Button Polyps-Giant Green (7 days for Delivery)
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- Arrive alive guarantee
- Overnight, oxygen packed
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- Overnight insulated delivery on fish orders, £19.95, and free collection near Gatwick
- Arrive-alive promise plus our Perfect Health Arrival guarantee
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- £35 minimum on livestock orders. Dry goods ship free alongside fish
Marine Fish Perfect Health Promise
All marine fish have a Perfect Health Arrival guarantee. For the following reasons, we cannot guarantee beyond that.
A number of different reasons can affect why a marine fish does not settle into its new environment. These range from:
- Unsuitable water conditions: incorrect pH, high ammonia and nitrite levels.
- Tank bullies: some marine fish are very passive and will not mix well with more boisterous tank mates.
- Incorrect tank size: please research the fish you are buying, as some will become stressed in a tank that is too small.
If you have any problems on arrival
Please contact us straight away and we will extend your guarantee until the fish is healthy again. You must call on the arrival day to activate this.
01293 749046Credit notes
If any of your aquatic life dies during our guarantees and has been acclimatised in a mature aquarium, please take a photo and email it across and we will send you a credit note.
Please email photographs of the deceased specimens to sales@aquaticstoyourdoor.co.uk.
About this fish
What is its maximum size?
Individual Giant Green Button Polyps typically grow to approximately 2–5 cm across, although particularly large specimens can grow larger.
They form colonies of fleshy, button-shaped polyps with distinctive bright green or fluorescent green oral discs. Under suitable blue reef lighting, their colouration can become particularly striking.
Where is its origin and where is it exported from?
Giant Green Button Polyps are generally associated with tropical Indo-Pacific reef environments, although the exact origin depends on the species being sold.
They are found in shallow lagoons, rocky reef flats and coastal reef environments, where they attach to hard surfaces and form colonies.
Specimens are commonly supplied through aquarium exporters in countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines. Many are also propagated in captivity.
Is it reef compatible?
Generally reef compatible with caution. Giant Green Button Polyps are photosynthetic colonial invertebrates and can be maintained in many mixed reef aquariums.
However, they can spread across surrounding rockwork and compete with neighbouring corals for space. Their growth may eventually overtake slower-growing corals.
They are best placed on an isolated rock island to control their spread.
What should I feed it?
Giant Green Button Polyps obtain much of their nutrition through photosynthesis using symbiotic zooxanthellae algae.
They can also benefit from occasional supplementary feeding with:
Baby brine shrimp.
Fine mysis shrimp.
Cyclops.
Zooplankton.
Fine powdered coral foods.
Small suspended marine food particles.
Feed small amounts approximately once or twice per week. Target feeding can encourage growth, although it is not essential when lighting and water quality are suitable.
How many can I keep?
Giant Green Button Polyps can be kept in colonies, and there is no strict limit on the number of individual polyps.
They reproduce through budding and can gradually form large colonies across live rock and other suitable surfaces.
It is recommended to keep them on a dedicated rock island to prevent them from spreading into neighbouring corals.al rubble to control their growth and prevent them from spreading into neighbouring corals.
If it does not arrive alive, you do not pay for it.
Photograph the bag unopened, send it to us within four hours of delivery, and we will put it right with a refund or a replacement.* Our guarantee on marine fish covers their health on arrival. If anything concerns you, please ring us on the day they arrive and we will extend it until the fish is healthy again.
*Whether we refund or replace is our decision and depends on the fish and its cost. A replacement may travel with a future order rather than straight away.