Very weird zoa colony

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I just bought this frag and I've never seen anything quite like it. Not the type of zoas but the extremely thick trunks some of them have and the long skinny ones that don't open. I bought it at a lfs. The zoas are healthy enough, but a few of the thick-trunked ones seem like they're going to detach. My best guess is they came from a huge colony and the zoas stretched up as room on the rock became tighter. It's not light because I have them under LEDs and they aren't stretching for the light. Any ideas would be welcome!!!
 
I'll try to post a better pic later with less blue. I'm still figuring out how to take pictures with led lights.
 
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These are better pics that show the thick trunks of some of them and the stringy ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
Is the middle really green? I have something similar which look like rainbow eagle eyes. Theres yellow in the middle of mine and looks kinda tiedye-ish. But some polyps mainly look like regular eagle eyes with a small variation.
 
They look like the radioactive dragon eyes version of kaleidoscopes...the green spattered center eagle eyes.
 
Thanks! I was wondering what kind they are. Does anyone have thoughts about the long stringy ones and the thick trunks on them?
 
They look like the radioactive dragon eyes version of kaleidoscopes...the green spattered center eagle eyes.

Actually the centers are yellow under the regular lights. I had to turn the blue down to get a decent picture! They really are beautiful.
 

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