Clove Polyps
Clavularia, a soft coral. Beginner to keep, typical PAR 50–150, moderate to high flow.
A species, not a named morph. It names the animal, not one line of it.
Collector tier: common, where the trade ranks it from common through grail. In stock at 14 surveyed shops on 2026-10-19.
Names that contain “Clove Polyps” and are not this coral: Firework, Fireworks. They are separate corals traded at their own prices, so read the animal rather than the label.
Eight feathery tentacles per polyp, each polyp on its own stalk rising from a network of creeping stolons rather than from one shared mat, which is what separates it from Green Star Polyps at a glance.
Before you buy one
Which variety you are buying matters more here than the price does. The ordinary green and gold Clavularia is a slow grower, slow enough that vendors apologise for it, so a frag stays a frag for a long while. The blue clove polyp is a different proposition: it runs across rock, irritates whatever it reaches, and the standard advice for an established infestation is a whole-tank medication or cooking the rock, because scraping it back only regrows it. Take the blue one on purpose or not at all.
Keeping soft corals
Forgiving of most placements, and it moves water on its own. Clove Polyps is beginner to keep at a typical PAR of 50–150 in moderate to high flow. A typical starting range for this type of coral, not measured on this one.
Full care notes for soft corals
What Clove Polyps goes for
No verified sales yet. A range publishes once 3 dated, checkable records from 3 different sources exist, priced per frag and reported as a median, with what shops ask kept separate from what buyers paid. One frag is a single cut on a plug, whatever its exact size. Colonies, mini colonies and mother stock are excluded rather than averaged in. Nothing on this page is for sale. Shops are typically asking $24 to $52 per frag, median $36, across 14 shops surveyed on 2026-10-19; the full sweep ran $5 to $99. Asking prices are what sellers want, not what buyers paid. On 2026-10-19 it was in stock at 14 surveyed shops: austinaquafarms.com, coralscoral.com, coralsofeden.com, coralstop.com, cornbredcorals.com, fishnerdcorals.com, and 8 more.