The Bowser Zoa

poomba · Nov 5, 2012

I disagree because I have never seen a sunny d with red on them.

Also with the CAR style polyp the rings of color are distinct and arent muddled together like the green and yellow are on a Sunny D.

Akwarius · Nov 5, 2012

Hate to rain on your parade, but Sunny Ds and Vivids are different- from each other and from car/bowsers. First off, neither rainbows have any red coloration, so that eliminates the car/bowser comparison. Secondly, vivids are a different shade of orange and lack a speckled skirt. Two characteristics that do not vary with lighting. I know because I've grown these side by side for over two years.

skinz78 · Nov 5, 2012

Akwarius said:
Hate to rain on your parade, but Sunny Ds and Vivids are different- from each other and from car/bowsers. First off, neither rainbows have any red coloration, so that eliminates the car/bowser comparison. Secondly, vivids are a different shade of orange and lack a speckled skirt. Two characteristics that do not vary with lighting. I know because I've grown these side by side for over two years.

Can we get some side by side comparison pic's?

joshporksandwich · Nov 5, 2012

This are my vivd rainbows

sunny D

BBoley24 · Nov 5, 2012

Man your sunny ds are so much different than mine! All are distinctively different. Alot of speckling and lines going on there... no colored skirts nor do I notice a distinction between rings.

These polyps posted are gorgeous! They are a great collection.

joshporksandwich · Nov 5, 2012

BBoley24 said:
Man your sunny ds are so much different than mine! All are distinctively different. Alot of speckling and lines going on there... no colored skirts nor do I notice a distinction between rings.

These polyps posted are gorgeous! They are a great collection.

I have 2 different sunny ds. And both are beatuful.

returnofsid · Nov 5, 2012

joshporksandwic said:
I have 2 different sunny ds. And both are beatuful.

and could easily be "confused" as Bowsers...IMO...lol

Akwarius said:
Hate to rain on your parade, but Sunny Ds and Vivids are different- from each other and from car/bowsers. First off, neither rainbows have any red coloration, so that eliminates the car/bowser comparison. Secondly, vivids are a different shade of orange and lack a speckled skirt. Two characteristics that do not vary with lighting. I know because I've grown these side by side for over two years.

Don't know about you, but I see RED and SPECKLES in one the Sunny Ds posted above and not in the other. I've also seen several types of Polyps develop speckles in the skirts, after a lighting change, such as T5 to LED, which would indicate that as a characteristic that can vary, according to light.

BBoley24 · Nov 5, 2012

ladyreefer1983 · Nov 7, 2012

sunny ds are yellow/green with specks/glitters on skirts while vivids rainbow are more orange no specks/glitters on skirts...

ladyreefer1983 · Nov 7, 2012

johnporksandwich,where did u get your vivids rainbow?i dont think its the vivids rainbow
Buy Rainbow Palys Online | Vivid Aquariums

your last pic is sunny ds for sure and the pic before that is vivids no doubt...and akwarius is right on with the description/difference of both palys.

buddythelion · Nov 7, 2012

ladyreefer1983 said:
i showed this before...bought it as a rainbow paly and paid less than $70 for 4 polyps

colored up in my tank cause of fish poop and turned out to be this..oh great i have candy apple reds...

then it went to a beautiful colony of candy apple reds...

no i dont have it anymore...just saw this thread...i guess the person i sold my CARs are enjoying it right now still a question to me how and why the color changed? i still dont understand as to this day...

If these are CARs, then they have to be the nicest CARs I've run into. What's the difference between this and a bowser?

I get the difference between CAOs and CARs, one has a very distinct orange ring and CAOs are much brighter than CARs. I can tell the difference instantly when I look in my tank.

But the more pictures I see of Bowsers the more I get confused.
I found this picture, they're supposed to be Bowsers (NOT MY PHOTO):

They look very similar to ladyreefer's, only ladyreefer's is a much happier and healthier polyp. I also see that the yellow ring is not as distinguishable solid on polyps with less light.

Candy Apple Reds hardly get any of the yellow ring, although if old enough and given a lot of light they can develop it (mine have). CAOs get the yellow ring for sure, and it's very noticeable. But then when grading CAOs to Bowsers... I get a really confused. People with Bowsers and CAOs should chime in more often to help settle this down, pics of grown up polyps as well.

melendezreef · Nov 7, 2012

I got this as sunny d's

here are my car

both are under halides and power compacts.

bluetrigger · Nov 8, 2012

ouch

That is so hot it burned. really great I need one No i need two.

PolandSpring · Nov 8, 2012

ladyreefer1983 said:
johnporksandwich,where did u get your vivids rainbow?i dont think its the vivids rainbow
Buy Rainbow Palys Online | Vivid Aquariums

your last pic is sunny ds for sure and the pic before that is vivids no doubt...and akwarius is right on with the description/difference of both palys.

