Living in Harmony: The Clown and Its Anemone
Clownfish from Indonesia
The clownfish live within the tentacles of a sea anemone. The sea anemone produces a toxin that protects the clownfish from their predators. A recent study has reported that the clownfish’ wiggle dances are helping their sea anemone host to breathe and help the anemone to aerate themselves, which means the clownfish and anemone need each other to survive living in the ocean.
In short, they live in harmony as part of the mutual symbiosis to survive in the wildlife undersea.
Clownfish by Indah Susanti
You don’t have to scuba dive to see the wildlife clownfish and its anemone. In the Indo-Pacific region like in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, they can be seen easily by snorkeling close to the beach. Just don’t touch the anemone with bare hands as the sea anemone will sting your skin.
Images were taken in Indonesia during scuba diving. My photography gear for these images: Olympus PEN E-PL5 with Olympus Underwater casing PT-EP10 and Strobe INON D2000. Lens: Olympus 60mm 2.8 macro.
PS: I will be late in responding comments and blog walking as I have to finish an online course this weekend. Thank you for staying up with this blog.
More about my scuba diving experience please visit: indahs loves scuba diving
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Fantastic! Excellent entry for this challenge!
Thank you so much Dennis 🙂
When Indah met Nemo 🙂
A dream comes true 🙂
Something we need to do with nature too
I agree!
The synergies of this world always amaze and brings a sense of togetherness – great photographs…true harmony.
Indeed! the wildlife needs each other and so we are with nature 🙂 Thank you so much Randall!
Aku harus belajar banyak nih dari mbak Indah untuk underwater photography. Terimakasih sudah share plus dengan data teknisnya mbak, keren mbak. Oh iya kotoran dari clownfish ini juga menjadi semacam nutrisi tambahan bagi anemone yang menjadi tempat tinggalnya ya?
Wah, aku gak tahu malah..mungkin juga ya? 🙂 Kemungkinan besar kali ya… soal fotografi bawah laut, ini lagi nyiapin posting soal tips fotografi..tapi gak kelar-kelar 😀 susah banget kalu bukan fotografer tulen nih, modal pengalaman jepret dan pakai feeling mulu 😀 pokoknya pakai manual setting deh, jangan auto aja..dan pakai strobe atau ada cahaya eksternal yg khusus buat fotografi.
Manual setting? aku pikir selama ini pakai otomatis atau semi otomatis kalau motret di bawah air, supaya lebih mudah.
Aku tunggu artikelnya mbak 🙂
Excellent shot. The clownfish looks kind of good.
Thanks for sharing the info. I’m learning something new today 🙂
My pleasure and thank you!!
Hi nemo, u look so cute 🙂
hahaha, iya 🙂
Clownfish are certainly fascinating. I love spotting them whenever I am snorkelling. Great shot!
Thank you so much!