Eagle Eye
Zoanthus, a zoanthid. Beginner to keep, typical PAR 75–150, moderate flow.
Collector tier: common, where the trade ranks it from common through grail. In stock at 10 surveyed shops on 2026-10-19.
A ringed zoa read from the middle outwards: a blue to purple mouth, then a red to orange ring, then usually a blue to purple outer ring, then a green to yellow-green skirt. The name is not settled: most sellers describe this pattern, but one sells a red-centred zoa with a green ring under it, and older keepers say the original Eagle Eye had a yellow centre.
Before you buy one
The name people confuse it with is Dragon Eye, and the middle is the place to look: sellers describe an Eagle Eye's orange ring around a blue or purple mouth, while a Dragon Eye is orange right to the centre, with a blue ring before a bright yellow skirt. Both are widely aquacultured, fast-multiplying and forgiving, and both are sold loosely, so treat the label as a claim and buy on the polyps and the count.
Keeping zoanthids
Low to middle rock, enough flow to keep detritus off the mat. Eagle Eye 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.
What Eagle Eye goes for
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. Shops are typically asking $7 to $12 per polyp, median $10, across 10 shops surveyed on 2026-10-19; the full sweep ran $2 to $32. Asking prices are what sellers want, not what buyers paid. On 2026-10-19 it was in stock at 10 surveyed shops: chiefreefcorals.com, coralscoral.com, coralsofeden.com, gemstatecorals.com, luckycorals.com, prestigeworldwidecorals.com, and 4 more.
Easily confused with
- Candy Apple Red: The reverse layout: a green face around a blue mouth, under a red skirt.
- Scrambled Eggs: The same rings, but a wide bright yellow face around the blue mouth instead of a red to orange ring.
- Dragon Eye: Orange right to the centre, then a blue ring before a bright yellow skirt. An Eagle Eye's orange ring sits around a blue or purple mouth.
- Captain America: The same colour order from the mouth out, but a Palythoa with bigger polyps and a red disc, not a ring.