Need help with ID. Looks like stratospheres

Mjrjj23 · Feb 13, 2019

Have a nice colony of these guys and from what Ive seen and what another has told me is these are stratospheres. Wondering if anyone can confirm this as well

ScottR · Feb 13, 2019

Kinda looks like them. They should have pink lashes. The pic seems purple. And the green should be slightly more yellow. They’ve got the black center. But photographing corals is really hard. Anyway I’m 90% sure those are strats. Nice. Those can go for some $$.

DSC reef · Feb 13, 2019

Pretty darn close IMO. Lighting intensity and spectrum can cause a broken pattern to become more solid. I'd say stratosphere.

ScottR · Feb 13, 2019

DSC reef said:
Pretty darn close IMO. Lighting intensity and spectrum can cause a broken pattern to become more solid. I'd say stratosphere.

Yeah, I’m leaning stratosphere as well. Zoa IDing is super hard.

DSC reef · Feb 13, 2019

ScottR said:
Yeah, I’m leaning stratosphere as well. Zoa IDing is super hard.

Very frustrating at times;Hilarious

ScottR · Feb 13, 2019

DSC reef said:
Very frustrating at times;Hilarious

I have some baby zoas on a frag and have no idea what they are. Too tiny to photograph and ID. I recently found some closed up polyps decided to open on a LR and found out they’re zoas. They hitchhiked in. Also too tiny to ID. IDing any other type of LPS is much easier. So I kinda gave up.

Mjrjj23 · Feb 13, 2019

Took another picture today and it seems to be unbelievably close to stratospheres. The lashes are definitly pink (same color as my pink zippers). The only thing holding me back from being 100% certain is my yellow does seem to have a touch of a green hue. Everything else seems to be on the money
I don't no if the same lighting that is darkening the lashes to give them a purplish hue is the same reason the yellow has a tint of green

Mjrjj23 · Feb 13, 2019

Hope Im right. If so Im sitting on a house down payment since I have a colony of 70 polyps lol

wattson · Feb 13, 2019

Mjrjj23 said:
Hope Im right. If so Im sitting on a house down payment since I have a colony of 70 polyps lol

Good luck with that idea,,sad the hobby is coming to this ,,$$$$

Mjrjj23 · Feb 13, 2019

wattson said:
Good luck with that idea,,sad the hobby is coming to this ,,$$$$

Obvious sarcasm. I've had that colony for probably 2 years. If $$$ was my concern I wouldnt have a huge rock with 70 polyps of a coral that goes for several hundred.... But there is a difference between a rock with 500$ polyps on it or 20$ polyps on it

wattson · Feb 13, 2019

no sarcasm,,my comment dead on point..

Mjrjj23 · Feb 13, 2019

wattson said:
no sarcasm,,my comment dead on point..

I was referring to my comment being sarcastic about being a house down payment not yours. I don't do this hobby for $$$.

Capitol Reef Corals · Feb 15, 2019

Personally, I don't think they look like Stratopshere zoas at all...below is a good pic of what strats look like. I think if you sold these as strats for anywhere close to the strat price a lot of people would be pretty upset, including me haha

Note: Pic is not mine, was taken from Google search.

Capitol Reef Corals · Feb 15, 2019

Maybe post to a FB group called Zoa Fanatics. There are tons of die hard zoa enthusiast on there and a lot of people that have been in the game for a long time. Could get more opinions there.

Mjrjj23 · Feb 15, 2019

Stephen Petruzzo said:
Personally, I don't think they look like Stratopshere zoas at all...below is a good pic of what strats look like. I think if you sold these as strats for anywhere close to the strat price a lot of people would be pretty upset, including me haha

Note: Pic is not mine, was taken from Google search.

Exactly what Im trying to avoid and would never do.

tankstudy · Feb 15, 2019

I don't believe those are strats.

kschweer · Feb 15, 2019

Stephen Petruzzo said:
Personally, I don't think they look like Stratopshere zoas at all...below is a good pic of what strats look like. I think if you sold these as strats for anywhere close to the strat price a lot of people would be pretty upset, including me haha

Note: Pic is not mine, was taken from Google search.

Agreed. Definitely not strats.

DSC reef · Feb 15, 2019

Mjrjj23 said:
Took another picture today and it seems to be unbelievably close to stratospheres. The lashes are definitly pink (same color as my pink zippers). The only thing holding me back from being 100% certain is my yellow does seem to have a touch of a green hue. Everything else seems to be on the money
I don't no if the same lighting that is darkening the lashes to give them a purplish hue is the same reason the yellow has a tint of green

Seeing this pic I'd say not stratosphere. Very cool nonetheless. I can't find an ID