Garden in the making - here's my collection

[memorisa]

Hi all,
I figured I'd post here since I can't compete with the drool factor of the ones in the eye candy thread. Also I thought this way I could have a place to track progress and post updates without bothering others and most importantly get feedback from you guys.

p.s.> even though I do my best to ID them if I can, I may have done so wrong, or haven't been able to ID them. so if you can, help me out and/or correct me; I would appreciate that a ton.

Here are me z's and p's...
These are from your side of the planet: (another huuge thanks to pufferpunk!)

evil mels:

black cherry bombs and ice storm palys:

pink auroras/aeon flux: (still need to a get a decent shot of em under MH)

AoGs and Bad Red (I don't know what these are actually called but RobTop who sent me them called them these):

(you can also see the pink auroras in the back and tubbs blues in that picture as well. I have recently separated the AoGs from that frag plug and put them on a different one)

 

[memorisa]

oh btw, I don't touch up my photos on PS; only run actions for resizing, the border and the watermark.

continuing

tubbs blues (i think I am the only one with these in my country :bigsmile

zombie eyes:

dragon eyes:

blow pops (or was it blow tarts?):

lately the ones on the far end of the plug in the pic are growing in size but the ones closer are shrinking. i have no idea why, i may try to move them around to see if i can find the sweet spot.

 

[memorisa]

Jokers:

more jokers and bambams:

lately the bambams' tentacles are getting longer. I am thinking it may be due to the increased flow, but I have only moved them a few inches. And the third zoa in that picture is one I got locally. more on those to come.

bambams and AoGs:

blue orgasms (or was it organisms? ) :

 

[memorisa]

This is probably one of my favorite ones, they are losing the blue blotches and they are turning more yellowish but still haven't been able to get them to fully open up: (I think they are from Samoa Islands? or maybe raptor rainbows but I doubt it)

P. Grandis: (it is opening more since I moved it a spot with less light)

I think one of these is supposed to be Gorilla Nipples, but I am not sure which one:

and if so I don't know what the other one is either...

 

[Saltysteele]

Awesome stuff, Memo!!

 

[memorisa]

Awesome stuff, Memo!!

Thank you!


I'll continue with more unknowns from USA.

Desert Storm?? I highly doubt it, but here it is: (I'll call this MZ#1 for ID sake - as in memorisa's zoa #1)

another unknown MZ#2:

MZ#3 - Goochters? I have never seen them in person so I can't really tell:

MZ#4 - A bleached zoa: (I am posting to see how it will look in time, I am dosing Vit. C and is already starting to get a little green hue to it, can't wait to see what it will become)

 

[memorisa]

Aand here is a smooth transition from the ones I got from USA to those I got locally in Turkey -- well we don't really have zoas in our seas, my this I mean I got them from importers and LFS in here. Most of our stuff comes from Indonesia, Maleysia and lately some from Fiji area which I am really really excited about.

So here are some US radioactive dragon eyes:

and the ones I got in Turkey (with some pinkish ones MZ#5 that I also got locally)

MZ#6 - some eagle eye lookalikes from Fiji: (I had some eagle eyes that sadly I lost, but they didn't look the same.)

Some pics of my green button polyp (I think), but it is the first ever I have gotten. Sorta where it all started. And since I have switched to MH and been adding Vit.C they have been growing in size - almost a size of a quarter now!

this one is supposed to be some sort of acrozoanthus species, but looks like zoa to me after the stalks of the frags got shorter:

here's the mother colony for those under actinics:

 

[memorisa]

MZ#7- These are also like eagle eyes but more flourescent and glowing:

under actinics:

MZ#8 - greens very similar to kyrptonites but without the blue: (you can see what the guy whom I got it from called watermelons in this pic as well)

under actinics:

kyrptonites (the guy brought them from USA, so I guess these are both):

actinics:

 

[memorisa]

MZ#9 - same guy called these fire n' ice - but they don't look like the ones I see online:

actinics: (sorry seems like the white balance is a little off here)

MZ#10 - unknowns

with LED on camera:

MZ#11:

MZ#12: (I'll get a better shot of these b/c I have em in a different place now)

with LED (very long tapered tentacles but greyish body with white circle mouth)

