Zoanthus, a zoanthid. Beginner to keep, typical PAR 75–150, moderate flow.
Also sold as Candy Apple Reds, Candy Apple Red Zoanthids, Candy Apple Red Palythoa, CAR.
A loose trade name. Sellers use it loosely, so trust the photo over the label.
Collector tier: common, reviewed 2026-08.
A zoa read from the middle out: a small blue to purple mouth, a wide bright green face, then a red to orange ring at the edge of the disc and a red skirt running toward purple, its tentacles striped or speckled with orange-red. Red outside and green inside is the whole name.
Green in the face, red on the skirt. An Eagle Eye is the reverse, with its red to orange ring around the mouth and a green skirt; a Rasta has a green disc and orange ring but a yellow-green skirt. A hobby classic grown by many farms, and some sell the same look as a paly with a bigger disc and longer tentacles. Orange, pink, green and grape Candy Apples are separate morphs; buy by the colour you can see.
Low to middle rock, enough flow to keep detritus off the mat. Candy Apple Red is beginner to keep at a typical PAR of 75–150 in moderate flow. A typical starting range for this type of coral, not measured on this one.
No verified sales yet. A range publishes once 3 dated, checkable records from 3 different sources exist, priced per polyp and reported as a median, with what shops ask kept separate from what buyers paid. One polyp, so a ten-polyp frag is divided by ten. Listings that do not state the count are dropped rather than assumed. Nothing on this page is for sale.