在最后几年中，夏威夷的水族馆业余爱好已经出现了一些令人惊叹的颜色Zoanthids。这些zoanthids属于与PPE类型zoanthidsthat are collected on Caribbean reefs, except the ones from Hawaii tend to be much more brilliant in coloration.
This species of zoanthus has a lot of appeal with zoanthid collectors because their polyps are about 3 – 4 times larger than that of regular zoanthids and they occur in a phenomenal range of colors. Many Hawaiian morphs have speckles of various shades on one polyp and they look beautiful under white or blue lights alike. This coral appears to have substantial levels of fluorescingphotoproteins, they really glow under blue lights.
过去，夏威夷帕利托亚（Palythoa）的罕见形态过去的售价高达200美元以上，但是现在他们正在与一些规律性的业余爱好者进口，应该能够以便宜得多的价格购买漂亮的碎片和殖民地。老实说，如果您为其中一种息肉支付了超过50美元的费用，那么您支付的费用太多。息肉之间的颜色变化也有很多，即使在一个殖民地上，也不可能给这些家伙贴上贴合的人。
Sometimes these large Hawaiian zoanthids can be tricky to acclimate to your personal tank. In my own experience they have a tendency to develop fungal infection similar zoa pox so I usually dip them inFuran 2which is an anti-fungal medication. After being dipped in Furan 2 a few times they acclimate readily to a reef aquarium.
Once established they are fast growing and do well in med – high lighting. I have found that zoanthids in general tend to develop zoa pox and other fungal infections in low flow areas of my tank, so it is best to keep them under moderate to high flow. With their ease of care, huge polyp size and rainbow of colors, in time zoanthid collectors might end up with Hawaiian zoanthid dominated aquariums.
