ID Please! Is this real or edited?

[jctse]

Does anyone know what the name of this is and does it really look like that? Did someone just Photoshop it to look like that? The closest I could find was King Midas but I don't think so. Thanks

 

[explor3r]

I have a very similar one the only difference is that my zoa skirt is not that color, Ill try to take a pic and post it

 

[altolamprologus]

Look at how blue the background is. The pic was probably taken under full actinic to make the colors pop. But I don't think it's photoshopped

 

[c0c0y]

it looked just like my pink elephant zoas

 

[650-IS350]

oooohhhh my soooo much blue attinic or LED's to make the coral pop unlike if it was in regular day lights... COMMON PRACTICE when people sell corals now.. SMH

 

[explor3r]

Here is mine even tho the picture is not the best but you can tell is the same.

 

[650-IS350]

Either lots of LEDs, Attinics or 400 watt 20Ks.

 

[benjaminspades]

man thats crazy how you can tell just by looking at the picture lol

 

[650-IS350]

cause I've had those same polyps when it came in as wild colony.. had them under T5s' halides then LEDs

 

[Reefer1225]

I personally like how zoas look under atinics. I like the pop. I don't have a problem of people taking pics with atinics on. I don't think its misleading at all as long as you know that its being used. Most don't glow in daylights, so its easy to tell. I guess its what standard you want to base color on. Some like looking for zoas/palys for the natural colors. I like looking for zoas/palys that pop under atinics, so its helpful to see what they look like in pics. Correcting white balance is okay with me too. Now, full blown photoshopping, that's where I would draw the line.

 

[organism]

I don't have a problem of people taking pics with atinics on. I don't think its misleading at all as long as you know that its being used.

And what about all the people who don't know it's being used? Just because you can spot something doesn't mean the average person who gets suckered into buying overpriced actinic lit corals is going to.

 

[reefwars]

cause I've had those same polyps when it came in as wild colony.. had them under T5s' halides then LEDs

same here , wild colony , under my actinics thats how they look.there are alot of these morphs going around.

 

[650-IS350]

agree

 

[Ghosty]

cause I've had those same polyps when it came in as wild colony...

Are they Pink Elephants, or what?

 

[650-IS350]

NO lol I see some online stores trying to pass them off as that, no surprises with the hobby now adays

 

[explor3r]

Are they Pink Elephants, or what?

Some sites has them under blonde bomb shells palys, I spotted mine in a colony that a LFS had them so I grabed them and by the way they were only like 15 polyps and lots of others just for 40 dollars:bounce3:

 

[jctse]

Finally got back to me. He said they were Yellow Rhinos from Sexy Corals that he had gotten online... Also said the one's he had don't look like that anymore :-(