Carpet Anemone And Puffer Fish

If the puffer was sick or a larger more aggressive fish chased him into the carpet the puffer could be stung.

Carpet anemone and puffer fish. Ideal foods consist of small chunks of fresh fish small pieces uncooked shrimp and other meaty marine foods such as mysis and brine shrimp. This should not cause much harm to either animal. This is one of the larger anemone species so a. The puffer took the food and hasn t left it since.

Beaded anemone heteractis aurora the beaded anemone is named for the beadlike swellings along the length of its tentacles which may be brown green or purple in color. Its been going on for months. Like many anemones the carpet makes an excellent host for most types of clownfish forming a symbiotic relationship nbsp. This species tends to burrow into sand or gravel instead of anchoring itself to hard substrate and it is a host for seven different anemonefishes.

Porcupine puffers may nibble some of the tentacles of the anemone. When healthy this anemone is very sticky to the touch and when they grasp something or someone it is very difficult to convince it to let go without damaging the animal. The anemone uh nem uh nee are stinging polyps that spend most of their time attached to rocks or on coral reefs waiting for fish to pass close enough to get caught in their venomous tentacles which fire a harpoon like filament into their victim with a paralyzing neurotoxin. The carpet anemone nbsp stichodactyla gigantea also known as haddon s anemone is best kept on a soft substrate bottom.

This species of carpet anemone can eat fish in the display aquarium so use caution when housing a carpet anemone in with fish other than clownfish. There are hundreds of sea anemone species throughout the world s oceans and they run the full spectrum of colors. For proper care a fully established aquarium with perfect water chemistry adequate flow and strong illumination along with weekly or even daily feeding will benefit your mini carpet anemone. Puffers know to stay away from anemones or at least off to the side so your carpet would not normally get the chance.

This may sound crazy but i have a porcupine puffer that has been acting like he is hosting my carpet nem like a clown fish. They are capable of stinging and semi aggressive so should be kept away from other anemones and corals.