Cleaner Shrimp And Carpet Anemone

The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea.

Cleaner shrimp and carpet anemone.

The cleaner shrimp wants some action too but the nem won t allow him to get close to it. The relationship between cleaner shrimp and their clients is generally considered a mutualism. Tidal gardens 49 244 views. On one occasion i had a large clark s anemonefish amphiprion clarkii grab a marbled shrimp in its mouth and stuff it into its host carpet anemone.

Mini maxi carpet anemone propagation duration. An association between two species where both benefit. The first ones can grow up to 5 cm 2 inches in length. Some of the larger corallimorpharians a close relative of the sea anemones might also prey on shrimps.

They seem to prefer the condylactis anemones carpet anemones and ricordea but are also found on just about any other kind of anemone found in florida and the caribbean. They also exhibit a symbiotic relationship with carpet anemones presumably for protection from predators. In this case the shrimp gets a meal and the. These are a small shrimp species.

My cleaner shrimp is bothering my anemone sometimes it makes the anemone really upset. Very fine blue carpet anemone duration. This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone. Another compatible tankmates are the periclemenes anemone shrimp and thor amboinensis the sexy shrimp.

Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter.