Blue Zoos ???

[jdm01]

Hi all. I am fairly new to zoanthids. I have some in my 29g softie tank and they are spreading like wildfire. I will have to frag them sometime soon. In the meantime I picked up this blue zoanthid at the LFS. I will post a more clear pic in a couple of days. Is this really a hard to find zoanthid or are they just yanking my chain. I would have bought it anyway. I will probably go back in a few days and pick up some other bright colors they had in the frag tank.

Here is the pic.

Thanks for your input.

 

[fishes2889]

darn!!! i have been looking for blue zoa's for awile and cant find any. Really nice find!! Yes they are pretty rare...... I want them.......

Steve

 

[jdm01]

Got lucky. Only frag in the store. This is the first one they have had in 6 months. I will post another pic once it opens up a little. Believe it or not, they said this particular one came from around the Philippines - i believe. Apparently they only dive for them a couple of times a year because of the toxicity of the water. Probably hogwash, but that is what they said.

 

[MinibowMatt]

blue zoos are not as easy to come by as say green zoos, but not all blues are necessarliy *rare* . some blues are quite common.
I do not believe what your lfs told you about diving only once a year.. hes BS'ing you there..

 

[raskal311]

Not true man, I see new colonies come in at my lfs every week. As a matter of fact I picked up 3 colonies on sunday myself.

 

[jessiesgrrl]

The toxicity of the water? Diver is probably more toxic to the local flora/fauna than the water. LOL The Phillipines do have more toxic run off from business, etc because they haven't passed EPA type laws like ours, but as far as I have heard, it hasn't gotten THAT bad. More likely, they don't find them but a few times a year maybe. Who knows.


Laurie

 

[jdm01]

I really picked them up because they are unique. I learned a long time ago that sales tricks come in many flavors. As I said probably hogwash.