Zoa ID

mekesterson93 · Jan 18, 2019

Need help with a couple zoa IDs. Got the first pic as a freebie with a recent order. I've looked on a few sights and can not find them anywhere.

Coralreefer1 · Jan 18, 2019

Top one looks like gatorades. Bottom two are Alfa and omega’s and rastas,
I believe.

mekesterson93 · Jan 19, 2019

Coralreefer1 said:
Top one looks like gatorades. Bottom two are Alfa and omega’s and rastas,
I believe.

Thank you for the help @Coralreefer1. Any idea if they are typically a fast or slow grower?

DharkaronReef · Jan 19, 2019

Definitely Gatorades, Alpha omega and rastas.

Coralreefer1 · Jan 20, 2019

mekesterson93 said:
Thank you for the help @Coralreefer1. Any idea if they are typically a fast or slow grower?

My Rastas grow like crazy whereas my Gatorades not so much. It’s funny because I have over 50 different kinds of Zoanthids and Palythoas and some grow like weeds while others grow at a much slower pace. Having said this however, I believe that these same corals in your tank might spawn different results. Different water parameters, lighting and water flow from one tank to the next will change the outcome in terms of growth, size and color.
Different lighting intensities WILL CHANGE the appearance of any Zoanthids or Palythoa. As they expel one strain of zooxanthellae for another your polyp can morph into something different from what you had previously. Case in point, I bought a Palythoa called Whoville, which is beautiful. These were housed in a tank at the pet shop under actinic lighting only. After a few weeks in my tank, you would not recognize them anymore as Whovilles. Because I use white lights as well as blues and they are under higher light intensity with my AI Prime pendant, they have changed their appearance. Some change for the better, whereas some not so much.