🧡🌸🌿 Clavularia sp. “Papaya” – WYSIWYG Colony
Ultra Orange Papaya Clove Polyps – Established Colony
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful (can spread rapidly)
Colour Form: Intense papaya-orange polyps with a strong fluorescent glow. Under blue/actinic lighting, the warm orange coloration becomes especially vivid, producing a bright carpet of colour and movement.
Size: Established Colony
Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–9.0, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Clavulariidae
Lighting: Low to Moderate (PAR 50–120)
Water Flow: Moderate, indirect/random
Placement: Low to Mid reef
Type: WYSIWYG Colony (What You See Is What You Get)
🧬 Overview
The Clavularia “Papaya” is a spectacular soft coral selected for its intense orange coloration and characteristic flowing movement. Each delicate polyp opens into a star-like shape, and together they create a constantly moving field of fluorescent papaya-orange.
This particular specimen is an established colony rather than a small frag, providing considerably greater polyp density, immediate coverage and visual impact from the moment it enters the aquarium.
Under actinic lighting, the orange coloration becomes especially intense, while moderate random flow keeps the numerous polyps moving naturally throughout the day.
Papaya Clavularia is also relatively easy to maintain and can spread across surrounding rockwork once established. For this reason, it is an excellent coral for creating bright soft-coral gardens or isolated islands of colour and movement.
🧾 WYSIWYG – Established Colony
You will receive the exact colony shown, individually selected for its size, coloration, density and healthy polyp extension.
Selected for:
• Established multi-polyp colony
• Intense papaya-orange coloration
• Strong fluorescence under actinic lighting
• Dense polyp coverage
• Beautiful natural movement
• Immediate visual impact
• Easy and adaptable soft coral
• Excellent potential to continue spreading
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Papaya Clavularia is primarily photosynthetic and generally does not require direct feeding.
It can nevertheless benefit from occasional broadcast feeding with fine particulate coral foods, phytoplankton or other micro-sized foods. Maintaining moderate nutrients and good water movement also helps support healthy growth and polyp extension.
📈 Optimal Parameters
| Parameter | Ideal Range |
|---|---|
| Alkalinity (dKH) | 7.5–9.0 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 400–450 ppm |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 1250–1400 ppm |
| Nitrate (NO₃) | 5–15 ppm |
| Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.03–0.10 ppm |
📍 Placement
Place in the lower to middle areas of the reef with moderate, preferably indirect water movement. Good circulation helps keep debris from accumulating around the stolon while creating the characteristic swaying movement of the colony.
Because Clavularia can progressively spread across connected rockwork, consider placing the colony on an isolated rock or dedicated soft-coral island if you want to control its future growth.
🧡🌸 Clavularia “Papaya” – WYSIWYG Colony
A full colony of glowing papaya-orange polyps — instant colour, constant movement and an incredibly easy way to bring a reef to life.