Giant Carpet Anemone And Ocellaris Clownfish

The species exhibits a rich range of color variation including brown yellow blue green and more.

Giant carpet anemone and ocellaris clownfish. Watching a clownfish seemingly playing in its anemone host is one of the most magical things that can happen in our aquariums. In nature a clownfish cannot survive without a host anemone. In their natural habitats clownfish and anemones have a symbiotic relationship. Clarkii clark s anemonefish a.

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. Clownfish do not require host anemones to survive or thrive. Gigantea hosts 7 different species of anemonefish amphiprion akindynos barrier reef anemonefish a. There s just something about the symbiosis of it.

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. Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food. Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the anemone. They also possess a powerful poison.

1 different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones. Both need the other to survive.