What you see is what ships
These photos are taken under actinic blue light, which is how the coral looks in a reef tank at night. Under full daylight the colors read warmer and less saturated. This exact piece is the one that ships to you, no substitutions.
Zoas & Palys
Gorilla Nipple Zoas
Zoanthus sp.
- SKU
- X0D-049
- Also known as
- Gorilla Nipple
- Category
- Zoas & Palys
$75.00
One of one
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Shipping and live arrival
Corals leave Tuesday through Thursday only, overnight, in an insulated box with a heat or cool pack chosen from your local forecast.
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About this piece
Purple skirt with a hot pink center that sits up on a raised mouth, which is where the name comes from. It stays a compact morph and never becomes the weed that the greens do. Give it moderate flow so detritus does not settle between the polyps.
Care sheet
Numbers from how this piece has actually been kept, not from a generic table.
Light
Medium light
Flow
Medium flow
Skill level
Beginner
Aggression
Semi aggressive
Placement
Mid rock
Growth
Moderate
Piece type
Multi polyp
Mount
Frag plug
PAR
100 to 200
Feeding
Photosynthetic. Reef roids once a week speeds up the spread.
Polyps
4 polyps
Size
polyps on a plug
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