The Giant Anemone

The giant green anemone is a sea creature, and it is around 10 cm wide. The giant green anemone is colored green and brown. The reason it is green is because they share a relationship with green algae. The giant green anemone gets it's color from green algae that lives in it's tissues. Objects like rocks, sand, and shell fragments stick to it.

Some anemones, like their coral cousins, establish symbiotic relationships with green algae. In exchange for providing the algae safe harbor and exposure to sunlight, the anemone receives oxygen and sugar, the bi-products of the algae's photosynthesis.

The Giant Green Anemone is a carnivore creature. In their natural habitat they eat urchins, small fish, krill, crabs, and dislodged mussels. In captivity you can feed your Giant Green anemone with chopped silver-sides, krill, mussels, shrimp and fresh chopped fish. Since cold water anemones have much slower metabolisms rate, therefore feed only once a week or thrice a month.

Giant Green Anemones are found in cold waters on vertical rock walls that are found in the shade. They are found single or in small groups. They will actually draw back their tentacles and close up if the water is light during low tides. This cold water Giant Green Anemones feed on sea urchins, crabs, and dislodged mussels. They use their venomous cells which are found in their tentacles to harm and prevent any possible threats or attacks.