I was able to cherry pick some corals recently and these caught my eye from the other side of the tank. When I got them there were 5 polyps, 2 of which immediately melted upon entry into my tank. When I first saw them they were very tiny and to this day they are still very small. The mother colony only had tiny polyps also so I am almost certain they are a smaller species, but I never really thought about different sized zoanthid species until now so I could be wrong.
I have no problem keeping zoanthids in my tank, especially since that is the more dominant coral in my reef. These seem to be very fussy and don't open up in the morning, or after a reaction to something - nearly as quick as the other zoanthids that I have. All 3 still open for a good portion of the day. They really seem to enjoy getting tossed around alot when my MP10 is in short pulse/wave mode. I thought it would be too much for them but they it is actually how I get them to open up to the their fullest - most of the day they have a small portion of their skirt folded over for some reason, until the MP10's come on.
When I describe these to people they tell me to look into King Midas, until they see them. King Midas seem to be darker, these are actually like a canary or lemon yellow with a thin black outline for a skirt.
The following pictures are horrible. The tank is lit with a Kessil A150w Ocean Blue. The light is definitely blue in spectrum but my digital camera and my iPhone 5 make the tank appear much more bluer than it actually is. I can't get a focused close up of the zoas, here is a general shot of them:
Again - Those pictures don't do them any justice.
I have no problem keeping zoanthids in my tank, especially since that is the more dominant coral in my reef. These seem to be very fussy and don't open up in the morning, or after a reaction to something - nearly as quick as the other zoanthids that I have. All 3 still open for a good portion of the day. They really seem to enjoy getting tossed around alot when my MP10 is in short pulse/wave mode. I thought it would be too much for them but they it is actually how I get them to open up to the their fullest - most of the day they have a small portion of their skirt folded over for some reason, until the MP10's come on.
When I describe these to people they tell me to look into King Midas, until they see them. King Midas seem to be darker, these are actually like a canary or lemon yellow with a thin black outline for a skirt.
The following pictures are horrible. The tank is lit with a Kessil A150w Ocean Blue. The light is definitely blue in spectrum but my digital camera and my iPhone 5 make the tank appear much more bluer than it actually is. I can't get a focused close up of the zoas, here is a general shot of them:
Again - Those pictures don't do them any justice.
