Where to buy Purple Death 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 Death Palythoa
Purple Death Palythoa displays vibrant purple to reddish polyps with yellow or gold oral discs and tentacles. The polyps form dense mats on rockwork, each individual polyp approximately 0.5–1 inch in diameter with characteristic zoanthid morphology.
Key facts
- Coloration
- Deep purple with darker center
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, particularly found in reef environments from the Red Sea through Southeast Asia to Hawaii and the Great Barrier Reef.
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (100–200 PAR)
- Family
- Sphenopidae
- Appearance Description
- Purple Death Palythoa displays vibrant purple to reddish polyps with yellow or gold oral discs and tentacles. The polyps form dense mats on rockwork, each individual polyp approximately 0.5–1 inch in diameter with characteristic zoanthid morphology.
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
- Feeding Needs
- Primarily photosynthetic; benefits from occasional meaty foods (e.g., phytoplankton, zooplankton) 2–3 times weekly.
- Growth Rate
- Rapid
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.026
- Additional Notes
- Contains palytoxin - handle with protective equipment
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