Hard and Soft Corals
Rock Flower Anemone
Phymanthus crucifer
Photo: Nhobgood Nick Hobgood · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- Anemone
- Family
- Phymanthidae
- Origin
- Caribbean and Florida
- Size
- 5 – 12 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- marine standard
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- medium
- Current
- low – medium
- Aggressiveness
- low
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; shrimp pieces
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: A small, brightly colored anemone that attaches itself to the substrate among rocks and does not usually move. Much safer in a reef tank than other anemones.
