Entacmaea quadricolor

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The Bubble Tip Anemone (BTA) is the most common host anemone found in aquariums. It is also arguably the most hardy and has the greatest ability to adapt to varying lighting conditions in captivity.

Its requirements include medium to strong lighting, and a decent piece of rockwork to sit in.

Fish that will natively host in these include : A. clarkii, A. ephippium, A. chrysopterus, A. bicinctus, A. akindynos, A. frenatus, A. allardi, A. mccullochi, A. melanopus, A. omanensis, A. rubrocinctus, A. tricinctus

BTA's will often hide when stressed, and commonly when splitting or bleached. This will frequently happen after putting one in a tank.

See also Anemone reproduction for information on splitting and spawning.

See also Anemone feeding for more information on diet and feeding characteristics.

See Talk:Entacmaea quadricolor for individual experiences with this species, Entacmaea quadricolor. Feel free to add your own personal experiences.

Common Name
Bubble Tip Anemone
Binomial Name
Entacmaea quadricolor

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Actiniaria
Family:	Actiniidae
Genus:	Entacmaea
Species:	quadricolor

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Common Names

Bubble Tip Anemone
BTA
Rose Anemone
Maroon Anemone

Characteristics

Description

Most common are brown or greenish-brown, with bright green tentacles sometimes found in other colors such as pink (rose anemone). Tips may be a contrasting color such as white or blue. Requires a deep crefice to anchor foot.

Similar Species

Any species that look similar to this one, that may be mixed up.

Maximum Size

Disc about 30 cm in diameter.

Associated Organisms

Anything that lives in symbiosis, parasitic or opportunistically with it.

Behaviour

Anemones will re-locate in the tank to find desired conditions, howerver a constantly moving or unattached anemone is unhappy and will most likley die unless conditions are changed. May require changes to feeding, lighting, current or substrate. Insure all powerheads and pumps are screened to prevent injury or death to roaming anemones.

Captive Care

Tank Size

Moderate Size - 190L or more.

Water Flow

Moderate to strong currents.

Lighting

Best kept under bright lighting conditions.

Feeding

Body contains Zooxanthellate but does need regular feeding with meaty foods such as diced shrimp and marine fish.

Growth Rate

How quickly it will grow under various conditions.

Diseases

Things that adversely effect it, such as bacterial infections, parasites etc.

Other

The hardiest and easiest to keep of host anemones and compatible with most clowfish species. When splitting these anemones often slpit into serveral smaller individuals (2 - 5) and may not remain together. Smaller individuals my be dammaged or killed by host fish if they are too large for the anemones. Is known to eat fish and shrimp in aquariums.

Gallery

	Stretching towards the light	Hosting Amphiprion percula	Hosting a pair of Premnas biaculeatus
Rose coloured variant hosting a Premnas biaculeatus	Bleached	Recovering bleached anemone.	Mouth visible in the centre
Hosting an Amphiprion clarkii