wild Zoas

[R35_Nismo]

Hi i am new to this forum and i am a student of biology at University of Puerto Rico i went to a snorkeling trip and i found many corals lps ,sps,and soft but the ones that i was really impressed were the zoas can any one id these for me i didnt had the chance to get some for my aquarium but soon i may get frags like 5 of each colony

 

[Jarred1]

Those are nice, it looks like some are growing up through the sand.

 

[Sinclair81]

Well I would say the first pic is some sort of alien eye morph, but their colors will probably change in your tank.

 

[RaeRae]

Put them under pcs for a couple months and it will be a diff zoo

 

[R35_Nismo]

i know if i put them on lower light condition they will change but if i put them on my next tank that will be 36x20x14 and will be lighted by 24 leds and 2 t5ho they may get the same colors as in the wild

 

[SushiGirl]

If these are snorkeling pics, I doubt those have any name. They don't have names before someone takes them from the ocean and names them to sell them for more $$$ LOL.

 

[R35_Nismo]

hahaha i want to take like 2 to 4 polips to propagate and trade them for other polips that i dont have i have never sold any coral or aquatic plants that was my other hobby but i have jump the boat to the reef side hehehehe
the pic are not snorkeling they were caught with my galaxy s they were in the swallow part of the reef
If i had to name those zoas the first pic has to be name ChupaCabra green eyes LOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra

 

[8-ball]

Not sure on a name but you can find many similar zoes like that on coralpedia. Also check out seafoam green palys one of the pics look like them.