Reverse Purple Hornet?

BlazinNano · May 13, 2009

What do you think?
Just picked up today no name on them.
I am going to call them Reverse Purple Hornet...

UFfishingirl · May 13, 2009

Nice! Very nice!

thomasdo87 · May 13, 2009

those look like the Japanese/Deep Water zoas. their are a couple of different names for them

daaznmofo · May 13, 2009

yea. looks like a japanese deepwater.

Letsgotothezoo · May 13, 2009

Isn't Purple Hornet...a Jap Deepwater zoa ?

thomasdo87 · May 13, 2009

pretty sure the purple hornets originated from indo but don't quote me on that one. I have the ones you got and I dont know why but they pop a lot more than my purple hornets imo, nice find nonetheless

acanman · May 13, 2009

Bagged87blayzer said:
What do you think?
Just picked up today no name on them.
I am going to call them Reverse Purple Hornet...

i have the exact same zoas and they were sold to me as jap deepwaters... and they are nice.........

BlazinNano · May 13, 2009

Well is there a name on them?

thomasdo87 · May 13, 2009

there a variety of names im pretty sure. I think cherry corals calls them blue thunders but you can name them what you want because I dont think there is a set name for them.

acanman · May 13, 2009

not sure if theres an official name yet or not.... you can check on coralpedia.com... i just call mine jap deepwaters..

BlazinNano · May 13, 2009

Did not see them on coralpedia but did see them on cherry corals.

Neon Reef · May 13, 2009

i think a reverse purple hornet would be a yellow polyp with a thin purple ring. the skirts would still be alternating purple and green/yellow

thomasdo87 · May 13, 2009

I think that naming in this hobby is pretty ambiguous especially corals. so many zoas/palys have so many names its hard to have a definite name, like blue hornets and african blue zoas

reefboy · May 14, 2009

fastandsneaky said:
I think that naming in this hobby is pretty ambiguous especially corals. so many zoas/palys have so many names its hard to have a definite name, like blue hornets and african blue zoas

believe this

reefboy · May 14, 2009

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RaysReef · May 14, 2009

got a colony of them as well. Mine are from australia deepwaters, I don't think they are Japanese. I believe it is from Indo or Aussie.

rosebud161616 · May 14, 2009

The deepwaters aren't truely from Japan either. I have some of these also. Deepwaters.... not reverse PHs.

kev2me · May 14, 2009

Do we really have to add "Purple Hornet" to the names of new/old corals?

acanman · May 14, 2009

rosebud161616 said:
The deepwaters aren't truely from Japan either. I have some of these also. Deepwaters.... not reverse PHs.

some are really from japan...... from what i heard they are starting to let people get select stuff from there reefs.... and these are japanese deepwaters....

EliteReefs · May 14, 2009

kev2me said:
Do we really have to add "Purple Hornet" to the names of new/old corals?

thats how it goes. everytime a coral get popular you see ten otehr with very similar names trying to jump on the gravy train. happened with PE, LE, hornets, lots of acans, chalices.
it will never end. thats why i always say by what you like and can afford. screw what the name is.