Got some Blue Hornets in

[flricordia]

Not nearly as nice as Purples, but had to have them. They are much smaller than PH, but really nice color and I am sure a large colony really will look sweet. Hope they grow faster than the PH do.

 

[MikeB]

Got a picture without actinics blasting them? Someone else jsut posted a BIG colony:

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=11&page=217

 

[aquarius77]

We used to call them alien eye. Seems the ones im referring too were a Caribbean species tho.

 

[flricordia]

Got a picture without actinics blasting them? Someone else jsut posted a BIG colony:

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=11&page=217

Sorry but no actinics blasting them . Under 14K Phoenix.

 

[ekr]

Sorry but no actinics blasting them . Under 14K Phoenix.

good to hear that they are doing great.

 

[pakora]

Nice, i like them Congratulations

 

[kev2me]

Very nice Mike! I picked up some PH look a likes from my LFS that were pretty dull purple hoping they'd color up to something nice. So far, no good >_<

I've also heard these referred to as Blue Hornets since they're just like PH but with a blue center:

Definitely sounds like there's going to be a battle for that name

 

[FaviaFreak]

Nice, very cool looking

 

[Spiderwoman]

Those are going to be nice Mike.
How is the PH growout going?

 

[MikeB]

Sorry but no actinics blasting them . Under 14K Phoenix.

Regardless they are preety cool zoas. :tongue:

 

[Raptor]

Very nice Mike! I picked up some PH look a likes from my LFS that were pretty dull purple hoping they'd color up to something nice. So far, no good >_<

I've also heard these referred to as Blue Hornets since they're just like PH but with a blue center:

Definitely sounds like there's going to be a battle for that name

Kev is correct, Those are carribean alien eyes. Seems like a flux of them have been coming in. I have seen 3-4 stores locally get them in, and a couple online shops/. Still very nice!

 

[rosebud161616]

Very nice Mike! I picked up some PH look a likes from my LFS that were pretty dull purple hoping they'd color up to something nice. So far, no good >_<

I've also heard these referred to as Blue Hornets since they're just like PH but with a blue center:

Definitely sounds like there's going to be a battle for that name

<---- Kev2me's fiance so these are mine too! :-D

I wanted to add that I have mainly heard these called "blue eyed" PHs since they are exactly the same as PHs just have a blue eye.

 

[Raptor]

Sorry i meant that the one flricordia posted are the caribbean alien eyes.
Yours are considered blue hornets local to me. Just picked up a couple polyps. Marv has the same lineage.

 

[flricordia]

Those are going to be nice Mike.
How is the PH growout going?

Going well. New buds starting to pop up. I expect within the week to have 2-3 new polyps. Just took letting them settle in to my tank conditions and fragging them before they started to take off. Hopefully within a couple weeks have a total of 15 polyps give or take.

 

[Braves Fan]

Mike, put me at the top of the list, I would like a frag of about 6 or 7, they are nice looking.

 

[jimsflies]

I've always seen the blue ones with the ring referred to as AOI. Not sure what it stands for though?

http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=138

 

[gflat65]

One assumption is that aoi can mean blue in Japanese.

 

[MarvinsReef]

I guess these are named Black Hole Sun on CoralPedia now... we've always known them as Blue Hornets but I guess another aka is the Black Hole Sun...

http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=7147

these surfaced out from a guy in RC when the Purple Hornets were a very hot commodity... our (me and Raptor) source came directly from that guy... I know a few other guys from MI that purchased from RC guy as well...

 

[Azurel]

One assumption is that aoi can mean blue in Japanese.

That is correct Gary...

 

[Wy Renegade]

Those look nice Mike.