Description

Energize your reef tank with one of the best easy corals also known as Zoanthids. Zoanthids come in a variety of different colors and add a lovely “POP” of brilliant color for a fraction of the price. Zoanthids prefer low to medium light with low to medium flow. Zoanthids do not require feeding and will grow and spread pretty rapidly depending on your tank conditions. Regardless, whether you’re a novice or expert, Zoanthids will add a nice touch to your Reef Tank!!

Care Level: Easy

Temperament: Semi-aggressive

Color Form: Green, Tan, Yellow

Water Conditions: 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, sg 1.023-1.025, pH 8.0-8.4

Origin: Aquacultured

Family: Zoanthidae

Lighting: Moderate

Supplements: Iodine, Trace Elements

Waterflow: Low-Medium

Placement: Middle to Top

Zoanthids can be distinguished from other colonial anthozoans and soft coral by their characteristic of incorporating sand and other small pieces of material into their tissue to help make their structure (except for the family Zoanthidae). A main characteristic of the order is that their tentacles are all marginal. Most species propagate asexually and the offspring of the original polyp remain connected to each other, by a stolonal network or coenosarc. Some species are solitary.

While the most well-known zoanthids are the zooxanthellate genera found in tropical and sub-tropical waters (primarily Zoanthus and Palythoa), many other species and genera exist, some still relatively unknown to science. Many zoanthids (in particular the genera Epizoanthus and Parazoanthus) are often found growing on other marine invertebrates.

Often in zooxanthellate genera such as Zoanthus and Palythoa there are a large number of different morphs of the same or similar species. Such zooxanthellate genera derive a large portion of their energy requirements from symbiotic dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae), similar to many corals, anemones, and some other marine invertebrates.