Zoa morph

[ZX6Reef]

Now is your chance to name your own morph! Damian reef boy orange chonkers. They look awesome.

 

[Damian reef boi]

Really lol wooow !

 

[ZX6Reef]

Really lol wooow !

Nah jk they’re ugly and I definitely don’t want those in my tank

edit: my emojis aren’t working they are beautiful and I am jelly

 

[Damian reef boi]

 

[littlebigreef]

My burning embers under same condition as the black rainbows. They lack the distinct ring of the other strain. That screen grab is also impossibly saturated. It’s full-on gilding the lily on an already beautiful zoa.

Here’s pics of el corazon/after burners and mind tricks for comparison.

 

[Damian reef boi]

So how does naming work?

 

[RedFrog211]

You can name the darker one “burnt ash” (going off the ember idea) or “Smoked zoa”
Just some fun little suggestions! Congrats my goal is to eventually have a new zoa morph as well!

 

[littlebigreef]

So how does naming work?

Generally names come from whoever ‘introduces’ the zoa whether it’s a hobbyist or a vendor. Often they’ll brand it ergo ARC, CC, CB, TSA etc. There’s no authority control so occasionally you have names being reused. You’ll also seen names misapplied due to minor mutable differences. There’s no established naming conventions so you can call stuff whatever you want.

That said, it’s best practice to look at every possible ID before naming something. Reason is two fold- first, you’re likely to get a better ROI if you can say with certainty ‘this is this’ rather than ‘I named it.’ Second, there’s nobody that polices zoa names, however, it makes it easier among collectors and hobbyists if we have a common name to work with. I see people wanting to rename ‘Green Bay packers’ morphs all the time. In that case it just comes across as foolish.

A book could be written about naming zoas that probably very few people would want to read. So, it’s best to use sound judgement when finding a name that fits vs naming or renaming something.

 

[TankCandy]

Morphs are awesome. My first morph was between rainbow incinerators and WWC Nirvanas, I called them Funky Pups.