Taya
Community Member
Let me know what you guys think.
I have posted on my account several times about night fury zoanthids. Black with dispersed yellow spots and a blue mouth. They have not been seen for quite some time, and I believe it has to do with modern lighting. When you buy aquarium kits or high quality lighting, you almost always receive and LED light. LEDs have a bit more power to them than halogen lights or others used in the past. While LEDs for aquariums is not three years old new, it is something that many hobbyists are transitioning over to. I have read other forums about people's night furys changing colors and patterns, which are very similar to utter chaos and WWC spellbinder zoas. Under high lighting, night furys do one of two things: 1) they melt rather quickly because their dark pigmentation is not necessarily equipped for bright lighting. 2) they change colors to have lighter coloring, which in this case is the orange/yellow spots. So what does this all mean? Night fury zoanthids may still be common in the hobby, but classified under common names as a morph. I'm not saying that night fury zoas are not rare by any means, or that I am right. It was just a thought of mine that I thought could be fun to share and hear feedback about. I do, however, believe that night fury zoas are very rare and hard to come by, no matter what kind of color morphing has occurred. What do you guys think?
I have posted on my account several times about night fury zoanthids. Black with dispersed yellow spots and a blue mouth. They have not been seen for quite some time, and I believe it has to do with modern lighting. When you buy aquarium kits or high quality lighting, you almost always receive and LED light. LEDs have a bit more power to them than halogen lights or others used in the past. While LEDs for aquariums is not three years old new, it is something that many hobbyists are transitioning over to. I have read other forums about people's night furys changing colors and patterns, which are very similar to utter chaos and WWC spellbinder zoas. Under high lighting, night furys do one of two things: 1) they melt rather quickly because their dark pigmentation is not necessarily equipped for bright lighting. 2) they change colors to have lighter coloring, which in this case is the orange/yellow spots. So what does this all mean? Night fury zoanthids may still be common in the hobby, but classified under common names as a morph. I'm not saying that night fury zoas are not rare by any means, or that I am right. It was just a thought of mine that I thought could be fun to share and hear feedback about. I do, however, believe that night fury zoas are very rare and hard to come by, no matter what kind of color morphing has occurred. What do you guys think?
). With the widespread introduction of high-power LEDs, I wouldn’t be surprised if it triggered the changes you’re explaining! Is it possible that something like gold mauls could be night fury morphed out? Absolutely imo, my zoas are changing drastically with my lighting.
