Anemones, mushrooms, and zoanthids
Malu anemone
Heteractis malu
Also called: Radianthus malu
Photo: Haplochromis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size25 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeWith caution
Full profile
- Type
- Anemone
- Family
- Stichodactylidae
- Origin
- Western Pacific and Hawaii
- Size
- 15 – 25 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.024 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- marine standard
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Light
- High
- Current
- average
- Aggressiveness
- average
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; direct feeding
- Reef Safe
- ⚠️ Use with caution
Notes: A sand anemone with short tentacles that have magenta tips. Less commonly used by clownfish in aquariums.
