Zoa Id please

bangoo · Jan 19, 2010

I bought it as darth maul, I've had it since 1 polyp. Now it grew to 4, but the polyps remain pretty small, maybe my water or not enough light time?? (I only have lights on for 5 hrs/day) Now I'm thinking its not even a darth maul. Thanks

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cay85 · Jan 19, 2010

i'm no expert, but i would put 2 or 3 more hours of daylight on those bad boys and see what happens. maybe increase light time slowly to be safe. jmo

korndogg091 · Jan 19, 2010

its hrd to tell exactly what they are, they look alittle bleached. They dont really look like they would be darth mauls imo.

BayCorals · Jan 19, 2010

They don't look like darth mauls, but they still look nice.

wicked demon · Jan 19, 2010

Lighting can cause alot of color differences, I would not rule it out yet.
+1 increase the photo period

bangoo · Jan 19, 2010

Thanks for the help, I'm going to taper the lights to be 8-10hrs/day.

reefpeeper · Jan 19, 2010

Armageddon??????

Nanofins · Jan 19, 2010

I would also agree that you should increase the photoperiod on your tank, though I don't know whether that is the reason for your smaller polyps. I would certainly not rule them out being Darth Mauls. Water/tank conditions can greatly affect the morphology and color of zoas/palys, and those do look to have the color pattern that could be indicative of a darth maul.

dirt-nasty-510 · Jan 20, 2010

+1 ----

Nanofins said:
I would also agree that you should increase the photoperiod on your tank, though I don't know whether that is the reason for your smaller polyps. I would certainly not rule them out being Darth Mauls. Water/tank conditions can greatly affect the morphology and color of zoas/palys, and those do look to have the color pattern that could be indicative of a darth maul.

minirex4777 · Jan 20, 2010

nightmares is my quess

bangoo · Jan 20, 2010

minirex4777 said:
nightmares is my quess

I have nightmares and they look different. Nightmares are more reddish/orange and has speckles on them, speaking of nightmares, how big are the polyps suppose to be??? My nightmares are growing pretty good (started with 3 and now I have 12), but they are not as big as I thought they would be, they are about the same size as japanese deepwater zoos.