What are the prettiest-affordable zoas?

[Robert Binz]

I’m a fairly new reefer and just now getting into zoas. With my limited experience I don’t wanna drop huge amounts of money on single frags but I would like a really vibrant zoa garden.

What are your favorite zoas that tend to be affordable (say 50$ or less for a frag with 3-5 polyps)?

Thanks guys!

 

[ReeferWarrant]

I bought some from my LFS that turned out to be Punk Rockers. They keep multiplying like crazy, I have found if you order online youre going to be paying a bit more than you would want to. I'd also check Craigslist, I got 5 polyps of Rasta's for $20.

 

[Rudzbrewski]

I picked up some Utter Chaos and God of War that I really like. Curious what others suggest since I’m interested in similar.

 

[joseserrano]

I have a lot of zoas sold in 5-10 plus colonies for under 50. I’ll send you a pm

 

[ReeferWarrant]

@Rudzbrewski, locally or online? I'd be interested in getting those as well

 

[Rudzbrewski]

@Rudzbrewski, locally or online? I'd be interested in getting those as well

I got them locally, but I’m pretty sure they just launched an online platform a few months ago. A Reef Creation is where I go. They have been amazing to me.

 

[FishGeist]

I got Eagle Eye's and Clementines cheap. Both were under 30 a frag.

 

[Johniejumbo]

I don’t do much with zoas myself but noticed hidden treasure corals has several nice ones in the 5$ per polyp range.

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

I think a big part of this is where you live. We have a very generous local reefer that either gives away frags or gives them to you for a crazy good price. Otherwise just go to the LFS and see what you like. In my experience, 80% of LFS have really good deals so I just go there and pick what I like.

 

[Kehy]

Live sales are my weakness. I don't think I've paid more than $50 for any individual colony

 

[2Sunny]

Fire and Ice are cheap named corals as are Yellow Brick roads. You can also buy a large colony from Live Aquaria of "no name" zoa's and they will look just as good to your eye as those "named" corals. When naming started prices went WAY up. Before the "name game" no one sold zoas by the polyp. You always got a whole colony for less than $100.


Fire and Ice

Live Aquaria purchase of "no names" in a large colony.

Yellow Brick Road

 

[jeffchapok]

I got a colony of King Midas for $25 and they really stand out from the rest due to the yellow:

Rastas are always a good choice too and easy to find fairly cheaply:

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

I paid 30 for this packed frag of goblins on fire. It gets the most comments from people viewing the tank.

 

[joseserrano]

I paid 30 for this packed frag of goblins on fire. It gets the most comments from people viewing the tank.

I got those for about the price for that size

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

I got a colony of King Midas for $25 and they really stand out from the rest due to the yellow:

Rastas are always a good choice too and easy to find fairly cheaply:

I agree king midas really stand out.

 

[New&no clue]

Check out Cultivated Reef, they have some good ones for $30ish.


Scrambled Eggs

Sour Lemon

Dragon's Eye

 

[PicassoClown04]

Got every single one of these frags for $40 and under

 

[sfin52]

Scrambled eggs
lemon laser
Utter choas
Coco pink

 

[littlebigreef]

If you talk to another hobbyist- a zoa collector they can probably put a really nice pack together for you without breaking the bank. Among the most affordable zoas some of my favorite are:

Utter chaos
Goblins on fire
daisy cutters/stargazers
ring of fire/chemical romance
lazer lemons (wwc or og)
Fire and ice
bam bams
Blow pops

That's a good mix of color right there and I'd describe all those strains as super robust, they should be easy to grow into colonies without giving your trouble or becoming invasive.

 

[Waynerock]

Can’t go wrong with some utters. Super bright, camera man just sucks