Where to buy Purple People Eater Palythoa
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Purple People Eater Palythoa
Purple People Eater Palythoa features vibrant magenta to deep purple oral discs with contrasting darker tentacles. Individual polyps are moderate-sized, typically forming dense encrusting or mounding colonies on reef substrates.
Key facts
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
- Family
- Zoanthidae
- Feeding Needs
- Light supplemental feeding
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding tropical reef systems.
- Coral Type
- Zoanthid
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Care Requirements
- • Place in mid-water column with moderate to strong lighting • Requires moderate water flow; avoid high surge areas • Benefits from occasional target feeding with zooplankton/phytoplankton • Prefers stable water parameters: 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, salinity 1.023-1.025 • Relatively hardy; can spread aggressively in established systems
- Additional Notes
- Contains palytoxin - handle with protective equipment
- Coloration
- Deep purple to magenta oral discs with darker purple or brown tentacles; polyps typically 0.5–1 inch diameter.
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Growth Rate
- Rapid
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (100-200 PAR)
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