Zoa & Paly ID please

[lorbocaust]

My 20 gallon coral tank has been up for 8 months now and i dont know or am not sure of some of their(zoas and palys) proper names i shall show them in both 10k w/ actinic lighting and just actinic lighting just so you can see how they look under both lighting. Well here we go....

1. AOG(Armor of God)?

2.?

3. Medusa's?

4. ?

5. ?

6. Green Implosions?

 

[lorbocaust]

7.?

8.?(Found this when i was sold some liverock)

9.

Thanks for looking and helping out if you can guys.

 

[Reef keeper]

1: devils armor
2:lunar eclipses?
3: green button polyps
4: happy pe's
5: african blue hornets
6: green emplosions?
7: radioactive dragon eyes
8:

 

[lorbocaust]

i am pretty sure you have #3 wrong because they are not green at all. lol but thanks for the info my fellow Reefer

 

[Wy Renegade]

Actually #3, #6, and #8 are all common button polyps; they come in a variety of colors - green, brown, etc. and have been around in the hobby for many years. With the explosion of the name game in recent years, some of them have aquired hobby use names (mainly as a means for sellers to make some extra $), how anyone can tell the various types apart to know which ones are the named varieties is beyond me. Regardless of whether they are the named variety or not, they are all protopalys, and under the proper tank conditions they will take off and quickly cover much of the LR in your system - they also are usually able to out compete the other zoas/palys, so use care in introducing them into your system. Hope that helps.

 

[lorbocaust]

Thanks for the input on the protopalys! I try and buy from local tank growers and all i do is buy frags just to be 'reef friendly'. so i didnt mind paying what i did for #3 & 6(~20$).

I am really curious what #9 is as i bought it from a LPS as just Green Star Polyps. And as you can see in the picture there is a protopaly on it which i am super stoked about getting! Feel like i got a steal for this one