I’m often asked, what is my favorite coral, and I have to admit, most of the time, an Acro crosses my mind. But yesterday, I came across one more time, of a coral, Pavona varians that I’ve seen quite many times in the wild, but have never seen it in a tank. So I started to wonder, what makes a coral special?
Why is it underrated?
可能首先是因为很少进口,即使没有进口。它不是很常见,只有受过训练的眼睛才能发现它,并看到它的潜力。它们没有出现在许多配额系统上,因此从法律上讲,进口并不容易。然后像所有帕沃纳一样,它们非常小。它将在晚上散布长长的清扫触手,并破坏其邻居。
All Pavona are pretty much underrated, even though species likeP. explanulata, can be quite colorful.
What makes Pavona varians is so special?
首先,我们喜欢这些星形的息肉。他们令人惊叹,是P. Varians可能是最好的。然后,脊是独特的,该属的大多数成员都是平坦的。一些大型弧菌的菌落可以变成层流,甚至采用像杯子一样的形式,在该属中又是独一无二的。
Then the coloration of these rainbow style colonies we find here in Bali, Indonesia is just out of this world. The mouth is blue sometime, the polyps are red, the coenosteum is green and the ridges are yellow.
帕沃纳粒子的栖息地和护理:
We always find these colonies quite deep, below 45 feet (15 m), always on vertical surface, like on the side of boulders. In the deeper part of calm and protected bays. Where the water is often turbid, rich in suspended food. So probably that in aquarium, very gentle indirect lighting and flow is the best option, with the addition of regular feeding.
Hopefully in a few months, mariculture exports from Indonesia will start again, and we will be able to grab a few of these! We are very curious the result of proper aquarium husbandry, and increased lighting and feeding can have on these.