MZ#13 - bad pic but hard to get the camera to focus for some reason

old pic:

MZ#14 - Also I don't have a shot of these recently, but it is supposed to be miami hurricanes - not really sure if they really are: (apologies for the bad old pic)

MZ#15, MZ#16, MZ#17 - Triple Mix. MZ#15, the blue yellows, I really like. Recently I fragged a few and glued them to an empty shell of a hermit. After a bit I may have to take the hermit out of the refigium and get him to go in this one

actinics:

MZ#18 - a little blurry pic. I love these, they have morphed into something awesome since I've gotten them:

MZ#19 & MZ#20 - They look very similar to MZ#16 and MZ#17 but they are different:

 

[memorisa]

MZ#21 - They were blown off from their colony perhaps and were sitting on the substrate at LFS, so I asked if I could have em. and he said yes. they were closed at the time and when I came home this is what I got:

and here are some new additions to my collection:

RPE (I think they are true, straight from Indonesia I believe) and some other PE like paly but without the real green slit mouth (so I'll go with MZ#22):

^^I'll take a shot of them under MH too in order to give you all a better idea of the colors etc.^^

MZ#23- the new greens from a very mixed rock I got. (it had so many predators, it took me about 3 hours to get it to be clean and fragged):

^^In pic above you can also see, MZs #19 and #20 (left), #15 and#16 to the top, and evil mels to the right. the pastel greens are pretty awesome too (MZ#24) that is right after I had dipped them, they have opened up since then, I'll post a better pic soon.

MZ#25- Creation? A site (I think one of R2R sponsors) was selling something similar in name, so I tend to call these guys "Blue Creations." any ideas on ID is appreciated as always.

(I'll getter a better pic of these as well)


A couple colonies I got:

MZ#26: I call them Baby Blues (the polyps were real tiny when I first got them, but have been since growing in size) there is another one with greenish middle, perhaps a different morph that I am yet to frag out of the colony:

Actinics:

MZ#27 - Not sure what these are called either. (well mostly because the names seem to originate from you guys even though the zoas may come from the same region, namely Indonesia, such as PPE as spotted by Blane Perun was named and famed in USA) but for now I'll refer to them as montezuma's fire (from the mythology with seeking water :wink:

under actinics:

there's another one to the left of it that came with the rock, but I haven't fragged it off yet, I think it may be a morph or something but the colors are way different.

I also just got a few other colonies, that I will post later.
Sorry if I have bored you with all these pics. hope you like them

 

[memorisa]

Oh I forgot to mention, the camera I use is Olympus 1030 SW, most pics were taken underwater. Sadly I don't have an SLR for the macro shots, but I like how 1030 handles the task.

 

[pakora]

very nice collection & photography skills!

 

[memorisa]

very nice collection & photography skills!

Thanks pakora! Glad you enjoyed them.

 

[rarelyseriousb]

wow so much to say but Im at a loss. when this all grow out this will be an amazing zoo tank

 

[mnherper]

amazing tank

 

[memorisa]

wow so much to say but Im at a loss. when this all grow out this will be an amazing zoo tank

That's what I am hoping as well... but i am really worried that some will wither or melt away. i try to be careful and dip em when i see signs, but i guess that's the nature of the beast.

amazing tank

thanks mnherper!

 

[ahayes13]

everything looks great!!!! your getting a great collection together!

 

[Hypertek99]

Very nice zoa collection you have. Read the thread of injecting zoas with iodine if they are withering away it may be a new cure.

 

[flricordia]

Nice zoa collection and I think it is a first for the most pics on a single thread. lol

 

[memorisa]

everything looks great!!!! your getting a great collection together!

Thanks, its a dream in the making.

Very nice zoa collection you have. Read the thread of injecting zoas with iodine if they are withering away it may be a new cure.

Hypertek, thanks and also I have been reading up on that thread and waiting for one other zoa to start showing signs because I didn't want to experiment on my AoGs before getting good at it :xd: today I'm getting my syringes.

Nice zoa collection and I think it is a first for the most pics on a single thread. lol

Thanks flricordia, hehe but i wasn't done yet :tongue: