I was wondering what type of anemone is their favorite.
Maroon clown carpet anemone.
Clownfish anemone compatibility chart.
They can grow up to be about 17 cm 6 7 in.
I know that carpets are very powerful and some types of clowns will get stung or eaten by it.
Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone.
This is good to know because their host anemone the bubble tip anemone e.
I have never seen any interaction between the clowns and the carpet.
I found this chart on another website and i m not sure if it s 100 valid but supposedly this is the compatability between clownfish and anemones.
Quadricolor requires intense aquarium lighting t5 s led s or metal halides to be kept alive for.
When we first added our maroon gold bar clownfish and rose bubble tip anemone into our 90 gallon saltwater reef tank goldie decided to try hosting our open brain coral instead of the anemone.
I had the clowns first and put the carpet in about 5 months ago.
I have a carpet anemone that my clarkii clown used to host in he passed away in recent power outage.
If you re setting up an aquarium and would like to keep clownfish and anemones it makes sense to try one these natural pairings but don t be.
The clownfish had come with a nipped fin at the top which seems to be healing now.
Mine is about 10 inches in diameter maybe even closer to a foot.
Just updating it has been about a week now and the anemone looks happy and healthy as well as the clownfish.
Updated august 12 2019 author.
Not sure what response you re expecting about the maroon clown and carpet nem.
Different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones.
False percula clown amphiprion.
The maroon clownfish is reportedly one of the easier marine fish to breed and they have been successfully breeding in home tanks even without a host anemone present.
I have 3 types of clowns including maroon and a carpet nem in a 75 gal tank.
The clownfish anemone compatibility chart on this page lists some of the various anemone species along with compatible clownfish species that they can form a symbiotic relationship with.
Im planning to get a mated pair of maroon clown fish.
Amphiprion percula percula is not very common in the hobby but does occasionally show up in imports from indonesia.
Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food.
An alternative anemone to pair with this clownfish with is haddon s carpet stichodactyla haddoni this is a smaller anemone and the ocellaris clownfish will often accept it within a few days after being introduced.