Corals – Zoanthids
Zoanthids, a soft, colonial coral that forms a mat of small, circular polyps. These polyps look a bit like tiny anemones with radial tentacles and a small central mouth. Zoanthids normally appear in brown and green, but can be found in just about any color imaginable.
Temporary Picture until I can get a good picture of mine
Care and feeding
In nature zoanthids are often found in turbid, high-nitrate areas in canals, harbors, intertidal areas and reefs. For this reason they are fairly tolerant of poor water quality high nitrates, phosphates an dissolved organics. They will not however do well if filamentous algae is allowed to grow as they can be smothered. They can be offered bits of food, but this is not required as they do feed off light and trap floating foods easily on their own.
Propagation
Zoanthids typically spread across rock and sand in a 360 degree pattern. Typical propagation methods include scraping polyps off of rock and supergluing them to other rocks or allowing the zoanthids to spread to ther rocks then seperating them by cutting.
WARNING: Many in this group are very toxic and and latex gloves should be warn when handling these. The corals tend to give off the most toxicity when disturbed or fragged.
Photos
Pictures and information about the Zoanthid Corals in my reef tank:
Blue WYSIWYG Zoanthid (Zoanthid sp)
Blue WYSIWYG Zoanthid Coral – Zoanthid sp
- Date Added: 02-17-2012
- Tank: Cardiff 24 Gallon
- Status: Inactive 03-06-2012
- Purchased at: FAOIS
- Cost: $12.00 (4 polyps)
- Coloration: Dark Blue skirt with bright blue center and small blue eye
- Lighting and Camera:
- 250w MH 20000K Ushio
- Apple iPhone 3GS
- Aperture photo software editing used trying to adjust to viewable color
General Information
- Description: They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony. They are colonial animals with multiple individual polyps attached to a piece of live rock.
- Care Level: Easy
- Water Flow: Moderate to low intermittent water current within the aquarium.
- Lighting: For optimum coloration, it should be given low to medium light.
- Supplements: It will require maintaining stable levels of calcium, magnesium, pH, alkalinity, and other trace elements as you would with other types of corals.
- Feeding: The Zoanthus Colony Polyp contains the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae which satisfies almost all of their nutritional requirements. If the lighting is not optimal, the Zoanthus Colony Polyp should be fed micro-plankton or baby brine shrimp.
- Care: Zoanthus Colony Polyp Corals are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for beginner reef aquarists. For continued good health, they will also require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water.
- Range: Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea, including the western, northern, and eastern coasts of Australia, to Tahiti, and north to southern Japan. Most of those that are imported into the industry originate from Tonga, Indonesia, Fiji, and Australia.
- Other Names: Sea Mats, or Button Polyps
Other Pictures:
Purple WYSIWYG Zoanthid (Zoanthid sp)
Purple WYSIWYG Zoanthid Coral – Zoanthid sp
- Date Added: 02-17-2012
- Tank: Cardiff 24 Gallon
- Status: Active
- Purchased at: FAOIS
- Cost: $12.00 (12 polyps)
- Coloration: Green skirt with purple center and small green eye
- Lighting and Camera:
- 250w MH 20000K Ushio
- Apple iPhone 3GS
- Aperture photo software editing used trying to adjust to viewable color
General Information
- Description: They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony. They are colonial animals with multiple individual polyps attached to a piece of live rock.
- Care Level: Easy
- Water Flow: Moderate to low intermittent water current within the aquarium.
- Lighting: For optimum coloration, it should be given low to medium light.
- Supplements: It will require maintaining stable levels of calcium, magnesium, pH, alkalinity, and other trace elements as you would with other types of corals.
- Feeding: The Zoanthus Colony Polyp contains the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae which satisfies almost all of their nutritional requirements. If the lighting is not optimal, the Zoanthus Colony Polyp should be fed micro-plankton or baby brine shrimp.
- Care: Zoanthus Colony Polyp Corals are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for beginner reef aquarists. For continued good health, they will also require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water.
- Range: Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea, including the western, northern, and eastern coasts of Australia, to Tahiti, and north to southern Japan. Most of those that are imported into the industry originate from Tonga, Indonesia, Fiji, and Australia.
