Anyone have Oscar the Grouch?

zoaprince · Nov 2, 2020

Thinking of buying one but want to see more images of it first. Only found a few online and they look different from eachother.

For example here it is on SBB's site:

Here it is from a fellow R2Rer

Notice the orange center.

Now here are 2 others from (assumably different people) without the orange center.

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Of course I know zoas morph but I'm wondering if the difference in pics is morphing, or editing of the pics. Thanks!

Reefer5640 · Nov 2, 2020

Could be a little bit of both (morphing and editing or just good photography). Too many times have I bought a Frag that looks like the top picture and it shows up looking like the Frag in the bottom picture. Sorry I don’t have a pic to share but those are awesome zoas

littlebigreef · Nov 5, 2020

It's one I've talked to a few hobbyists and a vendor about and the consensus was that they present more like the last two pics than with the first ones with orange center. I haven't seen them in person which is the real test, but based on unedited pics I received they just look like an underwhelming green zoa. Shame too, the photo from the website really makes them look special.

ryanscott · Nov 5, 2020

I bought a two polyp frag from Shane when he first released them. The photo on his website and the photo you found from a sales post are both heavily saturated photos. I could’ve absolutely edited my photos to look like that but I like to show an accurate representation of what they are.

While the don’t look exactly like the saturated photos, I would hardly say they’re underwhelming. I still think they’re a beautiful polyp and worth the price. The green on them you won’t find in any other zoa. It’s more of a mint green with neon undertones and is quite unique.

As for the morphing, I will say they looked exactly as the last two photos did right when I recieved them. There is another vendor that lives close to me and his looked very much the same. They do however have a high degree of morphing that occurs in higher light. The ideal range to keep them looking their best for me was 65-80 par. Above that they started morphing pretty quick and past 140 par they got ugly, mostly presenting tan and black. The three polyp frag is what it morphed to at about 110-115.