New?? never seen PE?

PR_Reefers · Feb 8, 2011

I got a small colony of these from a distributor... paid well for them with no regrets bc i've personally never seen them before? have you? do they have a name??

What about these?? new for me also!!!

Wy Renegade · Feb 8, 2011

Both appear to be True Green PE. The upper one looks like it was kept in very high lighting, hence the speckling on the oral disc. High light will have to be maintained in order to retain the speckles on new polyps. Since they are recent acquisitions, it will be interesting to see what happens to the coloration over the long run in the same system. I had a couple different color morphs of the TGPE, and they retained their respective color differences for well over a year in the same system.

Here's a link to a article on speckling as a result of lighting;
CoralPedia.com :: Articles :: Zoanthid morphing focusing on Speckling

drainbamage · Feb 8, 2011

Very gorgeous pics of a very nice zoa!

As renegade said, they both apear to be the green PE's, but still very nice specimens.

PR_Reefers · Feb 8, 2011

I don't think they were kept in any lighting, except natural sunlight!! This distributor tends to import wild colonies and so they seemed when I bought them! do you think this is why the speckles aren't seen usually seen in captivity??

Reef lvr · Feb 8, 2011

Very nice!!!

mfinn · Feb 8, 2011

When I had gpe's and had them under 250watt mh, they didn't get the speckleing normally associated with ppe's, they just faded.

PR_Reefers · Feb 8, 2011

Wy Renegade said:
Both appear to be True Green PE. The upper one looks like it was kept in very high lighting, hence the speckling on the oral disc. High light will have to be maintained in order to retain the speckles on new polyps. Since they are recent acquisitions, it will be interesting to see what happens to the coloration over the long run in the same system. I had a couple different color morphs of the TGPE, and they retained their respective color differences for well over a year in the same system.

Here's a link to a article on speckling as a result of lighting;
CoralPedia.com :: Articles :: Zoanthid morphing focusing on Speckling

Interesting Article!! I'll be looking to see if the new growth has the speckles or not, to determine if it is due to lighting or phenotype. thanks for the link

jledon4 · Feb 8, 2011

what about the speckles on the magicians and hell's angels of the top of my head???

FaviaFreak · Feb 9, 2011

I Like em..please keep us posted as how they do in your tank

PR_Reefers · Feb 9, 2011

FaviaFreak said:
I Like em..please keep us posted as how they do in your tank

will do

PR_Reefers · Feb 19, 2011

Okay update!!! the pic was taken yesterday the 18.... ten days after... still looking speckled:bigsmile:!!!

mfinn · Feb 19, 2011

Wow, I really like those.

MimicOcto8 · Feb 19, 2011

oh wow those are insane. i love the speckles! do you only have those 4?

slkotara · Feb 19, 2011

Mine I got from PR Reefes 1 with speckles and 1 with out and are clearly not the same. Now having a frag of both I can clearly see they are different. I think the specled 1 should be named green magicians.

slkotara · Feb 19, 2011

Oh and by the way PR Reefer Thank You so I love them.

PR_Reefers · Feb 19, 2011

mfinn said:
Wow, I really like those.

thanks...

MimicOcto8 said:
oh wow those are insane. i love the speckles! do you only have those 4?

Well... I have a 7 polyp colony in my tank .... sold 5(slkotara).... and have this 4 polyp frag hanging around lol

slkotara said:
Oh and by the way PR Reefer Thank You so I love them.

...:wink: you're welcome.... hope you enjoy them for many years to come. btw I did think about green magicians it was what first popped into my min... anyways how would one go about naming a paly? so as to make it official...

Alattner · Feb 19, 2011

wow those are some sick looking zoas i love the blue centers they really make the coral

slkotara · Feb 20, 2011

...:wink: you're welcome.... hope you enjoy them for many years to come. btw I did think about green magicians it was what first popped into my min... anyways how would one go about naming a paly? so as to make it official...[/QUOTE]

Summit a pic and name to coral pedia I guess I haven't name one yet but i think you can try that.