The most iconic sea anemones have thick stalks and heads covered in short, brightly colored tentacles and they are one of the most attractive sea creatures to snorkelers, divers. Anemone colonies is not popular in Phu Quoc Island, and it is not easy to find them in both North and South Phu Quoc Island as they are all hidden among thousands of square meters at coral reefs, however there are coral reefs at where anemones have been growing into large gardens such as North-east Coral Reef and Half-moon Reef in South Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam. Based on the data on corals that we have collected so far, OnBird could share with you more in details about large anemone colonies in Phu Quoc Island.
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1. Where to see anemone gardens in Phu Quoc Island?
You can find large anemone colonies in either North and South Phu Quoc. However we found that South Phu Quoc is home to very large anemone colonies that we name anemone gardens or kindom of anemones.
Anemone colonies mostly live in the shallow water like hard corals, in Phu Quoc the depth range that you can see anemone colonies the most are between 1m – 5m at the Coral Jungle Reef, Border Reef, Shallow Reef, Coral Steep, Half-moon Reef, U-Turn and North-east Coral Reef, Coral Garden… Most of anemones colonies are small in size with only few individual anemones but some of them especially those at the North-east Coral Reef, Half-moon Reef and Border Reef have been growing into large gardens which get all snorkelers, divers feeling amazing.
Some of very large anemone gardens located at the depth of 6-8m at the North-east Coral Reef which requires skin-dive skill level or scuba diving to see. Large anemone gardens consist of at least 15 – 20 individual anemones which cover the grounds, rocks and reef slopes of Half-moon Reef, North-east Coral Reef.
At the Half-moon Reef, anemone gradens located on big rocks, walls, they are not easy to see and not as dense as in the North-east Coral Reef. Some other spots like Coral Steep and Shallow Reef, U-Turn in South Phu Quoc we can see small colonies with few anemones or even only one.
Dive into the Kingdom of Anemone Gardens with Hong Kong and Poland couples
2. Which depths you will see anemone the most in Phu Quoc Island?
At the North-east Coral Reef, there are anemone colonies develop on fiat reef at the depth of 0.5 – 2m, but most of large anemone gardens located on reef slope between 3 – 6m. At the Half-moon Reef, most of anemone gardens located at the depth of 4 – 7m and more hidden than those at the North-east Coral Reef. It is even more difficult to find the exact location of anemone at the Crystal Reef, Coral Steep and Shallow Reef.
You will absolute get astonished in front of the large gardens of anemones in the North-east Coral Reef and Half-moon Reef where we call kingdom of anemones.
3. What clownfish species you will see at anemones in Phu Quoc?
It is usual reffered to Nemo when mentioning to anemone and clownfish but Nemo is just a kind of very common clownfish or the false percula clownfish or the ocellaris clownfish. And in Phu Quoc you dont find this kind of clownfish or nemo but you will see pink skunk clown fish with white stripe on their head.
The Pink Skunk Clownfish, also known as the Pink Skunk Anemonefish or False Skunk-striped Anemonefish, has a peach-orange base color with one white stripe behind the head that runs from the nose and down the entire length of the back. Another contrasting white stripe is located just behind the eyes.
4. Video of an Anemone Garden
The video was recorded by OnBird in 2019 at the Half-moon Reef, South Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam