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I recently ordered some corals and a few look quite different than the photos. Can anyone identify this zoa?

First pic under blue dominant lighting, second under daylight. Thanks in advance for your help.

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That's not much to go on. Likely either a fairy tale or a scrambled egg.

If you haven't already I'd invest in a clip on colored lens for your camera. Even it you're not particularly good at taking pics it makes a heck of a difference.
 
I wanted to get a few opinions without being influenced by what it was advertised to be, but I'll go ahead and say that it's supposed to be Nirvana according to the seller I purchased from. After doing more research I see that the Nirvana on different sellers websites look totally different from one another. So I guess the lighting and lens colors make a huge difference.

I'm not totally new to zoanthids, but previously purchased mostly the well known ones, and mostly purchased from LFS where I could see them before purchasing. Now I'm stocking a new tank and living in an area where buying online is my only option. So, lesson learned, I will be more careful buying zoas I'm not familiar with, or at least buy cheaper ones so I'm not risking a lot of $ if they don't look like I thought.
 
That's not much to go on. Likely either a fairy tale or a scrambled egg.

If you haven't already I'd invest in a clip on colored lens for your camera. Even it you're not particularly good at taking pics it makes a heck of a difference.
Thanks, I will look into those lenses. This was using iphone but I do have a regular camera I could use with some lenses.
 

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