+1 to ladyreef1983 and Akwarius

Vivid Rainbows and Sunny Delights are different. Joshporksandwhich - Your first two photos are not Vivid's Rainbow, although they are very nice and I want a polyp of them still

, the first photo where you stated they are Sunny D's - that is actually the Vivid Rainbow and the second pic is the Sunny Delight

Vivid Rainbows are much more detailed on the lines and have a much much deeper Orange. The Sunny Delights are more yellow and have a little speckle on their frills. IMO i like sunny delights just a bit better, but I like both a lot.

joshporksandwich · Nov 8, 2012

PolandSpring said:
+1 to ladyreef1983 and Akwarius

Vivid Rainbows and Sunny Delights are different. Joshporksandwhich - Your first two photos are not Vivid's Rainbow, although they are very nice and I want a polyp of them still , the first photo where you stated they are Sunny D's - that is actually the Vivid Rainbow and the second pic is the Sunny Delight

Vivid Rainbows are much more detailed on the lines and have a much much deeper Orange. The Sunny Delights are more yellow and have a little speckle on their frills. IMO i like sunny delights just a bit better, but I like both a lot.

lol. so many names I didn't know there was a vivid rainbow. What i have on the first 3 pics are vivd raptor rainbows lol. But thanks for clarifying. I've been selling vivids as sunny D's and the actual sunny D's i don't touch lol.

BBoley24 · Nov 8, 2012

The CAR vs Bowser is just ridiculous. BUT... The CAO and Bowser is most definitely a causal for concern.

BBoley24 · Nov 8, 2012

Btw... IMHO... ladyreefer got one HECK of a deal getting those for $70.

There are THOUSANDS of different morphs of THOUSANDS of different strains of CARs and CAOs... some people... like Troylee... hit the jackpot... and others... like (put 1000 reefers here) got jacked.

I think it's incredibly possible that someone out there sold some of their CAOs and 5 years later Bowser arrived on the scene... and the strain of CAOs just so happen to be just like the Bowser if not better. The lines are so skewed that the only way we can differentiate between the strains is to see it in person.

I have hunted down every single person on this board that has publically claimed to have a Bowser. All of which say that it is amongst the brightest polyp in their tanks. I have CARs and CAOs. They are gorgeous! I just acquired a Bowser polyp. I hope they are twice as nice LoL. I already noticed that the polyp is a whole lot bigger than I thought it would be. It is the same size as my purple orchid. That in itself is impressive.

Does anyone share the same sentiment when I exclaim "the larger the polyp, the more dim the colors appear."? (In most cases)

buddythelion · Nov 8, 2012

BBoley24 said:
Btw... IMHO... ladyreefer got one HECK of a deal getting those for $70.

There are THOUSANDS of different morphs of THOUSANDS of different strains of CARs and CAOs... some people... like Troylee... hit the jackpot... and others... like (put 1000 reefers here) got jacked.

I think it's incredibly possible that someone out there sold some of their CAOs and 5 years later Bowser arrived on the scene... and the strain of CAOs just so happen to be just like the Bowser if not better. The lines are so skewed that the only way we can differentiate between the strains is to see it in person.

I have hunted down every single person on this board that has publically claimed to have a Bowser. All of which say that it is amongst the brightest polyp in their tanks. I have CARs and CAOs. They are gorgeous! I just acquired a Bowser polyp. I hope they are twice as nice LoL. I already noticed that the polyp is a whole lot bigger than I thought it would be. It is the same size as my purple orchid. That in itself is impressive.

Does anyone share the same sentiment when I exclaim "the larger the polyp, the more dim the colors appear."? (In most cases)

Idk, but now you gotta post pics! :bigsmile:

turbo21 · Nov 8, 2012

let the pm's fly into your inbox for the waiting lisst hahah

BBoley24 said:
Btw... IMHO... ladyreefer got one HECK of a deal getting those for $70.

There are THOUSANDS of different morphs of THOUSANDS of different strains of CARs and CAOs... some people... like Troylee... hit the jackpot... and others... like (put 1000 reefers here) got jacked.

I think it's incredibly possible that someone out there sold some of their CAOs and 5 years later Bowser arrived on the scene... and the strain of CAOs just so happen to be just like the Bowser if not better. The lines are so skewed that the only way we can differentiate between the strains is to see it in person.

I have hunted down every single person on this board that has publically claimed to have a Bowser. All of which say that it is amongst the brightest polyp in their tanks. I have CARs and CAOs. They are gorgeous! I just acquired a Bowser polyp. I hope they are twice as nice LoL. I already noticed that the polyp is a whole lot bigger than I thought it would be. It is the same size as my purple orchid. That in itself is impressive.

Does anyone share the same sentiment when I exclaim "the larger the polyp, the more dim the colors appear."? (In most cases)