A little thread to help people ID LSOH and Rainbow eclipse

[Camaro Show Corals]

So I thought I’d make a thread showing them since now I got both. These get misidentified all the time and people can’t tell which. Really in person they are easy to tell apart. LSOH have lighter green with smaller rings and skinnier and longer tentacles. Rainbow eclipse have a darker green and more detail with overall polyp size being slightly larger.
First pic: rainbow eclipse
Second pic: LSOH

 

[Tonyreeffish]

So I thought I’d make a thread showing them since now I got both. These get misidentified all the time and people can’t tell which. Really in person they are easy to tell apart. LSOH have lighter green with smaller rings and skinnier and longer tentacles. Rainbow eclipse have a darker green and more detail with overall polyp size being slightly larger.
First pic: rainbow eclipse
Second pic: LSOH

Ill take one of each please! Thanks! Just for identification purposes of course...

 

[JustDewwit]

Good post will definitely help many for reference in the future

 

[45ZoaGarden]

Rainbow eclipse still look much nicer imo! Second is Similar to JF bloodshots...

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Rainbow eclipse still look much nicer imo! Second is Similar to JF bloodshots...

Bloodshots have a more mint green

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Good post will definitely help many for reference in the future

Thank you, I thought so as well

 

[DancingShark]

Nice. Zoas.
I like the first one. And what is LSOH.
I rarely do zoas cuz of the price being all over the place. Some nicer looking zoas are 20 buck then you have bland looking ones going for 500 bucks.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Nice. Zoas.
I like the first one. And what is LSOH.
I rarely do zoas cuz of the price being all over the place. Some nicer looking zoas are 20 buck then you have bland looking ones going for 500 bucks.

LSOH- Little Shop Of Horror

 

[45ZoaGarden]

It’s mostly popularity. Back in the day utter chaos zoas typically sold for $350-400 pp. now you can pick them up for around $10 pp or less because most collectors have them. Purple monsters used to sell for $100 pp but now that a lot of people have them and realize that they’re weeds, you can find them for $5pp. LSOH, RE, and Jf Bloodshots are stil a bit elevated ($70pp-$500pp) because not too many people have them. I’ve also heard that bloodshots are pretty temperamental (hard to grow). Some zoas like speckled kraks and mauls won’t come down much because of their known tendency to melt. It’s almost like an economy. When the surplus’s goes up, prices go down. Inventory diminishes and prices go up. Harder to find, prices go up. Common as dirt, prices go down.

Nice. Zoas.
I like the first one. And what is LSOH.
I rarely do zoas cuz of the price being all over the place. Some nicer looking zoas are 20 buck then you have bland looking ones going for 500 bucks.

 

[45ZoaGarden]

What is the orange zoa between the two?

Bloodshots have a more mint green

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

What is the orange zoa between the two?

IA burning embers

 

[Davis Hill]

Would you consider both of these Rainbow Eclipse or LSOH? Both are being sold as LSOH, but based on some things they appear to have more defined rings which would be Rainbow Eclipse, no?

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Would you consider both of these Rainbow Eclipse or LSOH? Both are being sold as LSOH, but based on some things they appear to have more defined rings which would be Rainbow Eclipse, no?

I made a post a while back showing my LSOH and Rainbow Eclipse side by side and how to spot the differences

 

[Davis Hill]

I made a post a while back showing my LSOH and Rainbow Eclipse side by side and how to spot the differences

Right, and your insights are what have drawn my attention to the differences between the two zoas, and now I am always on the lookout. Just wanted confirmation that I am now able to ID properly , because I would think both the ones I posted photos of have been mislabeled as LSOH.

 

[Coral Kai]

What does GB stand for in GB Rainbow Eclipse?

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

What does GB stand for in GB Rainbow Eclipse?

Golden basket

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Right, and your insights are what have drawn my attention to the differences between the two zoas, and now I am always on the lookout. Just wanted confirmation that I am now able to ID properly , because I would think both the ones I posted photos of have been mislabeled as LSOH.

Absolutely

 

[Coral Kai]

Side by side

 

[Coral Kai]

here in LA they are about the same price pp but the GB rainbow is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy brighter

i have another set of LSOH from a diff vendor...and that one is not as bright as the rainbow either

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

here in LA they are about the same price pp but the GB rainbow is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy brighter

i have another set of LSOH from a diff vendor...and that one is not as bright as the rainbow either

If I had to pick one I’d go with rainbow eclipse over LSOH.