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Pretty one, pretty two and pretty three? 
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Snoopdog
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Pretty one, pretty two and pretty three?
Thank you, they definitely are not the prettiest in my collection and they appear to be slow growers so far. I like variety and they may get more color as they grow.
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I can not find them sorry!
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Yeah me either. I have never seen these before. Other ones that I own I can quickly go, Oh that is an LA Laker or that is a Nirvana. I have not seen these in other tanks.
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I don't know any of my zoa's names! Just know I love zoa's and keep getting more.....
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My guesses are maybe a morph of Pied Piper for #2 and TSA Alien Egg for #3, no guess for the first though! Photos attached
It is so hard to tell because so many people run their pictures through lightroom and enhance them.
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My guesses are maybe a morph of Pied Piper for #2 and TSA Alien Egg for #3, no guess for the first though! Photos attached
Wow, those two names, there are hardly any other pictures of those names.
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ID on the first one is a bit tricky given how many wilds come in with the color pattern. I've seen r2r posts offering them as rainbow infusion (not to be confused with rainbow implosion).
The pied pipers are via bsa and while they've been around awhile they are infrequently available. These were discussed in another ID thread here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/zoa-id-interesting-pattern.855692/
The third one is also pretty unique. Any time I see zoas with broken radial barring I alway grab them. Back in the late aughts and early 10's these were generally called 'poker chip' zoas. However, many people think of poker chips as being micros (along with deliriums). I generally refer to what you have as poker chips broadly and treat them as a bucket strain consisting of several different strains (think fire and ice).
TSA has a penchant for rebranding and naming stuff on the fly. I'd just caution using any of their ID's as they might not be widely recognized (the litmus test for any named zoa).
I'm including an unnamed (but regularly offered strain) from Maria's Coral Reef that resembles your #2 and another wild I picked up at aquashella that falls somewhere in between pied pipers and your #3.
In short you have some pretty bright, unique and healthy looking zoas (which is great).
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Littlebigreef got you covered on ID. One of the few last OG zoa guys on here.
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The thing is the first one is not pink, the color of my picture is not perfect but they are close. The first one has a lot of teal in it, not pink. So I do not think they would be rainbow infusion.
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You’re absolutely right. I looked quickly earlier and was able to find a pic for cb rainbow infusion, and older strain. I’m not finding it now. Looks like infusion, implosion are synonymous.
Maybe check the Vice family? Tropical Vice? It’s be interesting to see it under blues with a mild filter.
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