Bright yellow zoa recommendations?

JustDewwit · Jul 9, 2020

Broutilde said:
Would anyone be able to answer my question, as of why I was told that yellow zoas a prone to melting?

I've found it's really about the health of the zoa. IMO It's always a good sign to see coraline algae on a frag. A healthy frag is very important.

ReeferWarrant · Jul 9, 2020

Maybe its the way they frag them? I'd assume some of the yellow ones are slower growing and a little more finicky. I recently found out I was messing up when I fragged my Rastas, I kept doing single polyps and had a lot of casualties due to that.

Nick Steele · Jul 9, 2020

I know you say scrambled eggs are muted but mine seem to shine bright especially in blues!

Old pic without filter (looks muted out but not how they look in person)

new pic with Orphek lens kit that shows more natural color you seen with your eyes.

I like them and it adds that yellow you talk about to my tank. I also have stargazer, blondies and Tubbs blue zoas in my tank.

Picasso Clown · Jul 9, 2020

I have a lot of zoas in my tank and my scrambled eggs compete with my utter chaos in terms of brightness, I believe it’s a lighting thing. Many people place zoas in lower lit areas but if they’re placed in higher light then they’re often much brighter! I noticed a gigantic difference in my zoa coloration after I added a new light.

jarjor1982 · Jul 9, 2020

Not Zoa, but cornbred’s rainbow infusion palys have some nice yellow depending on light.

ReeferWarrant · Jul 9, 2020

I just received an order of Zoas recently and this thread is making me want to make another order.....

Angelwolf21203 · Jul 10, 2020

Broutilde said:
I have pretty much all the ones you have ordered except the last ones. Please post a picture of the sunflower zoas when you get them! And let me know what you think.

I will, for sure!

Angelwolf21203 · Jul 10, 2020

Starkrost said:
I have the Super Sunflower and it is gorgeous!!! It seriously looks like a group of sunflowers.

I can't wait to see that one!

vanpire · Jul 10, 2020

Angelwolf21203 said:
I can't wait to see that one!

My eagle eye zoas under blue led lighting looks just like the super sunflowers.

roninmagik1 · Jul 12, 2020

To the original starter of this thread, i was on the hunt for a truly satisfying yellow zoa for a long time. Yellow being my favorite color, i looked everywhere! i'm not talking about a muted yellow, or a mid yellow, but a true yellow, if you google up a pic of a "yellow clown goby", that's the type of yellow i was looking for. I started off with scrambled eggs, and they were nice, but not even close. I got some Blondies and rainbow infusions, then i got some fruit loop zoas, cornbred mandarin orange zoas, king midas zoas, super siayan, dragon eye zoa, sponge bob zoa, eagle eye zoa, etc...never found one that i felt like was truly yellow. I know it exists, because i traded a guy once, and when i explained i wanted a yellow zoa, he said that he had one polyp of a zoa he didn't know the name, but it was really yellow. i got it and it was a beautiful yellow, but it never grew much, just got to two or three polyps, this was a while ago, so my memory on it isn't 100%) Anyhow, good luck in your search, if you do find something, please post up a pic, and the name, and where you got it from! I had a tank crash, and all my zoas died, so i'm starting over from scratch...

(one additional thing, i'm talking about looking yellow under regular lighting, not with just the blues on)

roninmagik1 · Jul 12, 2020

In reference to the zoa i felt like was the closest to a nice true yellow, I'll see if i can upload a pic, but that was probably the closest i got to a true yellow, or at least my version of it = ) If you look in the bottom right corner, it's the little two polyp frag, it's not all yellow, but had a nice yellow skirt, with a white band, and orange-ish on the inside.

Charles Belisle · Jul 13, 2020

I have Corona - they are pretty bright yellow.

Nick Steele · Jul 13, 2020

Charles Belisle said:
I have Corona - they are pretty bright yellow.

Oh no you now have to qt yourself for 14 days....

Those are gorgeous though.

zerj · Jul 13, 2020

Chac317 said:
Scrambled eggs are nice but more of a dull yellow. Midas are nice, buttmunchers are more of a screaming yellow (at least in my tank) and won’t break the bank

Odd, I think my Scrambled Eggs are the nicest yellow ones I have. I wouldn't say dull, perhaps just not neon yellow. Then again my favorite orange zoa is orange oxide. I like the perfect symmetry they seem to have. Perfect little yellow disk, without any variation, like the oxide with it's perfect round orange disk.

Pictures are tough but these seem really close to what I actually have (with a green fringe as opposed to yellow):

https://coloradocoral.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/scrambled-eeg.jpg