Zoa or Aptasia - I might kill the wrong thing

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Bought this tank used and abused, we are bringing it back to life, slowly. Starting to win the battle with GHA, it was 100x's worse... So, I have been killing some Aptasia with Aptasia X. However, I just killed a couple, but in looking through all these Zoa's, some look different but their arms glow, normally I can tell them apart. Here are some pictures - Are these Zoa's or do I have dozens of Aptasia throughout this Zoa colony?

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Maybe these will come out better...
 

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I can’t really tell from the pics. If you could edit the photo and circle or pinpoint a certain area…
Just looks like a zoa colony. Healthy one at that. If you have a colony with specific spots closed and an unusual guy in the middle then you most likely have one in the colony.
But w/o better pics I can’t tell
 
And P.S. when you have colonized zoas that are a variety of colors, in the end they are all just zoas. Aiptasia are very noticeable and different than zoas
 
@Rp8 Maybe these are better. What about the ones next to the yellow ones? And then one of the last photos there is a bunch coming off a frag? Also, is that Duncan having lots of growth?
 

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@Rp8 Maybe these are better. What about the ones next to the yellow ones? And then one of the last photos there is a bunch coming off a frag? Also, is that Duncan having lots of growth?
1st pic look like palys, second are duncans and rest zoa
 
Here are some over all... Only bought this 3 weeks ago. Still trying to put it together and rehab things.

 

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