Identification

Beluga · Aug 20, 2020

I’ve recently caught the zoa/paly bug and have decided my pico tank will be a polyp garden.

That being said I purchased these a while back not really knowing all of the “trade names” fancy names etc that are thrown around today. I simply enjoyed their color and thought the red contrasted the green star polyps well. In recent years my interests have focused solely on SPS and uncommon angelfish. So I’m a bit rusty with softies/zoas.

I have been told they are “heartbreaker zoanthids/palys” however we all know the fastest way to find an answer on the internet is to post something that’s incorrect. So let’s call them gumdrop zoanthids/palys and see if anyone can provide me the correct name instead haha.

I apologize for the blue tint, this iPhone 11 Pro Max is terrible with my lights.

I have checked zoabrary and the other resources I’m familiar with but no such luck.

They have pink mouths. Purple disk. Purple lashes with pink/red lining.

Beluga · Aug 20, 2020

Could they be “My Clementines”?

Reefing_addiction · Aug 20, 2020

Beluga said:
Could they be “My Clementines”?

Need a better picture maybe one with more white

Beluga · Aug 20, 2020

littlebigreef · Aug 20, 2020

They're definitely not clementines. They're just an unnamed assorted zoa. If you want to put a name on them you can, but being a run of the mill unnamed zoa doesn't diminish them in anyway, especially if you like them.

MastaMind82 · Aug 20, 2020

littlebigreef said:
They're definitely not clementines. They're just an unnamed assorted zoa. If you want to put a name on them you can, but being a run of the mill unnamed zoa doesn't diminish them in anyway, especially if you like them.

Looks like a Beluga Sandstorm Zoa to me

@Beluga

Beluga · Aug 20, 2020

Well then I'll stick with Heartbreaker Zoas, as the little mouths pink area sort of looks like a heart and thats what I bought them as haha. At least until I hear otherwise.

Thanks guys!