Sparkly palys--show them to me

[Drock169]

Gotta agree with the escaped ape, Revhtree hands down, beats any zoa i have

 

[NANOYED]

Goldsplat

Nuclear Death

 

[Postal]

 

[tjherman]

This whole thread was as sparkly as a jewelry store. Where on earth do you get such gorgeous palys? The best I have is speckled!

 

[IridescentLily]

Dang you guys, these types of palys are-just-crazy. :-0
I have questions if anyone can answer.
What is their care like? I mean is it all the same requirements that all of these beauties need? Like, do these all accept food/ display a prey capture response?
On that note, my second question is...Are these palys? I'm still not 100% able to tell if something is a zoa or a paly, but I know you all would know.
Perhaps Flyyyguy can help me here, he had a clear way of identifying them from zoas but darned if I can find it.
Thanks again you all.

 

[flyyyguy]

On that note, my second question is...Are these palys?

no

there are a few protopalythoa here and there posted, but nearly all are zoanthids

 

[dan10342]

with these two, i proclaim revhtree king of sparklies. Actually, as iridescentlily is probably queen of the sparkly paly, that's probably not my right, but anyway...

jeeeze rev has some crazy zoos! Wow.

 

[IridescentLily]

no

there are a few protopalythoa here and there posted, but nearly all are zoanthids

Oh I knew you would know, thanks dude! . So that tells me that some of these sparkly polyps eat and the other sparkly polyps don't feed. Is that correct?

 

[flyyyguy]

they all feed. Most zoanthids just wont readily accept chunks of food that are easily seen with the naked eye.

 

[IridescentLily]

I see. So say I've got some, can I feed Rods food or whatever and all types of sparkly types will benefit from that type of food ?
Thanks again

 

[RevHtree]

Hey thanks for the compliments!! There are many awesome zoas and palys in this thread!

Just a little background. I have been collecting zoas and palys for abut 5 years now. The 2 that you guys are quoting are not very well known in the hobby as far as I have seen. The first one I purchased as a frag from a vendor and they morphed a little in my tank. I think there are very few people that have this morph as I have never seen them from anyone else. Well at least people that frequent reef forum.

The other one, I can't remember where it came from, but it is a pretty slow grower. They are beautiful and itis one of my most favorite of all times!

Thanks again!

 

[IridescentLily]

Absolutely Gorgeous RevTree.

 

[swampy42]

Planet Collision Paly

 

[IridescentLily]

Oh wow Swampy they look like the have the milky way in the middle, how cool! Thanks

 

[IridescentLily]

Bump, I saw some gorgeous palys a bit ago, I hope they post them here

 

[IridescentLily]

Bump for anyone who wants to show us their sparklies

 

[kev apsley]

Look at you, this thread is rockin!

 

[kev apsley]

this thread is still a rockin! Heck Yeah!

 

[IridescentLily]

Squee!
*waves at Kev*

 

[kev apsley]

right back at ya!