Zoa Identification/Confirmation

[nautical_nathaniel]

Hey everyone, I got this zoa polyp this past weekend and I am looking for either a positive ID or a confirmation on what I think it is.

I'm thinking that it is a magician. It's not very red at the moment though but it was in a fairly shaded spot at my LFS. It was in the $15 pp polyp section and was the only piece they had that was a single polyp.

This is under my Maxspect Ethereal at ~20% intensity as it was ramping up this morning.

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like an agave

 

[Crabs McJones]

OG Magician would be my best guess hope this helps!

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Looks like an agave

I think those are too exotic for my LFS, they're pretty bad about trying to get as much as $50 pp for such.

 

[DSC reef]

The additional coloring in and around the skirt is what's leading me to believe that. Magicians I've seen only had the color speckling in the middle. If they grow into a large colony (I'm sure they will) then send a couple to the east coast! It looks sweet.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

The additional coloring in and around the skirt is what's leading me to believe that. Magicians I've seen only had the color speckling in the middle. If they grow into a large colony (I'm sure they will) then send a couple to the east coast! It looks sweet.

I'll be moving to the East Coast (West Palm Beach, FL) probably within the next couple of years haha If they grow like my Sunny D's, I will have 50 by Christmas (that's a bit of an exaggeration, maybe 20 or so haha)

If I've learned anything about zoas, it's that they can have single name but 3 or 4 different iterations or flavors and these could also be some sort of morph. I agree with you though about the speckling on the sides, it is throwing me off as well.

 

[DSC reef]

Bring sunny d's too! Lol