Where to buy Everlasting Gobstopper Palythoa
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Everlasting Gobstopper Palythoa
Everlasting Gobstopper Palythoa exhibits vibrant, multi-colored polyps with distinctive radial striping in yellows, oranges, reds, and whites, often with contrasting band patterns. Polyps are moderately sized, typically 0.5–1 inch in diameter, with a characteristic oral disk and tentacles.
Key facts
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Appearance Description
- Everlasting Gobstopper Palythoa exhibits vibrant, multi-colored polyps with distinctive radial striping in yellows, oranges, reds, and whites, often with contrasting band patterns. Polyps are moderately sized, typically 0.5–1 inch in diameter, with a characteristic oral disk and tentacles.
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (100–200 PAR)
- Family
- Sphenopidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, found in shallow reef environments from the Red Sea through Indonesia and the Philippines to the Great Barrier Reef.
- Coloration
- Yellow, orange, red, and white with bold radial striping and band patterns.
- Care Requirements
- • Adaptable to most reef placements; tolerates moderate to high light • Moderate water flow preferred; avoid strong direct currents • Primarily photosynthetic; benefits from occasional zooplankton/phytoplankton feeding • Stable parameters: 72–78°F, pH 8.1–8.3, moderate alkalinity • Can spread via polyp bail-out; monitor growth and frag as needed
- Placement Recommendation
- Any
- Coral Type
- Zoanthid
- Additional Notes
- Contains palytoxin - handle with protective equipment
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