Zoa ID

[Stelioshah]

I just bought these awesome zoas but they did not have a name. One of them looks like a grandmaster krakatoa clone what are they?

 

[ShanePike]

They look GMKs to me:
https://www.zoaid.org/grand-master-krakatoa-zoa.htm

 

[Stelioshah]

They look GMKs to me:
https://www.zoaid.org/grand-master-krakatoa-zoa.htm

Yes they do look like them but they were like 25$ for 3 polyps. There is no way they are that. I found the other species it is rainbow incinerator

 

[ShanePike]

Yes they do look like them but they were like 25$ for 3 polyps. There is no way they are that. I found the other species it is rainbow incinerator

These definitely look like GMKs. Rainbow Incinerators are orange, not pink, and they don't have the yellow in the skirt:

https://www.zoaid.org/rainbow-incinerator-zoa.htm

 

[Stelioshah]

These definitely look like GMKs. Rainbow Incinerators are orange, not pink, and they don't have the yellow in the skirt:

https://www.zoaid.org/rainbow-incinerator-zoa.htm

There are 2 pictures of zoas on my thread, I was referring to the second one as rainbow incinerators

 

[ShanePike]

There are 2 pictures of zoas on my thread, I was referring to the second one as rainbow incinerators

Ahhh, gotcha. Didn't see that there was a slideshow. Yeah, they definitely look like Rainbow Incinerators.

 

[Palmtree14]

The first slide looks more like Jedi Mindtricks than GMKs, and the second slide are Rainbow incinerators.

 

[Stelioshah]

Yes, I

The first slide looks more like Jedi Mindtricks than GMKs, and the second slide are Rainbow incinerators.

Yes, I agree!

 

[ShanePike]

The first slide looks more like Jedi Mindtricks than GMKs, and the second slide are Rainbow incinerators.

How are you distinguishing Mind Tricks from GMKs? I don't know what to look for. It probably doesn't help that some of the photos I see are mislabeled

 

[Stelioshah]

How are you distinguishing Mind Tricks from GMKs? I don't know what to look for. It probably doesn't help that some of the photos I see are mislabeled

I think the main difference is that GMKs have many dots/spots on their insides and are a bit more vibrant, while the jedi mind tricks are quit more uniform you can see on my picture that it is almost entirely purple with distinct lines of orange, while the GMKs have spots all around of both colors

 

[littlebigreef]

@Palmtree14 for the win.

Regarding mind tricks, they usually have a nice well-defined black area between the mouth and the median with red/orange on either side.

However, not unlike utter chaos, mind tricks can morph slightly and present with a black and orange/red be-speckled face or with washed out coloring. Given time and stable water parameters they usually round back to the expected appearance.