I currently work part time at my local fish store. Every week we get a new shipment of corals and one of the recent shipments had some interesting hitchhikers. After i few hours passed and the new corals adjusted to the tank, I got bored and started investigating the corals for anything unusual. I came across 2 very small dots of glowing orange attached to a rock with a colony of green clove polyps we just received in our shipment. Upon looking closer, i noticed they were micro zoanthids!
The bright glowing orange that i noticed was actual the zoa closed up, so i couldnt tell what colors they were. I asked my boss if i could take them home and he let me.
A few days later, one polyp melted but the other polyp made it.
Its been almost a month now and its finally starting to color up! Unfortunatly i cant capture the colors on my iphone. But believe me, i dont think ive seen these before. From what i can see right now, it looks like the polish prince zoanthid from paradise corals except gold!
I will keep updated this thread bi weekly to show the progression of the zoanthid. Right now its about the size of a b b gun bullet when fully opened. I just went to walmart just now to buy me a magnifying glass to get a closer look at it.... LOL
The bright glowing orange that i noticed was actual the zoa closed up, so i couldnt tell what colors they were. I asked my boss if i could take them home and he let me.
A few days later, one polyp melted but the other polyp made it.
Its been almost a month now and its finally starting to color up! Unfortunatly i cant capture the colors on my iphone. But believe me, i dont think ive seen these before. From what i can see right now, it looks like the polish prince zoanthid from paradise corals except gold!
I will keep updated this thread bi weekly to show the progression of the zoanthid. Right now its about the size of a b b gun bullet when fully opened. I just went to walmart just now to buy me a magnifying glass to get a closer look at it.... LOL
