Are these Gold Dust zoa's?

[Lazys Coral House]

I traded for some Gold Dust Zoa's yesterday. The first picture is from the seller and and the second picture is what I received yesterday. Perhaps the same zoas just different lighting? Hope someone with gold dust could give me their thoughts.

Picture taken under 400w Radium

 

[kveille]

That doesn't look like the same zoa. Close, but not the same.

 

[Reefinginpasadena]

same zoa for sure he just had them under Actinic lighting, i dont know if the name is right?

 

[rng_pw]

I cant tell you if they are gold dust or not but to me they look like the same paly, just different lighting.

Ricky,

 

[Azurel]

Yea those look like tem, just differant lighting and haven'tsettled in to the new conditions.

 

[Lazys Coral House]

I thought for sure the seller accidentally sent me radioactive dragon eyes because the look exactly the same next to my colony of them. Thanks

 

[Azurel]

In the pic you posted you can see the gold in the one on the left....

 

[650-IS350]

they seem like it...plus attinics always seem to make polyps look better than what they really are in general. which in my case I always ask for daylight shots so I can get an idea on how a polyp will look in my tank and not when only the attinics are on.

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[therman]

I have a bunch of those, they are the same. IME they get the big bright flecks on older polyps under more intense lighting. On young or low light polyps the flecks are smaller. Give them light and time and they'll look the same.

And FWIW I've always heard them called Green Milky Ways. In my head..."gold dust" means the dark ones with green skirts like exotic frags sells.

Nice pickup, they are one of my favorites.
Tim

 

[Viva'sReef]

Yes those are them for sure......I have them. Came from Trop originally I believe. Good grower too and they looks sweet under actinics, not that great under full lighting though

 

[Supreme Reefs]

Yup green gold dust, i also believe they have a few other names to them as well... i think 1 of them used to be milky ways

 

[extremehobbyist]

+1 same ones

 

[Keiki]

The skirt looks different to me. The strips on it dont look the same and I am not talking about the color but the markings.