Black Zoa question

[hansmtt]

Just picked up this unknown frag...have not been able to track down a name so I'm calling it Starry Night...it's black with sparkles both in the stem and polyp face. Because it's black, that suggests it might not use light the same way as traditional zoas...anyone have experience with these or anything similar? The mouth is silver, and elongated like the PE types. Very long lashes that are farther apart than usual.

 

[EliteReefs]

saw one like it a long time ago mixed in on a rock with some other crap but it meltedaway afterwhile so i dont know what happened to it. whatever it is i like them though

 

[mevstheworld]

Nice, try feeding them some mysis.

 

[EliteReefs]

FYI i saw some very much like those called yingyangs I think it was Roe's Marine that had it

 

[FiReBReTHa]

FYI i saw some very much like those called yingyangs I think it was Roe's Marine that had it

+1

tru story

 

[El Camaron]

i have had a few of those for a long time, they love eating misis but grow very slow and are probably one of the nicest under estimated zoas.

 

[hansmtt]

oooo, thank you everyone...very close, we'll have to see how these end up when they fully acclimate. I fed them some some reef chili last night, try mysis in a day or two. They are pretty remarkable, I'd not seen these in person. Super long lashes

 

[Supreme Reefs]

+1

tru story

+2 nice pick up :bigsmile:

 

[Braves Fan]

C if you can get a better pic, I would like to C them close up. Sounds like they may be hard to come by.

 

[Nanofins]

Here's a pic of mine. I have found them to be rather unusual. I see them every great once-in-a-while as a hitchiker on some zoa rocks. Most of the time they don't seem to make it. I think they get overlooked as black anaerobic sulfur-blobs. They look like a Protopaly or maybe Neozoanthus to me. My guess, like yours, would be that they aren't photosynthetic, so I feed them regularly with good response. They have been doing well and stay open almost 24-7, but don't appear to be fast growers at all. Still way cool and netherworldly. I've been calling mine Black Crystal Deaths.

 

[stoneroller]

Parazoanthus?

 

[FateX8]

yeah theyre not a zoanthid, stoneroller is right they are parazoanthus
the most common one that used to be out there were called blue shuriken
i had some and i couldnt get them to stop growing!

 

[stoneroller]

Now that that's settled.... lol

I keep mine in a shaded low current area and feed heavily. Slow growth. Seem to be open all the time unless disturbed.

 

[hansmtt]

very nice...I've moved mine under a huge monti for some shade...they are not happy with me right now so they endured an iodine bath last night. I hope for some show time tomorrow to give them a treat.
Great show of some other interesting variations...I too think they need feeding & less light. Hope for some growth nice openinge soon.