LPS Coral
Aussie War Paint Scolymia.
A prized Australian 'scoly' — a single fleshy disc that can blaze with war-paint reds, greens, and oranges. A slow-growing LPS (large-polyp stony) that wants low-to-moderate light and gentle flow on the sand bed; feed it now and then and it'll color up into a real collector's piece.
We keep this species at our Erie store. Come and see it in the tanks, or call (814) 456-9445 and ask what we have in right now.
Sea Cave keeps this species. You will find these in the tanks at 660 East 14th Street in Erie. We never ship live animals.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
We never ship fish, coral, or invertebrates — every animal here is one you meet in person. Each one is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it goes out into the display tanks. This is a species we keep, and what is swimming on any given day changes with the deliveries, so please call (814) 456-9445 before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Intermediate
- Temperament
- Semi aggressive
- Adult size
- 4"
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Scientific name
- Homophyllia australis
Good tank mates
This is a single, solitary LPS coral rather than a fish, and it does best with its own footprint of space on the sand or rockwork because it can extend stinging sweeper tentacles at night. It coexists with fish and most cleanup-crew invertebrates, but keep other corals from growing into contact with it. Ask the staff if you want help placing it safely among other corals.
Good to know
Often called a scoly, this Australian disc coral comes in wildly painted color patterns and is a single large polyp rather than a colony of many small ones.
What is in the tanks and each animal's temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice.
Good tankmates
Plays well with.
Species we’d keep in the same tank, with why each pairing works. What is in the tanks and each animal’s temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for advice on pairing.
New to stocking a tank? Read our guide on which fish live together.
Royal Gramma
Reef-safe cave and rockwork dweller that spends its time far from the sandbed; no documented tendency to interact with, nip, or disturb fleshy LPS coral tissue. Safe neighbor for a sandbed-placed Scolymia.
Firefish Goby
Extremely peaceful and reef-safe; hovers in the water column near a burrow entrance and shows no interest in benthic corals. Zero documented cases of LPS tissue interaction.
Green Chromis
Open-water schooling fish that cruises the mid-column and never descends to interact with sandbed or low-rockwork corals. Not a coral nipper. Safe alongside Scolymia.
Banggai Cardinalfish
Peaceful, reef-safe, and calm-tempered; zero reported cases of coral harassment across the hobby. Stays near structure and shows no interest in sessile invertebrates or LPS tissue.
Visit the store
660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
Mon–Fri 12–6 · Sat 11–4 · Sun closed. Call ahead on livestock — what's on the floor rotates.