Cleaner Shrimp And Carpet Anemone

The relationship between cleaner shrimp and their clients is generally considered a mutualism.

Cleaner shrimp and carpet anemone.

The first ones can grow up to 5 cm 2 inches in length. On one occasion i had a large clark s anemonefish amphiprion clarkii grab a marbled shrimp in its mouth and stuff it into its host carpet anemone. Mini maxi carpet anemone propagation duration. They also exhibit a symbiotic relationship with carpet anemones presumably for protection from predators.

Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter. The haddon s carpet anemone lives singly in the shallow waters of the indo pacific and red sea. An association between two species where both benefit. They seem to prefer the condylactis anemones carpet anemones and ricordea but are also found on just about any other kind of anemone found in florida and the caribbean.

Very fine blue carpet anemone duration. They are often part of big cleaning stations that may involve neon gobies wrasses and other cleaner shrimp such as banded coral shrimp and scarlet cleaner shrimp. Some of the larger corallimorpharians a close relative of the sea anemones might also prey on shrimps. This colorful anemone is also referred to as haddon s anemone saddle anemone saddle carpet anemone or saddleback anemone.

My cleaner shrimp is bothering my anemone sometimes it makes the anemone really upset. The sexy shrimp is way smaller. These are a small shrimp species. Matthew stephenson 223 624 views.

Another compatible tankmates are the periclemenes anemone shrimp and thor amboinensis the sexy shrimp.