BIOTA White Polyp Toadstool
A variant of Toadstool leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.)
Representative Toadstool leather coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A captive-bred toadstool with a beige base and green tentacles capped in white tips; young colonies show a convex center that flattens or becomes concave with age. The white-tipped polyps give it a clean, frosted look.
📜 Backstory
This is a captive-bred line produced by BIOTA and sold through BIOTA's own shop and partners like AlgaeBarn. As an aquaculture/captive-bred coral it is promoted as better adapted and more disease-resistant than wild stock; the founder broodstock lineage isn't publicly documented beyond BIOTA's program. (BIOTA also produces a separate captive-bred 'White Willow'/'Weeping Willow' long-polyp toadstool.)
Keeper tips for this variant
Hardy and beginner-friendly under medium light and medium-to-high flow; as a tank-bred coral it adapts quickly, but still give it space and run carbon for the leather's mucus shed.