zoas pictured are not same color I received

[igotsalt]

I recently purchased several frags of zoas from e-bay. I realize zoas and other corals look different in other tanks based on lighting and parameters. I have seen leathers be totally different!

The Emerald Green, Pink Buttons, Fire-n-Ice and Celtic green frags arrived exactly as pictured. They are very nice and I am pleased with the color. On the other hand I did not receive any blue or even blue tones.

I ordered: ***"You are bidding on a beautiful Baby Blue w/ Lime Green skirt and center Zoanthid Frag, consisting of 45+ polyps"baby blue "

*** beautiful Deep purple w/ orange skirt AND Pink Ring of Fires combo frag, consisting of 35+ polyps

***Purple Lavender w/ Lime Green skirt and center Zoanthid Frag, consisting of 75+ polyps

The seller gave me some ideas ..
" the variance in color has to do with the lighting. Bulb age, temp rating, intensity, and position in the tank will all effect color. Also viewing from the top down in the tank will show its actual color. Side viewing tends to make corals appear green. Stress from shipping has been known to actually discolor and fade corals, give them a few weeks. Hope this helps a little. Also know that metalhalides have a pulsating effect that cannot be seen with the human eye, under a camcorder or digital camera it shows. At the peak pulse the coral will appear most blue under a picture. This may explain the difference as well."

The corals have been in my tank for 3 weeks. All the zoas are healthy and I can see them plumping up. I have greens, pinks,and a few yellow...no blue,lavender, or purple. It makes me think they were not blue to begin with since the other corals arrived with the color were WYSIWYG! Any thoughts?

 

[dc_909]

Can you post some pics of what you got and maybe the pics you saw on Ebay?

 

[Kigs]

was it from a reputable seller? maybe a link or his ebay thread could give us an idea wether he ripped you off or not

 

[igotsalt]

I'm trying to be nice and don't want to bash him if indeed they could change that much. I don't think they could or I wouldn't have posted here!

I do not have a camera, but a friend will come and take some shots for me to post on Monday. How do you know if someone is a reputable dealer? He was 99.2% and I read the reviews.

 

[cutnup]

WYSIWYG what does this mean i always see it and i can usually figure these out but this one has way to many letters

 

[saltwater2642]

what you see is what you get

 

[jessp]

i think that there is not much you can do, they arrived alive and you are satisfied w/ what seems like 80% of your order. I personally would consider this part of the risk of buying online.

 

[alexinfla]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9729957#post9729957 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jessp
i think that there is not much you can do, they arrived alive and you are satisfied w/ what seems like 80% of your order. I personally would consider this part of the risk of buying online.

Well said, this is not a hobby of perfection, but a hobby of getting it as close as possible

 

[igotsalt]

thanks for the insight!

 

[lokelani808]

I usually ask the person to send me a flash picture, that way I can tell the true color without it being warped by blue 20k lighting.

 

[Kigs]

share some pics Aleesa...let's see how horrible these zoas were

 

[meemmoo]

Alot of the points the seller stated are valid reason's for the apparent color change. And Blue especially are difficult to gauge from a picture. Maybe sometime will tell although I've had some zoo's completely change color in PC vs. halide lights.

 

[igotsalt]

Thanks guys! I'll send some pics as soon as my camera friend comes to visit!

Yesterday I took a strange picture with one of those disposable camera's .....my torch was a little testy. He shoot up a long "feeler tentacle" and reached over to my hammer and started pulling on it! Really strange to see. Torch won! I hope the picture developes. I am in the market for a camera to take shoots of my tanks and perennials!