Palythoa from the Kaneohe Sandbar

[gaberosenfield]

I have been growing some palys collected (legally) from the Kaneohe Sandbar in Hawaii. They are large (up to 2 cm in diameter) with fluorescent green, striated oral disks and brown tentacles. They eat and grow well, and aren't aggressive or invasive in my tank.

I'm not a paying member and don't have the bandwidth to participate much at the moment. However, AFAIK, this could be a unique paly that I don't want our hobby to lose if my tank crashes. Does any member want to take a few polyps, grow them out, and start a DBTC for them?

The pic is old. I have 15-20 polyps now. But none are in a good position to photograph...

I'm in Mountain View.

 

[grizfyrfyter]

I really want to be able to go collect coral somewhere one day.

 

[gaberosenfield]

Funny story: these guys were hitch hikers while I was collecting Aiptasia