Where to buy Pink Zipper Palythoa
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Pink Zipper Palythoa
Pink Zipper Palythoa features small polyps with pink coloration and distinctive white or pale radial lines resembling a zipper pattern on the oral disc. Polyps typically form dense mats and rarely exceed 0.5 inches when fully expanded.
Key facts
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (100–200 PAR)
- Coral Type
- Zoanthid
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
- Feeding Needs
- Light supplemental feeding
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including Indonesian reefs and surrounding tropical waters.
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Family
- Sphenopidae
- Growth Rate
- Fast
- Appearance Description
- Pink Zipper Palythoa features small polyps with pink coloration and distinctive white or pale radial lines resembling a zipper pattern on the oral disc. Polyps typically form dense mats and rarely exceed 0.5 inches when fully expanded.
- Coloration
- Pink with white radiating lines on oral disc; some specimens display variable hues from salmon to magenta depending on lighting and local populations.
- Care Requirements
- • Moderate lighting (PAR 100–200 μmol); adapts to varied placement • Moderate water flow; avoid direct heavy currents • Photosynthetic but benefits from occasional plankton/micro-food • Maintain stable salinity (1.024–1.026) and pH 8.1–8.3 • Hardy and tolerant; may sting neighboring corals if crowded
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