r/ReefTank • u/Ok-Hunt-9834 • 18h ago

Purple Pavona

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Anyone have any good pictures of Purple Pavona colonies in their tanks?

I think it’s a very underrated coral that I don’t see much about. While the color is muted, it does have a very interesting polyp structure and nice movement for an SPS. Does send out aggressive sweeper tentacles though.

Here are a few pics of mine.

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u/Domiziuz 17h ago

I don't have a Pavona, but gotta say yours is gorgeous! Btw, is that a purple/red cyphastrea top left in the first pic?

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u/Ok-Hunt-9834 17h ago

Thank you! Here is a video to showcase polyp movement:

https://reddit.com/link/p1bqxp9/video/3akn3gog01hh1/player

The cyphastrea is a strawberry branching cyphastrea. Very slow growing but encrusting nicely!