Actinia equina

Tank compatibility

 * This anemone can be territorial towards other anemones and sting both other anemones and soft corals. It can eat small fish and inverts also. Keep this anemone with caution.

Diet

 * Carnivore: shrimps, fish, crabs and other small creatures it can catch, it also needs light to produce zooxanthellae.

Feeding regime

 * Two to three times a week in captivity. In the wild it catches it food in the tidal zone.

Environment Specifics

 * Shore and tidal zone, rocky substrate, and on stones in the literal zone.

Behaviour

 * Generally peaceful, but might sting other small corals and catch small fish and crayfish and eat them.

Identification

 * Red body and tentacles, with blue knobs around the mouth.