Anemones and the Clowns that host them

your black and white is more than likely an A. ocellaris. The blacks and oranges have been known to breed together.

but yes this isn't the bible and clowns can do strange things. This sticky is just ones that are known to happen.

That's cool, I don't need pure bred fish.

Originally Posted by rgrking

STICHODACTYLA GIGANTEA also known as Gigantic Sea Anemone



These are really sticky nems, but for some reason do not hurt humans when touched. When you pull them off they come off in clumps.

They are from Micronesia to the Red Sea, and Australia to the Ryukyu Islands

Clowns that are known to host it are:
A. akindynos (Barrier Reef Clownfish)
A. bicinctus (Red Sea Clownfish or Two-Banded Clownfish)
A. clarkii (Clark's Anemonefish or Yellowtail Clownfish)
A. ocellaris (Ocellaris Clownfish)
A. percula (Orange Clownfish or Percula Clownfish)
A. perideraion (Pink Skunk Clownfish or Pink Anemonefish)
A. rubrocinctus (Australian Anemonefish, Red Anemonefish,
Redgirdled Anemonefish)

That is not a pic of Stichodactyla Gigantea. That pic is of Condylatis Gigantea. Big difference in the two.
Stichodactyla Gigantea is the hosting carpet anemone that is the prize of many tanks. Along with ritteris it is one of the most difficult of the nems to keep successfully. You can easily tell them apart from haddoni anemone because the gigantea will have colored verruncae on it while the haddoni's will be faint or white. The nem comes in tan, green, blue, yellow, and other colors. It looks like this...

you know I thought that too when I was researching this and came up with the pic I had. I just did some more and newer pics are up and updated information. I'll be changing it soon.