Carpet Anemone - Red (Indian Ocean) Size:8+ Inch and a distinctive ring forms

and a distinctive ring forms behind the eye which is ringed in blue

It is easy to image its bright chambers dripping with honey

It is overall a mousy brown with a white tail and dramatic pumpkin orange edging to its dorsal and anal fins

This coral is completely non-photosynthetic and receives its energy by capturing copepod nauplii

Carpet Anemone - Red (Indian Ocean) Size:8+ Inch and a distinctive ring formsAnemones have a central mouth surrounded by stinging tentacles which can capture small creatures and deliver them to the mouth. The sting is often quite strong and capable of damaging corals and injuring fish. Small fish such as firefish and dragonets may accidently swim directly into the anemone and be killed. Large anemones such as carpets may even kill larger fish. The addition of a night light greatly aids fish in avoiding the anemones. The