White zombies, really?

[Big E]

I've noticed white zombies seem to be a popular and an overpriced zoa over the last year or so. We used to call them agaves, salted agaves, ect. Some had other names based on how much specking or white they had. Why the name change? The only reason I see is to charge crazy prices well above of what they are/were worth.

 

[Leadfooted]

There’s some from Bali that were different and I think it’s the Salted Agave that doesn’t have Blue in the center. Some strains have a lot more white speckles. They’re very similar but they also have very slight differences.

 

[Oscar47f]

There’s no name change they’re different than agaves very different lol I can upload pics if you’d like

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Photos?

 

[Opus]

Snarky remark here!

JPS gives a good description here.


https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/differnce-between-agaves-seduction-and-white-zombies.328270/

 

[Big E]

There’s no name change they’re different than agaves very different lol I can upload pics if you’d like

No they aren't.............these are all the same coral. Each morph has more or less white vs red and speckle/streaks. Hence some of the names like seduction, salted, ect. They don't even stay that way from polyp to polyp in the same colony. I've owned them before.

White zombies is just another name.

As far a colors that's all on leds...........they can throw different reflections of colors that aren't even in the coral.

The only morph that's consistent from polyp to polyp are the original blue agaves that were all red, blue mouth and had no speckles.

 

[littlebigreef]

@Big E I don't collect these zoas/palys for this specific reason. I hear arguments all the time how they're different but given how much they morph under various conditions I remain skeptical. If you have a big pot of zoas that consistently look different but are the same in principal then in my option they go into a 'catch all' bucket and that's that.

It's all about those 'distinguishing characteristics.' Given how much utter chaos morph I'm surprised they don't get the same treatment as these agave morphs.

 

[Oscar47f]

No they aren't.............these are all the same coral. Each morph has more or less white vs red and speckle/streaks. Hence some of the names like seduction, salted, ect. They don't even stay that way from polyp to polyp in the same colony. I've owned them before.

White zombies is just another name.

As far a colors that's all on leds...........they can throw different reflections of colors that aren't even in the coral.

The only morph that's consistent from polyp to polyp are the original blue agaves that were all red, blue mouth and had no speckles.

While I agree somewhat they they can morph into something similar to each other depending on lighting and water chemistry... they are in fact different I have white walkers, salted agaves, and seductions, all of them look different and havent changed under my LED lighting, and it’s been a year so they may be the same species of polyp but all have different patterning but same colors if that makes sense

 

[Staghorn]

White faced Zombies?

 

[bluemon]

White faced Zombies?

Looks like it.

You can tell that a zoa is a a white zombie by looking at it when it’s closed.

White zombies have white stripes even when closed

 

[Hairyteeth]

I have those, their neat