Eagle Eye Zoanthids, Center stage! Anyone?
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mfinn
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Nice growth, but the color is off for eagle eye's
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Glenner’sreef
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So a year ago, I asked Reef2reef zoa pros to id these guys and eagle eyes were the #1 vote? It’s funny because if you google it????? They’re all over the place. So what is your best guess? Would appreciate it. Thx.
mfinn
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IMO eagle eyes are pretty standard colors. But they can also be confused/compared to whammin watermelons.
Generally they are a orange to red body with a dark ( purple ) eye, and green ( sometimes almost yellow) skirt.
Seems to me it was one of the first popular named zoanthids.
Back a few years ago the main source for finding names for zoanthids was zoaid. Was a place where people could submit pictures and a new name for a zoanthid. A group of behind the scenes volunteers would look over the current listings and determine if it was new color morf or would fit into a already submitted album.
There were no sales associated with this site, and all the pictures were from reefers.
Now any vendor can put a name on a zoanthid and it may stick or it may fall into the disputed issue.
A couple vendors have gathered quite a few listings and some refer to them now. But there are usually sales involved.
I don't have a name for your colony. I stopped trying to keep up with the name game years ago, but I'm sure someone who is current will jump in.
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Blow pops
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Wow! I don’t think you’re wrong??? Thx.
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Wow! I don’t think you’re wrong??? Thx.
Blow pops are a catch-all like Green Bay packers, blueberry field/pie, fire and ice. There’s lots of minor variations not worth separate names. Basically you’re looking at a blow pop of it has a yellow mouth, blue margin and a green skirt.
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The pic I took of my colony was later in the evening. Heavier blues. But really spot on.
