🪸👑💜 Prince of Persia Zoanthus – Frag WYSIWYG

Premium Designer Zoanthus Collector Coral

🔹 Quick Stats

Care Level: Easy to Moderate Temperament: Semi-Aggressive Colour Form: Striking designer Zoanthus pigmentation featuring an intricate combination of contrasting colours, richly detailed oral discs, and distinctive radial patterns. The elegant interplay of vivid central pigmentation, darker surrounding tones, and decorative tentacle fringes creates a captivating, jewel-like appearance. Under blue-spectrum reef lighting, the contrasting pigments become particularly attractive, highlighting the intricate details that give this premium collector variety its regal identity. Water Conditions: 24–26 °C, dKH 7.5–8.5, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026 Family: Zoanthidae Lighting: Low to Moderate (PAR 75–150) Water Flow: Moderate, Indirect and Random Placement: Lower to Middle Reef Type: WYSIWYG – Frag Classification: Colonial Zoanthid – Soft-Bodied Coral

🧬 Overview

The Prince of Persia Zoanthus is an exceptional designer Zoanthus variety admired for its captivating pigmentation, intricate oral disc patterns, and distinctive collector appeal. With its regal name and beautifully detailed polyps, this variety brings an elegant and exotic appearance to established reef aquariums.

Its most distinctive feature is the intricate interplay of contrasting pigmentation across the oral discs, creating a richly detailed appearance reminiscent of colourful gemstones and ornamental patterns.

The combination of vivid central details, decorative radial markings, and contrasting tentacle fringes produces exceptional visual depth, making each polyp an attractive feature within the reef display.

Like other colonial Zoanthus varieties, the Prince of Persia Zoanthus develops interconnected polyps that gradually spread across suitable rockwork. As the colony matures, additional polyps can emerge around the original frag, creating an increasingly impressive display.

Its distinctive colour patterns make it particularly attractive when displayed alongside fluorescent green, orange, yellow, and blue Zoanthus varieties, where the contrasting pigmentation enhances the overall diversity of the collection.

Under appropriate lighting, moderate water movement, and stable water chemistry, its polyps can display beautiful expansion, revealing the intricate patterns and delicate tentacle fringes that make this variety so appealing.

With its regal identity, distinctive pigmentation, and exceptional collector appeal, the Prince of Persia Zoanthus is a remarkable addition to premium Zoanthus gardens and exclusive designer coral collections.

Selected for:

• Distinctive Prince of Persia designer identity

• Intricate multicoloured oral disc pigmentation

• Beautiful radial patterns and contrasting central details

• Elegant flower-like polyps with decorative tentacle fringes

• Premium WYSIWYG collector frag

🍽️ Care & Feeding

Although primarily photosynthetic, Zoanthus corals can benefit from access to fine suspended foods and naturally occurring plankton, supporting healthy tissue development, polyp expansion, and colonial growth.

Recommended feeding:

• Reef Roids and fine powdered coral foods

• Small zooplankton-based coral foods

• Amino acid supplements when appropriate

• Naturally occurring plankton and suspended organic particles

Supplementary feeding is optional in established aquariums with appropriate lighting and balanced nutrient availability.

Maintaining stable water chemistry is important for healthy polyp expansion and consistent colony development.

Balanced nitrate and phosphate concentrations are particularly beneficial, as excessively low nutrient levels may negatively affect tissue health, polyp extension, and colouration.

Avoid sudden changes in lighting intensity, temperature, salinity, or water chemistry, as these fluctuations can cause Zoanthus polyps to remain closed or display signs of stress.

Important handling precaution: Some zoanthids may contain palytoxin. Always wear suitable gloves and eye protection when handling or fragging Zoanthus corals. Never boil, scrub aggressively, or expose them to hot water or steam.

📈 Optimal Parameters

📍 Placement

Position the Prince of Persia Zoanthus in the lower to middle regions of an established reef aquarium, where it receives low to moderate lighting and consistent, indirect water movement.

A lighting range of approximately 75–150 PAR provides a suitable starting point, although gradual acclimatisation is recommended to determine the most appropriate intensity for the individual specimen.

Moderate, random water flow helps prevent detritus accumulation between polyps while supporting efficient nutrient exchange and healthy polyp extension.

Avoid placing the frag directly in front of concentrated water jets, as excessive flow may cause the polyps to remain partially closed or retract.

Its colonial growth pattern makes it particularly suitable for dedicated Zoanthus gardens, isolated rock islands, and carefully curated collector displays, where its distinctive pigmentation can be fully appreciated.

Allow sufficient space between the colony and neighbouring corals to accommodate future growth and prevent unwanted contact or overgrowth.

Stable water chemistry, balanced nutrient availability, and appropriate lighting will help maintain its attractive colouration while encouraging healthy polyp expansion and natural colony development.

🪸👑💜 Prince of Persia Zoanthus – Frag WYSIWYG

An exceptional WYSIWYG Prince of Persia Zoanthus frag featuring captivating designer pigmentation, intricate radial patterns, and beautifully detailed flower-like polyps. With its regal identity, distinctive colour contrast, and exceptional collector appeal, this premium Zoanthus is a stunning addition to established reef aquariums and exclusive designer Zoanthus collections.

WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get: The coral shown in the product photograph is the exact specimen you will receive.