Sydney Aquarium has launched a display on the sex lives of sea anemones as part of a campaign to save them.

As the number of anemones - the home of Nemo in Finding Nemo - harvested from ocean waters continues to grow, the Sydney Aquarium Conservation Fund is supporting Australian scientist Dr Anna Scott, from Southern Cross University, in her quest to develop ways to breed anemones in captivity.

The Aquarium has created a special display on Dr Scott's research and has given a home to more than 30 of her captive-bred baby leathery sea anemones in order to raise public awareness about the pressures these species are facing.

The anemones are the first captive bred anemones to be displayed at Sydney Aquarium.

Sydney Aquarium chief executive Kevin Bush said the Aquarium was committed to supporting the research and helping people realise the implications of harvesting anemones.

"After the movie Finding Nemo, the world fell in love with our beautiful little anemonefish. But it's important to make people aware that Nemo and his family are under threat from the harvesting of anemones so we need to support the scientific community in their work to find a solution," he said.