Zoanthus pulchellus

[phurst]

Finaly got one of these guys. They're from the Caribean, and I guess they don't show up too often. A friend of mine has a large colony he has had for 10+ years and I finaly got him to give me a frag. Not the most beautiful zoa species out there, but it more than makes up for it in how cool it is.

 

[IridescentLily]

Wow. :eek1: Nice friend. Those are cool!

 

[jprince58]

Re: Zoanthus pulchellus

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13802201#post13802201 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phurst
... Not the most beautiful zoa species out there, but it more than makes up for it in how cool it is.

Those are WAY cool. Beauty is all a matter of perspective. What most reefers consider beautiful, is far from ordinary in the wild.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Waaaaaay cool! Do you have a pic of them open or is that as far as they go?

 

[phurst]

Yeah, that was about half way open so you could see the polyps and the mat.

Here they are mostly all the way open:

And closed:

 

[Pufferpunk]

How big is the polyp? They look huge.

 

[phurst]

They're maybe a little smaller than a dime.

When I say "frag", I may be a little misleading, as the whole piece is somewhere between a golf ball and a baseball.

 

[dtpollard]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13803662#post13803662 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phurst
They're maybe a little smaller than a dime.

When I say "frag", I may be a little misleading, as the whole piece is somewhere between a golf ball and a baseball.

Very nice. I bet that is big enough to cut me a small piece.

 

[dtpollard]

You always have cool stuff. Your tank is looking good. My new one still looks ruff. Can you recommend a fan for the hood?

 

[phurst]

I used 4" AC fans from Radio Shack. They're like $20 each, but they're quiet, last forever and you don't need AC adapters for them.

I'll grow you some out on a piece of rubble

 

[dtpollard]

U da man.

 

[TinFury]

That's not zoanthus pulchellus. It's palythoa caribaeorum.

 

[BeachBumm]

Back from the dead ! Are these the ones loaded with Palytoxin ?