Awesome score, but what did I get?

[TheEngineer]

I never thought I'd get this for the opening bid, but somehow I did. It is almost embarrassing at $35.

Can anyone tell me what the different polyps are? The one is nuclear green I think. The others I have no idea. I think there are 7 different types on here.

 

[naterade112886]

First off where is this auction

 

[reefologist55]

Sorry to be a betty downer..but 35 is definitely not a steal imo! There are no nice zoas...all common species u unfortunately..the speckled fire and ice (red skirt) look nice but are very common...also i have a feeling there is some photography magic going on..some filters used...he captured a ridiculously great amt of detail...these dont usually look as impressive... Now w shipping..that mini mini colony is too much...sorry

 

[TheEngineer]

I don't care about rarity, just color and the mix here is great. I like to know names when they exist to keep track for myself. For around $1/polyp you won't convince me it's a bad deal this is just one of 5 frags I got so don't fret about my shipping costs

And it would be Debbie Downer for the record. Haha.

 

[TheEngineer]

First off where is this auction

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[saltyfilmfolks]

Nice mini colony score.

 

[RMS18]

Nice colony! I am not one to be impressed with zoas with crazy stupid names that people sell for 10-50 pp. Imo it doesn't need to have a high price tag to be a cool looking piece. I'd rather buy what you did then spend $35 on 2 polyps. Nice find! Let the Debbie Downers buy the superman joker ice pick lion zoas.

 

[TheEngineer]

Thanks @Bmwm235i and @saltyfilmfolks!

There's a place in the hobby for expensive and rare, it just isn't with me. I'm just as happy with a brightly colored common polyp as any of the expensive ones I've seen. Other can buy the expensive ones to make the more colorful common ones less expensive

 

[TheEngineer]

Just coming back with an update on the ones that I have identified....

The ones with a red ring are "Ring of Fire" (image from Planet Zoa)

The single green on is a green implosion.

Still not sure on the other two, but I'm still looking.

 

[cbrennan4]

The ones on the left look like alien acne zoas

 

[TheEngineer]

I think you're right. Thanks!

 

[steve&mari]

If you like them then it's all good. I've got named and no named polyps because I like them not the name. Only good for a name is to help identify a morph. But unfortunately it's also the thing that's driving prices up.

 

[TheEngineer]

You've got that right! I like to know the names so I can refer to them and track them.