i bought my first zooanthids at petstore, i love em , read my experience !!!

marinerules · #1 07/09/2005, 04:29 PM

went to the petstroe and they had this coral that looked like 20 polyps extending out about an inch and then at the end had a trumpet like appearence.

i thought this was something other than zooanthids becasue i t hough zoanthids grew really really clsode to the rock ,but now i have found out otherwise

here are my questions though

this seamat has polyps that are dime size

do all zoanthids reach dime size , or just certain ones

i bought anothder one that has brown centers with green skirts, but they arent as pretty , becasue their polyps are smaller than a pencil eraser

whats some more zooanthids that grow to this larger size ?

these are the oens im interested in getting

Anemone · #2 07/09/2005, 05:17 PM

Sounds like you might have palythoa or protopalythoa (the larger polyps), as versus zoanthids (smaller polyps).

Kevin

MinibowMatt · #3 07/09/2005, 07:21 PM

the first ones sound like Parazooanthus (yellow polyps?)

gflat65 · #4 07/09/2005, 10:42 PM

You'd definitely be looking at the proto's or paly's. There are a number of really nice proto's. Perhaps the most popular is the PPE (Purple People Eaters). There seem to be a lot of green slit mouths in this species. If you do a search on protopalythoa, you should find some good pics.

marinerules · #5 07/10/2005, 11:33 AM

so are these as easy to fidn or buy or trade for these on these forums as much as the smaller polyps

i just like the bigger polyps casue they ar easier to see from a distance.

no mine arent yellow , they are a orangish yellow,

i will make a website later and post my pics so you guys can see them

oh , how do you frag zooanthids, i wouldnt mind busting up the smaller ones i have and starting them in several different locations