Where to buy Captain America Palythoa
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Captain America Palythoa
Captain America Palythoa displays vibrant red and blue coloration with distinctive white striping or banding patterns on the polyps. The polyps are medium-sized with a characteristic oral disc and tentacles, forming encrusting colonies on reef substrate.
Key facts
- Care Requirements
- • Place in moderate light (PAR 50-150 μmol) • Prefers moderate to high water flow • Tolerates varied placement but avoids direct high-intensity light • Primarily photosynthetic; no supplemental feeding required • Maintain stable salinity (1.025-1.026) and temperature (75-78°F)
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding tropical reef systems.
- Feeding Needs
- Photosynthetic only
- Coral Type
- Zoanthid
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (150-250 PAR)
- Growth Rate
- Rapid
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Additional Notes
- Contains palytoxin - handle with protective equipment
- Family
- Sphenopidae
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