request pics of dragonball z zoas
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MikeandNicole
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Ktar as roc citi coralz was the one who orginated them. He has pictures of them up on the other site where he is a sponsor. That is going to be your best bet. Here is one pic of them, but I don't think it is the best.
http://www.thecoralvault.com/vault/category/206-dragon-ball-z
http://www.thecoralvault.com/vault/category/206-dragon-ball-z
organism
code monkey
Yup, here you go, they're called Eclipse Yellow zoanthids and have been around for a very long time now at less than $5 a polyp. They look like the ones Scam Citi corals is selling when they're first imported and under decently high light, as you can see from the pic under the link. Don't get scammed by POS chop shop vendors with no ethics, if you want the dbz name just buy some eclipse yellows and slap the dbz name on them.
Basically, there's a reason clay-boa is notorious for being a hype-only site, and why 90% of their sponsors only make money on that site. It's actually a pretty genius peer pressure/mob mentality website model to take advantage of hobbyists not knowing any better.
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=2154
Some more pics in this thread, look closely at the actinic ones and like the pic above you'll see the same golden highlights that make the dbz's oh-so-unique.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1088958
Basically, there's a reason clay-boa is notorious for being a hype-only site, and why 90% of their sponsors only make money on that site. It's actually a pretty genius peer pressure/mob mentality website model to take advantage of hobbyists not knowing any better.
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=2154
Some more pics in this thread, look closely at the actinic ones and like the pic above you'll see the same golden highlights that make the dbz's oh-so-unique.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1088958
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organism
code monkey
I'm sure you can, but having seen tons of yellow eclipse colonies I can say with 100% certainty that it's exactly the same zoanthid. The differences are just what they look like in high light and with the actinic/photoshop game that's huge with scammers on clay-boa.
organism
code monkey
Those are actually a different kind than the Scam Citi dbz's, they're basically a generic Indonesia zoanthid. You literally can't order zoanthids from Indonesia without getting about 30% rocks of those, chances are your LFS has some minus the actinic/photoshop. If you look on zoaid there's about 15 different names just for those, not surprised there's a shop trying to pass them off as "rare" though.
Here's a few pics of how those can look when they're first imported.
In lower light in captivity they turn to these
And in higher light they turn into these
Here's a few pics of how those can look when they're first imported.
In lower light in captivity they turn to these
And in higher light they turn into these
you sir are a wealth of knowledge and i'm glad you stumbled on to my post. I really like the pic i linked, and i assumed it was under pure actinic, but i'm not a huge fan of how they adjust under either high or low light. Thanks for saving me alot of money/effort. I guess I'll just go back to my pursuit of blackhole suns =p
650-IS350
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This has been going on for years as what Organism has mentioned same polyps being renamed over and over by different on line stores then marketed out there via hype or other things. Do due diligence research and you would be able to tell which polyp is truly unique , a morph of another long time known polyp or another polyp that has been rebadged with a silly name while being photochopped like crazy or blasted with lots of 20k, LED (where rocks/egg crates/ people's hands look blue in he picture). While using an expensive macro lense/DSLR to take pics.
Caveat emptor is all I'm gonna say with all these fads. Not going to bother naming chop shops or vendors to be aware off but do your research or listen to the old timers here in this place that have decided to still stick around.
Caveat emptor is all I'm gonna say with all these fads. Not going to bother naming chop shops or vendors to be aware off but do your research or listen to the old timers here in this place that have decided to still stick around.
Very very well said Organsim and 650-IS350. I would really listen to both of these reefers.
Mucho Reef
Mucho Reef
KeiferTheReefer
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+1. I have gained a plethora of knowledge from these guys (Mucho is also in my local forum). I'm always excited to read their posts, and seem to learn something new everytime. A huge thanks from me as well!!
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650-IS350
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Btw- if you look at various forums you have known polyps, slightly morphed ones being passed of as new, renamed or my favorite " NEWLY DISCOVERED " polyp on a daily basis. with a price tag of 50-150 a polyp... you just have to know what your looking at, compare it to known pieces, check places like CoralVault and CoralPedia ID's for already known or like polyps. ALso check other vendors to see if its already been in circulation for some time but hasn't been named nor pimped out on forums yet.
Well I'm yet to do any shopping online for coral. when I was in san Francisco I had a great local shop, but now I'm in san Jose and my lfs is a bit pricey for me, so I may transition ro online shopping, so ill be calling on you guys more often to confirm similarities I find. Haha.
650-IS350
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there as some decent places around there in the south bay and east bay. PM for the ones you have gone to and maybe I might know some that you haven't yet checked out.
BTW- since your from the bay area, we have a local group called BAR which promotes pay it forward corals to members. http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/13
BTW- since your from the bay area, we have a local group called BAR which promotes pay it forward corals to members. http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/13
Friday Night
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People that have to much time on thier hands... and wanna make an extra buck... but with name's like that it wanna makes me run faster and get it!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
FAIL.
