Hard and Soft Corals
Bubble Anemone
Entacmaea quadricolor
Photo: Nhobgood Nick Hobgood · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeWith caution
Full profile
- Type
- Anemone
- Family
- Actiniidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific and Red Sea
- Size
- 20 – 40 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.024 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- marine standard
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Light
- medium – high
- Current
- medium
- Aggressiveness
- high (stings any coral it touches)
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; shrimp or mysis pieces once a week
- Reef Safe
- ⚠️ Use with caution (it moves around and can burn corals)
Notes: Tentacles with bubble-shaped tips. The most commonly used anemone with clownfish. It moves around until it finds its spot: protect flow pumps with a mesh guard.
