Rio Colorado Paly

General information

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<div class="more_detail">In general, corals coming from the genus Palythoa are classified as zoanthids with colonies that are embedded hard in the substrate and is often covered by its protruding polyps. Each polyp has an oral disc or mouth that is flat in shape and surrounded by a fringe of tentacles.</div>
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<div class="more_detail">For the Rio Colorado Paly, they are predominantly colored yellow and dark blue with violet tentacles. This are the water paramaters in cultivating Rio Colorado Paly:</div>
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<li>Calcium: 380 – 430 ppm</li>
<li>Alkalinity: 3.2 – 4.5 MEQ/L</li>
<li>Phosphates: 0</li>
<li>Magnesium: 1250 – 1300 ppm</li>
<li>Strontium: 8 – 10</li>
<li><span class="subListHeading1">Temperature: </span>72° – 82° F (22° – 27° C)</li>
<li><span class="subListHeading1">Salinity / Specific Gravity:</span> 1.023 – 1.025</li>
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In the wild, Rio Colorado Paly has developed a symbiotic feeding relationship with marine algae called zooxanthellae. But in captivity, you have to feed them with nanoplankton or dissolved organics.

A mature tank is highly recommended in propagating Rio Colorado Paly. They should be set in the middle or top part of the tank where they will receive the most amount of light.

Rio Colorado Paly requires strong lighting and moderate waterflow.

While the Rio Colorado Paly are easy to maintain, you have to be alert for filamentous algae that can overgrow and smother their polyps. They are also prone to box snail which feeds on them, so you need to remove this particular snail from the tank. You also have to look out for large crustaceans and fish like angelfish and butterflyfish that nibbles on their tentacles.

Rio Colorado Paly are abundant and can be found in the waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Rio Colorado Paly are known to posses high levels of palytoxin and vibrio bacteria especially in their mucus. So, you need to wear gloves in handling them.

Rio Colorado Paly are purely marine. So, therefore, salinity must be maintained thoroughly at 1.023 to 1.025 specific gravity.