Maybe A Hornet?

[PicassoClown04]

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?

 

[PBnJOnWheat]

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?

They look like blow pop zoas but yellow

 

[PicassoClown04]

They look like blow pop zoas but yellow

YES! But the mouth is yellow which is throwing the ID. They’re really cool though!

 

[PBnJOnWheat]

YES! But the mouth is yellow which is throwing the ID. They’re really cool though!

Where’d u get them lol what did they say they were? Almost rockstars but again the yellow is wild

 

[PicassoClown04]

Where’d u get them lol 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!

 

[Cole.mormon]

i have red hornet zoas for sale

 

[PicassoClown04]

i have red hornet zoas for sale

Thanks, but I have a lot of zoas. Definitely over 40 and probably closing in on 60 now in my 20 gallon tank. Just looking for an ID on these guys

 

[Cole.mormon]

ok still got that black widow aneomene we can trade

 

[PicassoClown04]

ok still got that black widow aneomene we can trade

I’ll pm you when I have more, I don’t like cutting my nems so everybody just has to wait for it to split naturally unfortunately

 

[Cole.mormon]

ok ty

 

[Brad Waddell Wrath's Reef]

Thanks, but I have a lot of zoas. Definitely over 40 and probably closing in on 60 now in my 20 gallon tank. Just looking for an ID on these guys

They look like Blue macaws

 

[PicassoClown04]

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

 

[Oscar47f]

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...

 

[PicassoClown04]

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

 

[PicassoClown04]

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

 

[Brad Waddell Wrath's Reef]

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.

 

[PicassoClown04]

I have Blue macaws lol. Along with around 50 other zoas.

I feel you on the million zoa thing. I have enough zoas for a zoa dominant cube as “ground cover” right now!

 

[Brad Waddell Wrath's Reef]

I feel you on the million zoa thing. I have enough zoas for a zoa dominant cube as “ground cover” right now!

Me too, I have a 150 mixed with just a few zoas lol.

 

[Renescence]

I was LITERALLY GOING TO COMMENT that they Look like Coronas...but then @Oscar47f beat me to it.

 

[PicassoClown04]

I was LITERALLY GOING TO COMMENT that they Look like Coronas...but then @Oscar47f beat me to it.

I’m glad they’re Coronas! I was actually gonna order some from Zoanthids a while back, I ended up with them anyway!