Description
You are buying the exact coral in the photo — our Citrus Sky Rainbow Long Tentacle Plate (Heliofungia actiniformis), Specimen A. Healthy, happy, and showing amazing polyp extension; anemone looks with none of the wandering.
About Long Tentacle Plate Corals (Heliofungia)
Heliofungia is the anemone-look plate coral — flowing tentacles on a free-living disc. Contrary to popular belief they are very manageable once conditioned; ours have been feeding and extending in our systems for months.
Care Guide
Sand-bed specialist: give it space and meals and it will amaze you.
- Lighting: Low to Medium — PAR 50–150.
- Flow: Low.
- Placement: Sandbed ONLY — it moves itself.
- Feeding: High — meaty foods 2–3× weekly.
- Aggression: Semi-aggressive — long reach.
- Water Parameters: Temp 76–78°F, salinity 1.025–1.026, Alk 8–9 dKH, Ca 420–440, Mg 1300–1400. Stability matters more than exact numbers.
Ships UPS Next Day Air every Tuesday and Wednesday from Key West, Florida. Packed with insulated box and heat or cold pack appropriate for current conditions. Specimen is carefully secured to prevent movement during transit.
Placement: Open sandbed with room on all sides.
New to this coral? Read up first
Not sure how to keep it? See the large polyp stony corals in our Coral Field Guide — ID notes, PAR, flow, placement and aggression, next to the corals people mistake them for.
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Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee
- UPS Next Day Air, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We hold the box if the weather at either end puts the animals at risk. Florida livestock orders under 6 lb ship UPS Next Day Air at $30. Other continental-U.S. orders use the applicable UPS Next Day Air rate. Eligible livestock orders of $349 or more ship free. A $10 Box & Handling Fee applies per box, including on free-shipping orders. We do not ship to Alaska or Hawaii.
- Live arrival guaranteed. Photograph the animal in the sealed, unopened bag and send it to us within 4 hours of the delivery scan.
- Approved claims are resolved with a replacement or store credit. We do not issue cash refunds on livestock.
- Coverage is for condition on arrival and ends at acclimation.
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Conditioned in our Key West systems · FL Aquaculture Certificate #AQ0254072 · (305) 850-9949
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