ZOA ID

[I.M.JR]

Hello everyone. I’m not sure if there is any recent post related to this topic, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a website/app that could help me ID some zoas, I’ve tried www.zoabrary.com wish have a lot of examples but I feel that it lacks and still haven’t find mines, I know it’s almost impossible to have a full list of all the exciting zoas and palys. I’ve also looked through some of r2r forums but haven’t found any with my zoas description. Thank you all, any help will be appreciate it. Dropped two of them as an example of what I have, spot light with a blue led flashlight, hope this helps.
#1 is a pink/orange with whiteish tentacles
#2 is purple with green mouth and orange tentacles.

 

[I.M.JR]

I’ll be posting better pictures.

 

[danschoenherr]

Yes, better pics would help, maybe in blue and white lights to show differences.
The few online zoa identification sites are a good starting point, but are quite incomplete and even contradictory.
Check online vendor sites that sell a lot of zoas for reference. Even thesed will have different names for many, but there are varieties that have well defined and known names. Also keep in mind, that many zoas will "morph" or show coloring or patterns that are not typical due to different lighting and parameters from tank to tank. Let them settle in for a month or so.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Better pics would definitely help here! Also, you’ve got 3 different varieties that I can see are you wanting IDs on all of them?

 

[I.M.JR]

@danschoenherr
Yeah definitely will be posting new photos as soon as I have the chance, also I’ve had the pink looking ones since October 2019, and the purple ones since March 2020, they’ve settle well, and even multiplied, but they’ve spread a bit too much for my liking lol, thanks, I’ll keep the post updated

 

[I.M.JR]

Better pics would definitely help here! Also, you’ve got 3 different varieties that I can see are you wanting IDs on all of them?

Yeah I’m trying to identify all three, I’ve just recently realized I got two different zoas in that same frag of the purple and orange looking ones, at least they seem to be ‍. Once I take those new picture we’ll definitely find out.

 

[I.M.JR]

This are the best pictures I was able to take.they still take away some of their colors, but that’s the closest example I can get, using my gel filters and iPhone 11 pro max, let me know what you guys think. Also it seems like the darker zoas aren’t actually different ones, they’re all the same, might’ve been the angle or the light I was using.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like agent orange

 

[I.M.JR]

Looks like agent orange

Thanks, but Agent oranges are the reverse of what I got, the purple ring on mines are where the AOs are showing the orange.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thanks, but Agent oranges are the reverse of what I got, the purple ring on mines are where the AOs are showing the orange.

I never saw purple on my phone . The very first pic shows all orange
These are orange oxides

 

[I.M.JR]

I never saw purple on my phone . The very first pic shows all orange
These are orange oxides

Picture was taken from tidal garden, I’m sure they know what they’re selling. I hope at least.

 

[I.M.JR]

Yeah the first one is just orange/pink tbh I’m not sure, looks more pink, but it might be just because of my lighting. This is how they look, with some natural window light

 

[I.M.JR]

picture taken this morning with some natural window light, white skirt/tentacles pink/orange body, white mouth

 

[I.M.JR]

I found an old forum after hours of research, and a guy has the same zoas, he just called them pink zoas some other websites called them Metallic Pink Zoanthids. Closest thing I’ve found.

 

[I.M.JR]

Mines might be a little bleached out on the tentacles, I looked them up and some have darker skirt, but I’ve finally found them yeeeesss. Thank you all for your help, although I’m still in the hunt for the purple looking ones lol.

 

[I.M.JR]

Recently took them out to do some fragging, and this is what the metallic pink zoas look like under natural light (not direct sunlight) Also someone from a different forum reached out telling me that they could be bleached out Blimpies, what do you guys think?

 

[I.M.JR]

After long hours of research and some experts opinions regarding the darker zoas (dark red and orange) are named Bloody Marry Palys. Thank you all for trying to help.