please identify....

Discussion in 'Coral' started by tjandbridge, Feb 3, 2011.

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  1. tjandbridge

    tjandbridge Astrea Snail

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    sorry my camera wont pick up the vibrant colors of my new zoas but i would like to know if anybody has any idea what they are.....
    bright green lashes, then gray to orange to a yellow dot.......
    dull green lashes, then orange red with a black dot........two different ones. Lfs dont know.....thanks for your help
     
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  3. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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  6. tjandbridge

    tjandbridge Astrea Snail

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    i tried coral pedia.....i can not find any that look like them. the ones with a black dot kindof look like blue eyed devils but not really. i will keep trying to get pics. but the lighting looks horrible on my pics.
     
  7. makeshiftcrew

    makeshiftcrew Gigas Clam

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    Honestly you could have a morph of any number of types of zoas...all depends on the past lighting...go ahead and name em yourself...then frag some and sell em to get them out and about
     
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  9. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Then call them whatever you want.

    I honestly don't understand the need some people have to get the "proper name" for these things, when the proper name is "zoanthid" or "palythoa", period, unless you happen to have a species name for one of these guys, which is nigh impossible to figure out. The names like "purple people eater" and "eagle eye" are just common names that mean literally nothing about the coral. Zoas are named with these stupid labels to sell zoas, not for any other reason than to make people want to buy them more and make some money for the person doing the naming.
     
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    I'm not big on names either, and I can't find any of mine in there either, really. I just call them "green zoas" or "orange zoas" or "green and orange zoas" & leave it at that LOL.
     
  12. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Yeah, my "pink and greens" are my favorite, with the "Yellows" a close second ahaha!