Palythoa grandis, also known as the Sun Polyp (not to be confused with sun珊瑚)是一种非常大的Zoanthids的独特物种,我们已经珍惜多年。这些明确的zoanthids是最大的物种Palythoaby a wide margin with the diameter of a large polyp growing up to over two inches in diameter.
太阳息肉是最大的光合作用zoanthids,唯一non-photosynthetic zoanthids likeSphenopusand other deepwater species grow larger. What we love aboutPalythoa grandis这不仅是大而艳丽的,而且它们的变异性比大多数人都赞扬的要多得多,而且最重要的是,它们是相对的slowgrowing.
通常,您不会将缓慢的增长视为水族馆珊瑚的积极特征,但是在快速增长,顽强和very toxic commonPalythoazoanthids, the fact that Sun Polyps won’t take over your tank and grow over other corals is certainly appreciated in an aquarium setting. Sun polyps still grow appreciably fast so they are still very fun to keep and propagate but compared to other zoanthids you won’t be growing a colony of these within a few months.
It’s precisely their slower growth which keepsPalythoa grandisnovel in the aquarium hobby and the different strains still somewhat elusive and fun to hunt for at the LFS or aquarium shows. We have a respectable collection of various sun polyps that we’ve been building for the better part of 15 years, most of which were started from just one or two starter polyps and are finally large enough for us to contemplate propagating them into more pieces.
These diversePalythoa grandis多年来,殖民地已被完全不受限制地保存,从坦克到坦克,直到他们真的能够安顿下来他们真正开花的礁石建筑商工作室的角落,但是现在该引起他们的注意。由于它们的毛皮组织和息肉广泛的息肉,还有很多其他生物和生长可以居住的领域,我们确实必须密切关注试图生长的海绵茎。
我们没有弄乱这些的部分原因Palythoa grandis是因为它们在我们的设置中确实很稠密,但它们也是所有Zoanthids中最苗条,最毒性的,每次我们做任何事情都可以做任何事情时,都会变成鼻烟的喷泉。However it’s well beyond time we give this sun polyp collection a little attention and curation, we just need to prep ourselves for a whole biohazard situation with gloves, mask, goggles and we might go as far as using a face shield to prevent any unwanted squirts reaching our eyes and mouth.
如上所述,我们一直在种植其中的一些Palythoa grandis从只有一两个息肉开始,如果我们的目标喂养更多,并将它们散布到以减少它们所经历的拥挤程度,那么我们可以肯定的是,我们的种植速度要快得多。这正是我们准备要做的事情,但是在将它们全部剪切之前,我们希望像它们一样彻底记录它们,但是我们很高兴能在各种礁石罐中开始散布的每种菌株的倍数。