Daisy Polyps

Clavularia sp.

Care Level	Easy
Lighting	Low to moderate
Water Flow	Low to moderate
Placement	Low to mid rock
Aggression	Peaceful
Coloration	Green, cream or brown, often iridescent

Overview

Daisy Polyps spread a mat of long-stalked polyps that each open into a delicate, feathery, daisy-like flower. Though often confused with clove polyps, daisy polyps have longer, softer, more feathery polyps that sway gracefully in the current. A fast-growing, beginner-friendly encrusting soft coral.

Care & Placement

Undemanding under low-to-moderate light and gentle-to-moderate flow. It encrusts across the rock, so give it its own rock or island to keep it from overgrowing slower corals. The polyps retract when disturbed and extend fully in calm, well-lit conditions.

Feeding

Photosynthetic; benefits from occasional feeding of phytoplankton or fine particulate foods, but needs little supplemental feeding.

Propagation

Very easy — cut or peel a section of the encrusting mat and attach it to a new plug or rock; it spreads quickly.

Cautions

A fast encruster that can overgrow neighboring corals — isolate it on its own rock. Peaceful otherwise.