Purple Zoo ID.....

[Mr2KiEu]

bought these yesterday from the LFS. looked cool so i bought them.
do they have a name?? i looked on zoaid, but couldn't find anything that matched it. and i don't think they are the famous PPE either.


their purple with a bright neon green mouth.

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[scoutmaniak]

OMG, those look like bleached out PPE's!!! If not, they are some kinda people eater. You can tell by the green mouth. If you dont mind me asking what did you pay for a huge colony like that??? By the way, GREAT FIND!!

Michael

 

[Mr2KiEu]

thanks, i just got them yesterday. maybe they'll brighten up with more color over time. i kno its some kinda people eater.....not too sure PPE tho. cuz PPE's have a green skirt, right?

your gonna hate me, but i paid 20 bucks for them. the rock has at least 50 polyps on it.

 

[scoutmaniak]

OH MAN!! Im with you, they have to be some kinda people eater. The ones lower in the bottom pic, have some green speckels in the skirt. So there is a chance you have some PPE... I would put them lower in your tank and see how they darken up. You could frag that bad boy and get alot more than you paid, lol. You got a hell of a deal, I cant even find a rock with 50 tiny zoos for 20 bucks!! Great find, and the best of luck!!

Michael

PS: i better be the first to know if you frag it, :lol:

 

[Mr2KiEu]

haha...the green speckels is algae from the glass on my tank....

 

[scoutmaniak]

:lol: oh well, I still got exited. I hope they turn out to be one of those rare "look what I got for 20 bucks" things, hahahha!!

Michael

 

[Kigs]

they look like bleached rpes? (not the true...but the other kind). if not, just regular common PEs. give it some time to color up more under your lights. you should be able to tell more definitively then...nice score for 20bucks!

 

[MUCHO REEF]

I wouldn't necessarily say that they're bleached, in fact I don't think they are at all. If they were photographed without any actinics ( under 10 K only ) and the wrong camera setting, they would look this way, washed out. Also, note how soft pinkish the coralline algae is on the rock in the upper right hand corner is. This could also denote what I mentioned above. Adjust the white balance on your camera and increase the K value of your bulbs and I'm sure you will see the purple become more evident in this picture.


Mucho Reef

 

[jessp]

i think they look like rpe's as well.

 

[MTB]

Some kind of ppe. Probably not the original, but only time will tell.

 

[hexedagain]

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They look like a bleached out Red People Eater.
Check the link above for pictures of a ton of "named" zoa/palys.

 

[ct_vol]

Look like RPE's to me... Its a nice pick up though...

 

[edwing206]

Looks like you scored BIG time.

 

[Stanton]

They are "monster lips" a rpe look-a-like. I picked up a colony thinking the exact same thing..A steal. These are not on Zoa-aid.lol

 

[Anemone]

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[Bdimas]

Ive seen alot of those in lfs here in Cali. They always looked washed out, but im pretty sure they are RPE.

 

[Mr2KiEu]

sweet...Red People Eaters or Monster Lips, huh......

thanks for the replies.

 

[Bdimas]

Yeah either way they are very cool looking. Those mouths are BRIGHT.

 

[Mr2KiEu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9616618#post9616618 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Stanton
They are "monster lips" a rpe look-a-like. I picked up a colony thinking the exact same thing..A steal. These are not on Zoa-aid.lol

Stanton:

you gotta pic of urs??

 

[Stanton]

Right before they started fading. They came from under T-5's but I don't know the wattage. You can see a couple still purple. Now they are almost a clearish brown with a green mouth.

Another frag I had fading.