicinctus two band anemonefish a. In their natural habitats clownfish and anemones have a symbiotic relationship.

Giant carpet anemone these large sea anemones are favored by the ocellaris clownfish and the red spotted porcelain crab which form symbiotic relationships with this species. 1 different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones. In their natural environment ocellaris clownfish will host in magnificent sea anemone heteractis magnifica giant carpet sea anemone stichodactyla gigantean and merten s carpet sea anemone stichodactyla mertensii. Both need the other to survive.

Gigantea hosts 7 different species of anemonefish amphiprion akindynos barrier reef anemonefish a. In nature a clownfish cannot survive without a host anemone.