Purple Varigated Palythoa (Palythoa sp) is an easy to grow soft coral.
If you are interested in creating your very own reef garden, please check out our blog post on creating your reef garden as well as our video on the reef garden.
We recommend phyto and/ or reefroids for feeding these amazing animals. We have an in-depth blog post about feeding corals that you can read. While we recommend medium flow and medium light, these palys are very hardy and will handle most any condition. These make great starter corals however they are aggressive growers and will takeover your saltwater aquarium if not managed.
Non-fussy corals that are robust and can thrive in a wide spectrum of light sources
These corals require steady water movement which can be turbulent or low-grade non linear currents
Photosynthetic corals best suited for tanks with plenty of shade from direct light
Corals with many tentacles that requires a phytoplankton or food blend as food source