Where to buy Flaming Lotus Palythoa
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Flaming Lotus Palythoa
Flaming Lotus Palythoa features circular polyps with vibrant orange to red coloration, often displaying a darker center disk. The polyps are semi-transparent and arranged in clusters, creating a lotus-like appearance with distinctive radiating tentacles.
Key facts
- Placement Recommendation
- Any
- Additional Notes
- Contains palytoxin - handle with protective equipment
- Care Requirements
- • Place in moderate to high light areas or any lighting level • Moderate water flow; avoid high turbulence • Benefits from zooxanthellae but benefits from supplemental feeding (small particles, phytoplankton) • Tolerates 72–78°F, pH 8.1–8.4, salinity 1.023–1.025 • Hardy and adaptable; spreads readily in established reef tanks
- Growth Rate
- Rapid
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Coloration
- Bright orange to red with darker centers and possible yellow or gold highlights; highly variable by specimen.
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (100-200 PAR)
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Appearance Description
- Flaming Lotus Palythoa features circular polyps with vibrant orange to red coloration, often displaying a darker center disk. The polyps are semi-transparent and arranged in clusters, creating a lotus-like appearance with distinctive radiating tentacles.
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.026
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
- Family
- Sphenopidae
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