nemos & giant carpet anemone @ t raya 09Feb2009

nemos & giant carpet anemone @ t raya 09Feb009 from BeachBum on Vimeo.
This medium-sized giant carpet anemone was in a shallow pool with hardly about 5cm of water. I saw a large nemo dive from below the outer folds into a corner of an adjacent rock. It was a small corner and so the nemo stuck out visibly.

On a second look, i realised there was a smaller nemo in the middle of the anemone. It was just at the surface of the water nestled in the anemone and it seemed like it was gasping for air lying on it's side. It must have been hiding in the anemone's inner folds before running out of air and causing it to be near the water surface. Easy prey for a wandering bird. After flapping around a bit, it disappeared into the inner folds safe away from sight.

Find out more about :
Nemos : http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/pomacentridae/ocellaris.htm
Giant Carpet Anemones : http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm

Nemo Dat Duo Habit@ Big Sisters 31Dec2008

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Was suprised to come across a carpet anemone with two very active nemos, one about 5cm and the other about 2.5cm. Almost the entire lagoon at Big Sisters was filled with Sargassum seaweed. The anemone proved impossible to find after I moved away from it and the others in the group gave up looking for it after a good look in the Sargassum fields. The Sargassum cover was so thick that it covered huge portions of the area.

Visit these links for more information on :-
Sargassum : http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/seaweed/phaeophyta/sargassum.htm
Anemones : http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/gigantea.htm
Nemos : http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/fish/pomacentridae/ocellaris.htm