Carpet Anemone Eat Fish

Green carpet anemone eating my fish.

Carpet anemone eat fish. Carpet anemones are definitely carnivores and should be treated as such. However a large carpet anemone is far more likely to consume fish other than the clownfish living within them and invertebrate tank mates than is a tube anemone. The carpet anemone nbsp stichodactyla gigantea also known as haddon s anemone is best kept on a soft substrate bottom. They are capable of stinging and semi aggressive so should be kept away from other anemones and corals.

This species may sting nearby corals and other invertebrates. The large carpet anemone plays host to a variety of clownfish in the wild. This is one of the larger anemone species so a. Whats going on here.

Buying a used 300gallon reef tank re homing a carpet anemone. Klem reefing 5 870 views. This carpet must have eaten a dozen fish including 4 wrasses 4 gobies 5 tangs. Green carpet anemone eats fish ashtonreef.

Is this a common problem with all carpet anemones. And i just saved a true percula from getting eaten. I thought carpets and clownfish are symbiotic. Although not necessary the saltwater species that will live in symbiosis include amphiprion clarkii a.

A good meal once or twice a week is usually plenty to keep them healthy and growing. In fact jim fatherree had an article entitled killer carpet at one point in which he chronicled roughly 300 worth of tankmates that his stichodactyla haddoni consumed over. 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.