Giant Carpet Anemone And Ocellaris Clownfish

Bicinctus two band anemonefish a.

Giant carpet anemone and ocellaris clownfish.

Gigantea hosts 7 different species of anemonefish amphiprion akindynos barrier reef anemonefish a. They also possess a powerful poison. The species exhibits a rich range of color variation including brown yellow blue green and more. 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.

Zooxanthellae are obligate symbionts within the anemone. Watching a clownfish seemingly playing in its anemone host is one of the most magical things that can happen in our aquariums. Clarkii clark s anemonefish a. In nature a clownfish cannot survive without a host anemone.

Most anemones are treated as sessile but the ones inhabited by anemonefish are in fact motile. Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food. Both need the other to survive. In their natural habitats clownfish and anemones have a symbiotic relationship.

They would simply be picked off by a predator as they would have no place to hide. 1 different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones.