Same zoa?

[Mike N]

I ordered this zoanthid online:

I received this:


Are these the same zoas?
The seller insists its the correct one, I just can't come to that conclusion no matter how hard I squint and use my imagination.

 

[ashburn2k]

Nope, can you put it under full blue?

 

[Mike N]

I can when I get home. Had to rush back to work after accepting the delivery.

 

[Jvesche20]

Was it a WYSIWYG frag? If so does it have the same amount of heads? Theres 6 heads in the 1st pic and i can see 6 in the second but looks like there could be more.

 

[Mike N]

Was it a WYSIWYG frag? If so does it have the same amount of heads? Theres 6 heads in the 1st pic and i can see 6 in the second but looks like there could be more.

Yes it was WYSIWYG and it does have the same amount of polyps (with an additional baby growing in)

 

[Jvesche20]

The photo was most likely tanken under all blues with some filter from the camera. To me it doesn't look like the 1st picture at all, but I gotta say some of my zoas look way better under all blue. When I went to a swap for the first time all the vendors use blue because it makes the corals look better. Well I got this really cool looking zoa and brought it home and under my blue/white lights it looked boring and I was disappointed

 

[Mike N]

The seller reached out with some extra information that will explain things better.
Apparently, this frag was in a sub-100 par holding area for 3-4 weeks prior to being shipped out. So the loss of color was due to lack of light. Hopefully those awesome colors will return soon.

 

[Robert_ellis]

The seller reached out with some extra information that will explain things better.
Apparently, this frag was in a sub-100 par holding area for 3-4 weeks prior to being shipped out. So the loss of color was due to lack of light. Hopefully those awesome colors will return soon.

They should. After all, zoas are easy to color up and grow. I wouldnt worry personally.

 

[Mike N]

They should. After all, zoas are easy to color up and grow. I wouldnt worry personally.

Yeah, now that I know it's just low light color loss, not an accidental mix-up, I'm not worried. The seller apologized, offered a replacement, and said they prefer to ship corals that match the colors in the WYSIWYG picture. Good on them

 

[Poseidon03]

The first picture is also heavily edited

 

[Mike N]

The first picture is also heavily edited

I don't think it is, but I could be wrong.
I've ordered several other zoas from this seller and they all match the pictures. (except for this one, of course)
When this frag colors up, i'll be sure to post a picture.