Black zoa's

MistaOrange · Feb 11, 2014

Wow awesome zoas, seen them once before in one of the rock pools here but never collected any... Should have taken some...

foxhuntr · Feb 11, 2014

Has anybody seen a price on these things ? .......i have a couple people that want fdqgs but i have no idea what to charge

revhtree · Feb 11, 2014

Crazy!

Jlobes · Feb 11, 2014

foxhuntr said:
Has anybody seen a price on these things ? .......i have a couple people that want fdqgs but i have no idea what to charge

pretty easy, take your price, divide by # of polyps, equals price per polyp.

you could do the "cool" thing and charge them what you paid for them, plus your time.

Or you could slap a big ticket price on them and "winning"!!

A. grandis · Feb 11, 2014

Those type of zoas grow pretty fast. They normally have a fluorescent green/brown coloration. They are actually supposed to be kept on their own rock isolated because they could take over the tank if conditions allow. I believe they are Palythoa spp. It they are really what I'm thinking, before they were classified as Protopalythoa spp.

Feed them and they'll go wild like a "dark fire"!

Grandis.

BBoley24 · Feb 11, 2014

Quick....chop them up before the coloration fades!!!

Jlobes · Feb 11, 2014

BBoley24 said:
Quick....chop them up before the coloration fades!!!

this.

PaulKreider · Feb 11, 2014

Definitely a protopaly, cool color, but like stated^ be warned they will take over.

digitaledge · Feb 11, 2014

Say they are super rare and charge $200pp

A. grandis · Feb 11, 2014

PaulKreider said:
Definitely a protopaly, cool color, but like stated^ be warned they will take over.

They were called Protopalythoa before.
The right nomenclature today is Palythoa sp.

Grandis.

A. grandis · Feb 11, 2014

digitaledge said:
Say they are super rare and charge $200pp

Nah. Not fair. That's not good. LOL!
I would share after they take over that rock.

Grandis.

Badspstank · Feb 11, 2014

We use to get them regularly about 25 years ago the are non photo I use to feed them to a Clarion Angel. They were ugly then also back then most of these high end Z and P had no value other then feeding to hard to feed angels and butterflies. My 2 dollars

A. grandis · Feb 11, 2014

Badspstank said:
We use to get them regularly about 25 years ago the are non photo I use to feed them to a Clarion Angel. They were ugly then also back then most of these high end Z and P had no value other then feeding to hard to feed angels and butterflies. My 2 dollars

Today those Palythoas are worshipped. LOL!
By the way, beware of the Palytoxin rates when handling those guys!!!

Grandis.

Zoecrazy · Feb 14, 2014

Wow never seen those Hope they come out

bryan.lefever · Feb 16, 2014

Haha for how crazy we got for bright color zoas were all diggin the all black ones. You should probably just give them to me. Maybe a head or two??

Tenor · Feb 16, 2014

butts182 said:
those are worth at least $250 each!! Post them on Ebay, quick.

lol

foxhuntr · Feb 17, 2014

Found out they dont like the light much........have to keep them in very low light

tuna_bullet · Feb 17, 2014

those are sweet I have a few black crystal deaths...or ( Darth Vaders ) they are usually hitch hikers and don't like a bunch of light......

foxhuntr · Feb 24, 2014

just an update on the new black Paly's AKA S&K Nosferatu Paly's......I fragged them into two frags and this 16+ polyp frag is headed to ebay....they don't like a lot of light so they are very low in the tank...... the pic was taken after lights out with a flashlight on them....but they are out during the day as well....