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Just got these new zoas. There are quite a few of them so I will post colony pics tomorrow/later when they all open but these are the few that I opened during acclimation. They remind me of a Hornet but searches for purple and red Hornets both come up with different results. Any ideas?
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Just got these new zoas. There are quite a few of them so I will post colony pics tomorrow/later when they all open but these are the few that I opened during acclimation. They remind me of a Hornet but searches for purple and red Hornets both come up with different results. Any ideas?
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They look like blow pop zoas but yellow
 
Where’d u get them lol o_O:D what did they say they were? Almost rockstars but again the yellow is wild
Got them from a local reefer as a no name, but I feel like these look like very aquacultured polyps so I figure they must have a name!
 
They look like Blue macaws
That’s pretty close, but blue macaws have a green ring around a blue mouth. Not a green mouth. Blue macaws are on my list though! Maybe I’ll have to cross those off and settle for these since they look super similar
 
Similar to “Coronas” probs not it but close in my opinion... hornets have alternating color on their tentacles and distinctive rings of color that’s how you could define then, not seeing them on these... but I love the lashes on these guys def looks good and cultured I would agree...
 
Alright, the colony opened this morning so here’s a few more shots. One has buttmunchers in front so you can see the size of these guys. They’re very very small, about the same as an eagle eye
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Similar to “Coronas” probs not it but close in my opinion... hornets have alternating color on their tentacles and distinctive rings of color that’s how you could define then, not seeing them on these... but I love the lashes on these guys def looks good and cultured I would agree...
Yes thank you! Corona from Zoanthids.com looks super super similar. Even the subtle fade to a darker purple/blue around the mouth is spot on! The only difference is that Coronas have a brown ring right on the base of the skirt and mine don’t but that’s probably a tank morph and mine are Coronas! Thank you! And so fitting right now that I happened to get corona from going outside to get coral
 
That’s pretty close, but blue macaws have a green ring around a blue mouth. Not a green mouth. Blue macaws are on my list though! Maybe I’ll have to cross those off and settle for these since they look super similar
I have Blue macaws lol. Along with around 50 other zoas.
 

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