Need Some Zoas IDs

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I haven't had any luck finding these online, so I could use some help if any of them look familiar to you!

1: Some random ones I found at a coral show:

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2: The ones in the center here. (I left the others for a size comparison.)

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3: These pink ones...:

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...that are growing out of this garden:
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4: The speckled ones growing out of the top right of these Fairy Farts:

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I feel like I’ve seen #1 at my LFS, I was gonna go today so I’ll see if they know.
#2 looks like pink diamonds that haven’t matured yet.
#3 Look like Mohawks, they remind me a lot of mine.
#4 I am not sure of but I can do some digging.
 
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I feel like I’ve seen #1 at my LFS, I was gonna go today so I’ll see if they know.
#2 looks like pink diamonds that haven’t matured yet.
#3 Look like Mohawks, they remind me a lot of mine.
#4 I am not sure of but I can do some digging.
Thanks! I can see the resemblance to Pink Diamonds on #2, but these are actually full grown and look much different than the two other frags of Pink Diamonds that I have. I could definitely see Mohawks for #3.
 
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#1 might be Devils armor
#3 I agree looks like Mohawks
#4 might be Predators.
I can totally see what you're seeing in #1. I wish I could get a little better photo. It's definitely different than Devil's Armor.

I can totally see Predators for #4.
 

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On number 3, cant tell which Zoa you are talking about, but one of them could be JF Crybabys
EDIT: Double checked, doesn't look like Crybabys
 

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I can totally see what you're seeing in #1. I wish I could get a little better photo. It's definitely different than Devil's Armor.

I can totally see Predators for #4.
Definitely could be something else. I dont currently have any but years ago I had lots and they looked different with in the colony (like a lot of zoas do). Mine were more striped with out the "image" on them but some had that too, and the skirts went from green to black randomly. Could be a couple different ones for sure though.
 

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Ok, updated list of ideas:
#1 Cotton Candy or God of War zoas.
#2 After more googling I found Sunburst zoas. Might that be what they are?
#3 Mohawks
#4 Still stumped on this one but it looks like a cross between a Darth Maul and GMK. Predator does seem a close match.
Other similar matches:
These Utter Chaos zoa pics: https://www.thecoralfarm.com/store/p2043/Utter_Chaos_Zoa.html#/
Dayglow Volcano Zoas

I think we need a better pic of the last one to properly ID it.
 
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Ok, updated list of ideas:
#1 Cotton Candy or God of War zoas.
#2 After more googling I found Sunburst zoas. Might that be what they are?
#3 Mohawks
#4 Still stumped on this one but it looks like a cross between a Darth Maul and GMK. Predator does seem a close match.
Other similar matches:
These Utter Chaos zoa pics: https://www.thecoralfarm.com/store/p2043/Utter_Chaos_Zoa.html#/
Dayglow Volcano Zoas

I think we need a better pic of the last one to properly ID it.
Wow! This is some incredible detective work. I really appreciate it!

#1 Cotton Candy does look very similar.
#2 I think that's it!
#3 I can definitely see Mohawks.
#4 Yeah this one is frustrating because I swear I've seen one like it before, but maybe it's just because it has aspect of a few different zoas. I'll try to get a better pic when they open up today.
 
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Alright here two new photos of #4. I fragged them off the Fairy Farts, and it took them a few days to open back up enough to get a good shot.

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