Anemones, mushrooms, and zoanthids
Jewel Anemone
Corynactis viridis
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature10–20 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size2 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- Coral-like
- Family
- Corallimorphidae
- Origin
- Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
- Size
- 1 – 2 cm
- Temperature
- 10 – 20°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.025 – 1.028
- Ca / KH / Mg
- marine standard
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Light
- low (non-photosynthetic)
- Current
- average
- Aggressiveness
- average
- Feeding
- carnivorous (zooplankton)
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes (cold-water aquarium)
Notes: Small, brightly colored polyps (pink, green, orange) with tentacles that have rounded tips. Cold water and a light diet.
