Where to buy Candy Apple Green
Best known price right now: $10.00 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Candy Apple Green
Candy Apple Green zoanthids form colonies of polyps with vibrant lime-green to apple-green oral discs and tentacles, often with contrasting darker or reddish mouths. Polyps typically reach 0.5–1 inch in diameter and spread via encrusting mat growth.
Key facts
- Family
- Zoanthidae
- Additional Notes
- Contains palytoxin - handle with protective equipment
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 74-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Appearance Description
- Candy Apple Green zoanthids form colonies of polyps with vibrant lime-green to apple-green oral discs and tentacles, often with contrasting darker or reddish mouths. Polyps typically reach 0.5–1 inch in diameter and spread via encrusting mat growth.
- Coloration
- Bright lime to apple-green oral discs; mouths often reddish, orange, or darker green; encrusting base typically tan or brown.
- Care Requirements
- • Place in moderate lighting zones (10-20K color temp recommended) • Prefers low to moderate water flow (avoid strong currents) • Photosynthetic but benefits from occasional target feeding with zooplankton • Maintain stable parameters: 1.023-1.025 sg, 8.0-8.3 pH, 76-78°F • Avoid aggressive neighbors; may sting nearby corals
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Coral Type
- Zoanthid
- Feeding Needs
- Light supplemental feeding
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including Indonesia, Philippines, and Great Barrier Reef; specific origin of captive-bred Candy Apple Green strain uncertain but derived from wild Indo-Pacific populations.
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