Bubble-tip anemone

Kupferanemone ( Entacmaea quadricolor )

The BTA ( Entacmaea quadricolor ) is a sea anemone from the tropical Indo-Pacific coral reefs and the Red Sea. It has up to ten centimeters long tentacles at the ends often bubble-like swellings with green or red tips. Bubble anemone are off-white, brown or reddish in color, shape and color last Kupferanemone is called. Bubble anemone with zooxanthellae live in symbiosis, from which they get a portion of the nutrients they need. It nettles only weak.

It forms in the sea two forms. In shallow water live small, only 5 to 10 centimeters large specimens, which multiply by division and form large colonies of genetically identical copies. In deeper water large solitary specimens that reach a wheel diameter of 40 centimeters life. Bubble anemones are always looking deep to anchor their foot in caves or columns.

Symbiosis

She is a Symbioseanemone and an important partner of the symbiosis Anemone fish. A total of ten species of the genus Amphiprion, the Spine Cheek Anemonefish ( Premnas biaculeatus ) and in his youth and the three - spot damsel ( Dascyllus trimaculatus ) accept them as partners. Furthermore, it is also accepted by the commensal porcelain crabs of the genus Neopetrolisthes and Rotmeer partner shrimp as a host.

Aquarium maintenance

In saltwater aquarium, the BTA is the most durable Symbioseanemone. It is also accepted by anemone fishes that do not belong in nature to their partners. If the fish are sufficiently fed, gets enough food from the anemone with. The best is small frozen foods such as Cyclops. Larger food they can not fully digest often. A BTA, which is placed in an aquarium with clownfish should be sufficiently large. Bubble anemone have already propagated asexually by division in the aquarium.