Reef Lounge USA Spot Light Special: Black Death Zoa

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Spotlight Special – Black Death


Its time again for another “Spotlight Special” here at Reef Lounge USA! This week we will be showcasing a very interesting little coral that we’ve only seen once before way back in 2007!

Introducing the Reef Lounge USA “Black Deaths” (Neozoanthus sp.)!

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The story behind these little gems starts quite a while ago back in 2007. About a year before the CITES ban on export of live rock from Tonga we discovered a small colony of what appeared to be jet black zoanthids on a small chunk of branching rock from that infamous collection location. Being suckers for anything unusual the colony was moved to a small display where they grew, albeit slowly even with regular feedings. However, due to a mechanical failure that wasn’t caught soon enough, the resulting tank crash led to a loss of the original colony. Since then we have seen other people that also apparently found similar corals on their rocks as well, most of which date back to 2007-2009.

Small Frag – 1 Polyp



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Thanks for sharing, a very interesting and cool story and one heck of a cool paly