Anemones, mushrooms, and zoanthids
Giant Carpet Anemone
Stichodactyla gigantea
Photo: Michael arvedlund at da.wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size80 cm
- Difficulty★★★★★
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeNo
Full profile
- Type
- Anemone
- Family
- Stichodactylidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 30 – 80 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
- Very high (may catch fish)
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; fish and shrimp
- Reef Safe
- ❌ No
Notes: A very clingy carpet anemone capable of eating fish. Demanding and dangerous to other tank inhabitants.
