🪸🇺🇸🛡️ Captain America Zoanthus – Frag WYSIWYG

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🔹 Quick Stats

Care Level: Easy to Moderate Temperament: Semi-Aggressive Colour Form: Spectacular multicoloured pigmentation featuring a distinctive combination of vibrant red, deep blue, and contrasting pale tones across its beautifully patterned oral discs. The intricate radial markings create an attractive, shield-like appearance, while the contrasting central pigmentation and delicate tentacle fringes add exceptional visual depth. Under blue-spectrum reef lighting, the interplay of red and blue colours becomes particularly striking, giving this designer Zoanthus its iconic Captain America 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 Captain America Zoanthus is an extraordinary designer Zoanthus variety admired for its distinctive red and blue pigmentation, intricate radial patterns, and iconic collector identity. Inspired by the legendary superhero's recognisable colours, this variety brings a bold and captivating appearance to established reef aquariums.

Its most distinctive feature is the beautiful contrast between its red and blue pigmentation, complemented by lighter details and intricate markings across the oral disc.

The combination of contrasting colours and radial patterns creates a striking, shield-inspired appearance, making the Captain America Zoanthus a particularly attractive addition to premium designer Zoanthus collections.

Each polyp features a rounded oral disc surrounded by a delicate fringe of tentacles, creating the characteristic flower-like appearance that makes Zoanthus corals highly desirable among reef aquarium enthusiasts.

Unlike branching SPS corals, Zoanthus varieties develop colonial growth formations, with individual polyps connected by shared tissue. As the colony matures, additional polyps can gradually develop around the original frag, creating an increasingly colourful display.

The distinctive red and blue pigmentation creates a beautiful contrast against fluorescent green, orange, yellow, and purple Zoanthus varieties, making this coral an excellent choice for aquarists looking to introduce additional colour diversity into their reef displays.

Under appropriate lighting, moderate water movement, and stable water chemistry, its polyps can display beautiful expansion, revealing the intricate radial patterns and contrasting colours that make this variety so recognisable.

With its iconic identity, vibrant pigmentation, and exceptional collector appeal, the Captain America Zoanthus is a remarkable addition to carefully curated Zoanthus gardens and exclusive designer coral collections.

Selected for:

• Distinctive red and blue pigmentation

• Iconic Captain America designer identity

• Beautiful shield-inspired radial patterns

• Attractive flower-like polyps with contrasting 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 Captain America 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 red and blue 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 vibrant pigmentation while encouraging healthy polyp expansion and natural colony development.

🪸🇺🇸🛡️ Captain America Zoanthus – Frag WYSIWYG

An extraordinary WYSIWYG Captain America Zoanthus frag featuring striking red and blue pigmentation, intricate shield-inspired radial patterns, and beautifully detailed flower-like polyps. With its iconic designer identity, captivating 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.