Let see you Palythoa pictures
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surfnvb7
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how does one go about getting a "deal" on a frag, that goes for $100/polyp.....????
wait.........maybe i dont wanna know... :lol: j/k
by all means, please share how you know this guy from reefkingdom.
cant wait to see your own pics of them to see if they hold their color.
wait.........maybe i dont wanna know... :lol: j/k
by all means, please share how you know this guy from reefkingdom.
cant wait to see your own pics of them to see if they hold their color.
maggiesaqsup
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7570071#post7570071 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pazazz
This is not a pic I took but I now own the frag!!! These are from Mount Hakaloogey... Volcano Palys....
I want to know how they get them that color I have have a large colony of them for 9weeks and can't seem to get them that bright.What lighting did he have?also what was the placement in the tank? The ones that I have hate bright light they seem to like it more in the low light area of my tank.
maggiesaqsup
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I will snap a pic when my lights come on. They are under 2 250w xm 10ks and 4 96w uri actinic. I have a few small frags from a different colony under vhos and they are brighter but nothing like what your pic is.
this could be from a number of different conditions... The pigment cells can be different just like there are different color tones in humans, we are all human but location of origin, sun exposure,ect ... cause different reactions to pigment cells... I believe Change of tone is usually the most you will get. But on rare occasions there can be a change for a deformed gene or trate that happens and that starts a different color, shade or pattern..... With Palys and zoas, seems like water quality, food source, lighting, temp, flow all play some factor in color or shades of the color.... I have one colony that I have owned for 3 years and has produced regulary but I notice a change in the newest polyps they have morphed from dull green to a bold peach with grayish peach double skirts.... Dont ask me how this happened but the newest polpys are like ones I have never seen... I have not changed anything.... Possibly a color gene was morphed during its reproduction, But I am glad it did they are unbelievable.. I will post pic on those later....
maggiesaqsup
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I have seen something like this happen in the past. Here is a zoa colony that I got in.This is the only one that I have a pictures of.
what the looked like before
and now under 10k and actinic
ReefWifey
New member
Hey,
Just saw magestic sea life's picture where there was some debate as too whether or not its a zoa or anenome. I dunno, but it looks kinda like this guy I have:
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/EmeraldRed/topdown1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>
Its definately a zoa, and I saw it eat the other night! It has two baby polyps starting on its sides. And its huge, like the size of a quarter.
Kam
Just saw magestic sea life's picture where there was some debate as too whether or not its a zoa or anenome. I dunno, but it looks kinda like this guy I have:
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/EmeraldRed/topdown1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>
Its definately a zoa, and I saw it eat the other night! It has two baby polyps starting on its sides. And its huge, like the size of a quarter.
Kam
In the most recent years of this hobby I was able to get some of the most colorful Palys and zoas. I notice the more intense the color the lower the lighting condition are needed to maintain color. Alot of people believe that the colors can get better under mh or brighter lights. I have noticed what works for me is low lighting or even indirect lighting can bring out the color brightness more in palys than zoas. Now what I consider zoas and palys are different from there the actual "technical genus or species" I go by size.. Smallest polyps to mediums I consider Zoas and dime size to larger consider Palys, Palys usually do not grow together tightly like zoas are normally found . Most zoas feed from water column and lighting while palys can also some can be feed actual food like chopped mysis or brine shrimp... It is my belief that every tank is different, and most palys are easier to color morph than zoas.
this is all a matter of gradual changes in what you can control and some that you can not.... Some of my palys close in direct lighting and really love indirect lighting and some really love the brighter lights. It is mostly trail and error... Well thats my 2 cents...
this is all a matter of gradual changes in what you can control and some that you can not.... Some of my palys close in direct lighting and really love indirect lighting and some really love the brighter lights. It is mostly trail and error... Well thats my 2 cents...
maggiesaqsup
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Im not sure he was going to post a different pic. I want to know myself what it is.
majestic sea life
New member
Im trying but i cant find the cord to my cam. its out of batts lol. We are moving so i have to find it sooner or later.
reefnewbie54321
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7519714#post7519714 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by majestic sea life
Now i have 5 of them. They are the size of a half doller. Collected in the sea of cortez by hand 2 years ago.
Energy owner of the 1700g Stingray Reef has some ... they were I.D.'ed as anemones.
surfnvb7
Premium Member
reefnewbie54321
have you seen the stingray reef in person? the pics are amazing!! and yes, those are rock anemones, very pretty ones too
Kammy,
yours is definitely a zoanthid gigantus/protopalythoa. the green slit mouth is a dead give away, as opposed to a circular mouth on the rock anenome. also, if you can get a pic of what it looks like closed up thats also another very good way to ident it.
have you seen the stingray reef in person? the pics are amazing!! and yes, those are rock anemones, very pretty ones too
Kammy,
yours is definitely a zoanthid gigantus/protopalythoa. the green slit mouth is a dead give away, as opposed to a circular mouth on the rock anenome. also, if you can get a pic of what it looks like closed up thats also another very good way to ident it.
maggiesaqsup
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ok I took pictures
I have seen alot of them and most are about what I have but there are some like yours and the ones that used to be on atlintas have much more color.They may just be different but I will give them some more time to color up.
here is the pic from atlantis.
here is my colony under 10k and 4 96 w vho actinic the color is better than the pic showes.
this is a frag under the same above but it is right up on the glass so you can see what the colony really looks like.
and this is one in my zoa frag tank under 2 6' vho only (they have only been in there for 2 weeks)
I have seen alot of them and most are about what I have but there are some like yours and the ones that used to be on atlintas have much more color.They may just be different but I will give them some more time to color up.
here is the pic from atlantis.
here is my colony under 10k and 4 96 w vho actinic the color is better than the pic showes.
this is a frag under the same above but it is right up on the glass so you can see what the colony really looks like.
and this is one in my zoa frag tank under 2 6' vho only (they have only been in there for 2 weeks)
reefnewbie54321
In Memoriam
Pictures could be photoshopped but I doubt it ... all my corals from Atlantis were the same color as shown on their site. I suspect it is because of the 10k bulbs you have. Most zoas pictures are taken under 20k bulbs and can make a big difference in color.
surfnvb7,
Unfortunately I haven't gotten to see it in person but when ever I'm in the 4 hour range I will make the drive.
surfnvb7,
Unfortunately I haven't gotten to see it in person but when ever I'm in the 4 hour range I will make the drive.
FYI
FYI
If any of you (who haven't seen the thread) are interested, I have some wild zoanthid pics (Palythoa, Zoanthus etc.) grouped by genus at reefbucket.com
Just go to members, find "jreimer" and browse my public folders.
Off to Hong Kong and Europe for a month of conferences and science geek talk - hopefully I will be able to check in here time to time and read these cool threads and check out the cool pics.
cheers,
j.
And yeah, those last posted pics are most likely Z. gigantus - very nice!
FYI
If any of you (who haven't seen the thread) are interested, I have some wild zoanthid pics (Palythoa, Zoanthus etc.) grouped by genus at reefbucket.com
Just go to members, find "jreimer" and browse my public folders.
Off to Hong Kong and Europe for a month of conferences and science geek talk - hopefully I will be able to check in here time to time and read these cool threads and check out the cool pics.
cheers,
j.
And yeah, those last posted pics are most likely Z. gigantus - very nice!
