Description: Zoanthid , Zoa's, Zoos & more!
Zoanthid and Palythoa polyps (bigger brother to the zoanthid), are col onial type corals. Colonial, means each coral is a colony of seperate polyps living together. Extremely hardy and an excellent beginner coral. They will s urvive in almost any type of reef tank. They will tolerate very low light leve ls. Prefering low to moderate water motion, they do well within a range of 76º t o 84º F. Since Zoanthids are photosynthetic, they survive with no feeding, but occa sional feeding of small meaty foods like brine shrimp is beneficial and will result in faster growth. Since they are not very light demanding, they are great filler cor ls to place between larger specimens. Easily propagated by cutting individual polyps rom the main colonies, pieces can be placed on a gravel bed with low water flow and will attach themselves to pieces of gravel, or, they can then be superglued to a suit able substrate such as a reef plug
How do you see all the amazing colors? To see the amazing true colors of the zoanathus and protopalythoa polyp corals as they are photographed and meant to be seen, they need to be viewed under true Actinic lighting. Reef tanks with Normal daylight 10,000, 14,000 and even 20,000 Kelvin daylight aquarium lighting ,even when supplemented with some a ctinic lighting, will not see the true colors, and for this reason we are not able to g uarantee the colors you will see. Just remember, that for relaxed evening viewing , turn off all daylight lighting and view only with Actinic lighting, this way you will get giv e you the best view. Just remember, that during the daytime when not viewing your reef tank, use your daylight lighting for optimal growth