Amplexidiscus fenestrafer

Alternative names

 * ,, Giant Mushroom Anemone, , , ,

Sexing

 * This anemone is hermaphroditic. It reproduces typically by pedal laceration or budding, but fission is occasional.

Tank compatibility

 * Best kept in a species tank or carefully with other corals as this anemone will eat fish. Fish will usually learn to avoid the anemone, but it will always be a risk.

Diet

 * This anemone will actively eat fish if they're available by forming a ball around them so they are unable to escape. In captivity it should be fed large meals of Artemia and other plankton-like foods. It also receives some of its nutritional requirements from the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae.

Feeding regime

 * Feed once a day.

Environment Specifics

 * Due to its tendency to eat fish, it's best kept in a large tank without fish and with a sandy substrate and large rocks. Medium light levels with low current is preferred.

Behaviour

 * A fish-eating anemone.

Identification

 * A distinctive anemone, it has a very wide flat tentacle base which, when open, does resemble a pizza, giving rise to one of its common names. It is capable of folding this up like a ball when a fish brushes past. Colour forms include green, brown and tan.