Maroon Clown Carpet Anemone

I know that carpets are very powerful and some types of clowns will get stung or eaten by it.

Maroon clown carpet anemone.

Clownfish rely on anemones for protection from predators while anemones rely on clownfish for food. Mike fishlore admin social media. This is good to know because their host anemone the bubble tip anemone e. 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.

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. Premnas biaculeatus commonly known as spine cheeked anemonefish or the maroon clownfish is a species of anemonefish found in the indo pacific from western indonesia to taiwan and the great barrier reef. Im planning to get a mated pair of maroon clown fish. Quadricolor requires intense aquarium lighting t5 s led s or metal halides to be kept alive for.

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. Amphiprion percula percula is not very common in the hobby but does occasionally show up in imports from indonesia. Updated august 12 2019 author. I have 3 types of clowns including maroon and a carpet nem in a 75 gal tank.

Like all anemonefishes it forms a symbiotic mutualism with sea anemones and is unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone. The clownfish had come with a nipped fin at the top which seems to be healing now. 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.

Not sure what response you re expecting about the maroon clown and carpet nem. They can grow up to be about 17 cm 6 7 in. The first listed in each group being the most compatiable anemone to that species and then so on in desending order. 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.

I have never seen any interaction between the clowns and the carpet. 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. Clownfish anemone compatibility chart. I was wondering what type of anemone is their favorite.

Different types of clownfish tend to prefer living with or hosting different types of anemones. False percula clown amphiprion.