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dohc97 · Sep 22, 2006

I got this one colony of zoas from someone taking down their tank, and i just want to see what their name is. I was guessing mean green but seeing as i dont know much i would rather have you guys take a look.

first pic:

second pic:

ficklefins · Sep 23, 2006

Those aren't mean greens. But they are a unique zoanthid. The difference between the polyps above and mean greens is the fact that mean greens are a solid green from mouth to skirt. The zoas posted above have an almost green target circle. Personally those are the first green circle zoas that I have seen.

I feel very confident in that they are a unique, or un-named zoa color strain. Nice score!

Mr. Ugly · Sep 23, 2006

Similar to these which I had named Jade Ring

ficklefins · Sep 23, 2006

dohc97,

Tell us a bit about yourself and your tank. We are a friendly bunch here, so getting to know someone else's tank and corals is always a good way to introduce yoruself.

Thanks,

Luciano

dohc97 · Sep 23, 2006

My name is Jose, i live in Chicago and work on cars. I have been into fish since i was about 10(that makes 16 years keeping fish). I just recently started my nano reef. My saltwater experience is limited, I have had fo tanks for about 3 years and my nano is about 2 months old. The tank itself is a 20L, about 30 pounds of lr, 20 pounds of live sand, i use 2 mj600 for flow, lighting is 130 pc watts(one bulb 10000k, one actinic). Im barely starting to populate my tank so pics will be coming, i really like zoas and other colorful corals. So far i have frags of kenya tree, cabbage coral, fire and ice zoas, orange zoas, yellow zoas, the one mother colony pictured, a 4 headed hammer coral, a 3 headed frogspawn, and a rock covered in ricordea, almost forgot my fish, a bicolor angel. If this would happen to be an unnamed zoa, do i get to name it?

Stixbaraca · Sep 23, 2006

I would go to www.zoaid.com and look around at the galleries a while...chances are there are about 5 different names for the color morph. But if your feeling like there isn't anything there that resembles it, you can send in pictures, a name, and why you think it doesn't look like any of the other colors morphs there!