Bubble Tip Anemone
Entacmaea quadricolor
The most commonly kept host anemone for clownfish, and a stinging, mobile animal that needs a mature, stable reef.
Ideal Conditions
- Temperature
- 24 – 27 °C
- pH range
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.024 – 1.026 SG
- Adult size
- 15 – 30 cm
- Min. tank size
- 200 litres+
- Lifespan
- 20 – 80 years
- Diet
- Photosynthetic, supplemented with meaty foods
- Water flow
- Moderate
- Preferred setup
- Mature reef with stable parameters and covered powerheads
About the Bubble Tip Anemone
Bubble Tip Anemones are long-lived photosynthetic animals rather than corals in the usual sense. They anchor in rockwork, host clownfish and can live for decades, but they wander until satisfied, stinging corals as they go and risking damage in powerheads.
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Where Bubble Tip Anemone comes from
Native range
Indo-Pacific, Red Sea
Countries / regions
Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Egypt
Habitat
Reef crevices and rubble where the anemone anchors its foot, often hosting clownfish.
Illustrative native range only, not an occurrence dataset.
Similar species
Ocellaris Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
Torch Coral
Euphyllia glabrescens
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Compatible tank mates
Reviewed guidance based on this species' recorded traits.
- Great
Ocellaris Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
A natural host relationship: the clownfish is immune to the sting and both animals benefit.
- Great
Yellow Tang
Zebrasoma flavescens
Fast, alert fish that do not blunder into the tentacles.
- Compatible with caution
Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmata amboinensis
Usually coexists, but a large anemone can catch and eat a shrimp.
- Not recommended
Hammer Coral
Fimbriaphyllia ancora
A wandering anemone stings neighbouring LPS corals; keep them well separated.
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