What is this paly/zoa?

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I bought this frag online advertised as a zoanthid, but it doesn’t look anything like the zoas that I find at my LFS or any that I have kept before.

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What I’m used to calling “zoanthid”
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And yes, I know I have hair algae :expressionless-face:
 
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Could be stretching for light?
Nah, its under a 250w metal halide and T5s. There’s not a place in my tank less than 120 PAR. Its getting about 180 where it is. Its polyp is also about the size of a quarter which I’ve never seen anything close to in my other zoas.
 

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Nah, its under a 250w metal halide and T5s. There’s not a place in my tank less than 120 PAR. Its getting about 180 where it is. Its polyp is also about the size of a quarter which I’ve never seen anything close to in my other zoas.
I have seen zoas like that before. Not many, but I have seen some.
 

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