Didn't know the Atlantic had pretty zoas!

[zachfishman]

Saw a big colony of these beauties beneath the shade of a large sea fan the week before Thanksgiving. The closest I can ID them to (at least on zoaid) is "Northern Lights." The zoas (or are they palys?) in the reference pic are darker, but my tank underwent a mild bleaching episode recently - which probably has these guys a little lightened. Regardless, they look to be doing good

 

[T5FL]

Blue Deaths?

 

[zachfishman]

Blue Deaths?

mmm... They don't seem to have the same morphology as the blue/purple/green death palys (i.e. larger, flatter oral disc and shorter/frillier tentacles).

EDIT: can I call them Farscape palys/zoas? They kinda look like Crichton's wormholes :lol2: (anybody who knows that ref get's a high five)

 

[CarltonsReef]

Sweet find! Those aren't blue deaths they do look like Northern lights to me or some type close to those. Are they a PE type?

 

[meagan1823]

haha, my father loves farscape, we have several animals named after the characters. Dargo, Aeryn, and a Crichton

 

[zachfishman]

Sweet find! Those aren't blue deaths they do look like Northern lights to me or some type close to those. Are they a PE type?

Couldn't tell if they're a PE type, not that familiar.

 

[Scott-CapeCoral]

Are the mouths lips bright green?

 

[zachfishman]

Are the mouths lips bright green?

nope

 

[blankspace1562]

they like nice, i think i seen some that look like this but with the green mouths forgot exactly wat they where called maybe electric ladys but im sure im wrong

 

[Norwood IND]

Doesn't matter on and ID. They are pretty sweet!!!

 

[MatthewAD]

Makes me wish I could dive!

 

[TCKelsey]

Saw a big colony of these beauties beneath the shade of a large sea fan the week before Thanksgiving. The closest I can ID them to (at least on zoaid) is "Northern Lights." The zoas (or are they palys?) in the reference pic are darker, but my tank underwent a mild bleaching episode recently - which probably has these guys a little lightened. Regardless, they look to be doing good

I have a few in my tank that ive also found while diving. Except that on the "face" they have a single horizontal line going across in a darker color. Unfortunately I cant seem to get any good pictures of them. But ya the atlantic has some nice stuff if you can find them!

Kelsey

 

[TCKelsey]

Heres a pic of mine from my phone:

I know they look green but in person theyre the same light blue as yours. They grow fairly quick also.

 

[scuba guy ron]

what reef were you diving on that you saw these? That pic looks like a tank shot. I hope you didnt pick them.

 

[zachfishman]

what reef were you diving on that you saw these? That pic looks like a tank shot. I hope you didnt pick them.

Not regularly: http://myfwc.com/RULESANDREGS/Saltwater_Regulations_recharvestmls.htm

 

[scuba guy ron]

Not regularly: http://myfwc.com/RULESANDREGS/Saltwater_Regulations_recharvestmls.htm

correct....I never said you couldnt pick them just that I was hoping they werent picked.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

Look at Coralmorphologic.com. They collect out of Florida and get some really nice zoas.

 

[trukgirl]

Those are gorgeous!!

 

[salt0727]

very nice!!!