- Other Names: Sea Mats, or Button Polyps
Other Pictures:
Yellow Jacket Zoanthid (Zoanthid sp)
Yellow Jacket Zoanthid Coral – Zoanthid sp
- Date Added: 02-08-2012
- Tank: Cardiff 24 Gallon
- Status: Active
- Purchased at: Coral Corral
- Cost: $20.00 (20 polyps)
- Coloration: Black skirt with yellow and black center and small yellow eye
- Lighting and Camera:
- 250w MH 14000K Phoenix
- Apple iPhone 3GS
- Aperture photo software editing used trying to adjust to viewable color
General Information
- Description: They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony. They are colonial animals with multiple individual polyps attached to a piece of live rock.
- Care Level: Easy
- Water Flow: Moderate to low intermittent water current within the aquarium.
- Lighting: For optimum coloration, it should be given low to medium light.
- Supplements: It will require maintaining stable levels of calcium, magnesium, pH, alkalinity, and other trace elements as you would with other types of corals.
- Feeding: The Zoanthus Colony Polyp contains the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae which satisfies almost all of their nutritional requirements. If the lighting is not optimal, the Zoanthus Colony Polyp should be fed micro-plankton or baby brine shrimp.
- Care: Zoanthus Colony Polyp Corals are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for beginner reef aquarists. For continued good health, they will also require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water.
- Range: Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea, including the western, northern, and eastern coasts of Australia, to Tahiti, and north to southern Japan. Most of those that are imported into the industry originate from Tonga, Indonesia, Fiji, and Australia.
- Other Names: Sea Mats, or Button Polyps
Other Pictures:
Blue Ice Zoanthid (Zoanthid sp)
Blue Ice Zoanthid Coral – Zoanthid sp
- Date Added: 11/27/2009
- Tank: Pico 3 gallon
- Status: Inactive
- Purchased at: Coral Corral
- Cost: $20.00 (20 polyps)
- Coloration: Light green skirt with light blue center and small yellow eye
- Lighting: 250w MH 14000K Phoenix
- More Info: They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.
Tubbs Blue Zoanthids (Zoanthids sp)
Tubbs Blue Zoanthid Coral – Zoanthid sp
- Date Added: 11/13/2009
- Tank: Pico 3 gallon
- Status: Inactive
- Purchased at: Coral Corral
- Cost: $80.00 (30 polyps)
- Coloration: Dark Lashes with bright blue center
- Lighting: 250w MH 14000K Phoenix
- More Info: They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.
My Frag starting to come out after the dipping routine
My Frag after two weeks
Fire and Ice Zoanthid (Zoanthids sp)
Fire and Ice Zoanthid Coral – Zoanthid sp
- Date Added: 11/27/2009
- Tank: Pico 3 gallon
- Status: Inactive
- Purchased at: Coral Corral
- Cost: $20.00 (4 polyps)
- Coloration: Bright Long Orange Lashes with Large Blue Center and Small Green eye.
- Lighting: 250w MH 14000K Phoenix
- More Info: They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.
Waterman Zoanthid Coral (Zoanthid sp)
Waterman Zoanthid Coral – Zoanthid sp
- Date Added: 01/07/2010
- Tank: Pico 3 gallon
- Status: Inactive
- Purchased at: FAIOS
- Cost: $3.00 (3 polyps)
- Coloration: Light green skirt, gray mouth, orange plate, and dark ring around plate.
- Lighting: 2 x 40w PC
- More Info: They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.
Green Clover Button Polyps (Zoanthus sp.)
Green Clover Button Polyps – Zoanthus sp.
- Date Added: 11/01/2008
- Tank: Pico 3 gallon
- Status: Inactive
- Purchased at: Marine Warehouse Aquarium
- Cost: $30.00
- Coloration: Florescent Green and Green Lashes with Green Center and Florescent Green eye
- Lighting: 6 x 18w Current Daylight and Actinic T-5s
- Description: They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.
- Other Common Names: Sea Mats, Button Polyps, Colony Rock