The Green Dragon Eye Polyps are the coolest things to keep in an aquarium due to it vibrant color morphs. It makes a great choice for any tank as it imparts a beautiful splash of color to your tank under actinic lighting. The Green Dragon Eye Polyps are hardy and thrive really well in a tank with optimal water and temperature conditions. The Green Dragon Eye Polyps is very easy to propagate and therefore it is not necessary to buy a large frag. It requires moderate to high alkalinity, calcium and salinity levels for its proper growth and development. The Green Dragon Eye Polyps grow like colonial mat like structure which later covers up a whole rock. Often some species of zoanthids are poisonous in nature, such as palythoas, and therefore handling the Green Dragon Eye Polyps require precautions. You should properly wash your hand after you are finished working with them. Most of them host the symbiotic Zooxanthellae in their tissue that manufactures and provides nutrition to it. The Zoanthids will thrive in all types of marine lighting, and because of this, the Green Dragon Eye Polyps make a very good addition to any first time reefer?s tank. Also, most of the Zoanthids show stinging behavior, they attack by shooting poison darts on their prey. Due to the photosynthesis process, the Green Dragon Eye Polyps do not need any additional food supplements.
Neon green mouths.Zooanthids are extremely hardy and an excellent beginner coral. They can spreadrapidly so care must be taken to ensure they don?t choke out other corals.Zooanthids are photosynthetic and don?t need special feeding.Zooanthids prefer low to moderate water motion.Does well within a range of at least 76§ to 84§ F.Will tolerate very low light levels, but do better with stronger lighting.Often referred to as "Zoos" Button Polyps are very easy to care for and great foreveryone from beginner to expert. They grow and spread very quickly and can beeasily propagated.Corals are part of a biological group known as Cnidaria. Most Cnidaria have a mouth,or mouths, that opens into one big body cavity. Due to the lack of a true digestivesystem, this cavity acts in its place and after the food is broken down thenutrients are then sent through the rest of the body as food. There is also noexcretory system; therefore the waste is sent back through the mouth or secretedinto the surrounding water.Tentacles of varying size will usually surround the mouth of Cnidaria. Most Cnidariahave tentacles with stinging cells that can shoot tiny poison darts into their preyor can even be used as a defense mechanism. Some corals lack tentacles and insteadcover themselves with a thin layer of mucus and use that to collect bacteria andplankton as food. Some corals even use both of these methods. Cnidaria can either bean individual animal or members of a complex colony. These "Colony Corals" share thefood and nutrients taken in by each individual.Corals have tiny living organisms that actually live in their tissue. These arecalled zooxanthellae and they are the reason why such strong lighting is needed inthe saltwater aquarium. These algae-like creatures provide the coral with oxygen andother nutrients that are produced during photosynthesis. During this process, thezooxanthellae take up carbon dioxide and provide nutrients to the coral.
