I never paid $600 for these

[chrisaggie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8120186#post8120186 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reef runt

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IMO the zoos pictured (colony above) are not nearly as orange as the envy oranges. Just my observations.

 

[mfinn]

I'm not conviced either, but it could just be a matter of the proper lighting, camera, etc.

However, if they were really the same, I sure as hell wouldn't let all that calupa grow any where near a colony like that.

 

[gflat65]

The picture is a bit blurry, but it doesn't look like there are the darker centers around the mouths, like in the RPE/OPE. Those may be the real deal. Wow. I've never seen more than a few polyps at once. Got any clearer pics?

 

[cowcio]

Without macro shots, I would have to say that they are the real deal. It just goes to prove that the price of these things are insane! Hopefully more will be brought in, (just enough to aquaculture and share with all reefers interested), then the prices won't be so insane!

They were $100 a polyp for a long time and I thought that was a bit crazy. Then I saw $600 per polyp and I still don't believe it.


Let us know how the growth is with them. They are supposed "slow growers", but with a large colony, hopefully your luck will be different.

 

[dragonladylea]

I agree the prices on some of this stuff is crazy, I picked these up at a local LFS for $25.00

 

[chrisaggie]

I have seen the real envy ornages in person and I just don't think the ones in the picture have enough orange to them (even with a bad pic) to be the real thing. Any way to get a better picture?

 

[Reef Junkie]

It's possible that they are them. The lighting and picture are lacking a bit.
If you want to learn how to take better pictures,
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[Brock Fluharty]

I also have a colony similar to those, but they are much darker. I'll get a pic, but I don't know how to post it, lol. I'll put it on my site, then link it.

 

[Azurel]

I would say that those are the closest to the real thing I have seen....But they look like a RPE that has lost a little red in them, I have and RPE that was bleached and is in the process of coming back in to it's color and kinda looks like that but no where near OE....That colony is sweet no matter what.....Take care of them and they will be awsome for a long, long time.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Here's a crappy pic. They look darker than that in person, and under actinics, the mouths glow extremely brightly. Just clikc the link, and scroll to bottom of the page. The picis under 6500K, so they don't look as bright, but i'll get one under 2 10,000k, and 2 actinics, and one with only actinics, etc.

http://www.freewebs.com/brock_fluharty/20fragtank.htm

 

[chrisaggie]

Wow, this thread is a little silly now. A lot of people claiming to have envy oranges with fuzzy pics.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Umm...2 people is a lot? I'm sorry I don't have a $400 camera on hand...i'm taking a pic right now of them in my 75 reef. I'll get a top-down pic, because it should be clearer.

 

[chrisaggie]

I appologize, a couple. I would love to see some more pics. I know the price is a high, but the envy orange zoanthids are very rare. Any digital camera should be able to take a decent picture able to at least see a little color and clarity.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Yes, but the tank they were in previously (the first pic of mine) was strangely cloudy, (I know, sounds like en excuse, but it's not) so I moved them to my 75 gallon. I took pics of them with 10k, and actinics, and then only actinics. Top down pics worked the best. I'm uploading them to my site right now.

 

[chrisaggie]

please post a link when you have it.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Ok...

http://www.freewebs.com/brock_fluharty/20fragtank.htm

Still a little blurry, but better IMO.

Most people, if they found out they had Orange Envy PPE's, would go straight to coral chop shopping...

If I do indeed have them, I will frag it out as it grows, and I will display it in the center of my tank for all to see. Very cool colony either way. I think the mouths are the best part.

 

[chrisaggie]

:eek1: With all due respect, not even close.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

Lol, they are almost identical to reef runt's.

 

[Brock Fluharty]

And, the skirts are doubled, and one layer is oranger than the other, but can't tell from the pic.

 

[chrisaggie]

very possible, but like I said "With all due respect, not even close." (to the real envy oranges)