Paly hitchhiker identification?
Printed From: Utah Reefs
Category: Specialized Discussion
Forum Name: Softies
Forum Description: This is the place to ask questions soft corals.
URL: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53230
Printed Date: October 07 2025 at 11:44pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.03 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Paly hitchhiker identification?
Posted By: GaryF
Subject: Paly hitchhiker identification?
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 5:21pm
So I have a rock with some eagle eye zoanthids. However the rock months later produced these palys that are not as nice as the zoathids. I am not sure what the palys below are called or even if they are worth anything. I was going to eventually rip them off the rock unless someone can convince me there is some worth in keeping them. If you know what they are called let me know. Thanks ------------- Gary Finnegan |
Replies:
Posted By: Snowsrfr
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 7:17pm
|
Look like Cinnamon palythoas to me.
Do you like them? Keep 'em. Do you find them ugly? Get rid of them. They probably sell for around $5 a polyp, if that's what you're bottom line is. ------------- "A fish tank is not a pet. It's a TV that you gotta feed." - John Caparulo |
Posted By: jmw
Date Posted: December 20 2011 at 8:00pm
| I have several places in my tank with different zoo's intermingeled. However, what I've noticed is Paly's will overtake the zoo's. They seem to just a little bigger and over time will choke them out.(oaks vs maples) Whatever they are they look pretty cool! |
Posted By: GaryF
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 10:15am
|
That is my concern with the paly's is that they overtake the zoanthids. I watched some vids on how to frag zoas/palys, and I will try to move the palys to another rock and see what happens. ------------- Gary Finnegan |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 11:11am
|
Those look a lot like Blundell Buttons. They are quite valuable actually. They tend to be different colors in different lighting. Sometimes a lot of green mottling and even purple. Officially they are Protopalythoa Grande, but were named Blundell Buttons ~14 years ago after the person that brought them to the attention of the hobby, around this locale anyway.  The reason I know this is because Adam gave me some of the first ones he collected.------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
|
Posted By: GaryF
Date Posted: December 21 2011 at 11:32am
Maybe I will see if there is anyone at the University that could come to my office at the University to identify these!  ------------- Gary Finnegan |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 8:04am
|
------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
|