If so, I suspect this thread will be ignored since I'm spoiling the fun.
It's also a rhetorical question: I think Zoa ID is a joke.
I just spent hours on zoanthids.com trying to identify 7 species of zoas in my tank that I don't know the cutezy names for. Their gallery has 679 pictures (though I'm not convinced they're all distinct). The results:
* I might have Gorilla Nipples, but mine have a much bigger pink ring in the center.
* I might have some Chernobyls, but mine have a smaller yellow ring in the center.
* What I thought were Smurfettes, because Top Shelf Aquatics sold them to me as that (no hard feelings, I love 'em) and I kept careful track of that frag, might instead be Incognitos or perhaps Velvet Empires or Blue Orgasms. There were actually at least two more that looked more like the zoas on my frag than the smurfettes on the TSA site, but those are the three I settled on. That frag was not part of the original 7 I set out to identify, since I though I knew what they were.
* My Radioactive Green Dragon Eyes might actually be Metamorphasis. Or perhaps something else altogether, who knows! (Also not one of the original 7.)
* Not a single one of the original 7 unidentified frags I set out to ID truly looks like any of the 679 species on the site, and 5 of the 7 don't look anything like any of them.
What I'm trying to say is, y'all are just making it up as you go, aren't you!?! And no, I'm not posting pics of my zoas. I don't have the equipment/know-how/patience to get good pics for ID. And you guys will just make something up anyway. "Yea, those look like Pink Ice Cream Sundays' to me. Yup, that's the ticket. I'm sure of it."
That said, my 5 unidentified color morphs are at least as awesome as anything on zoanthids.com. I now plan to retire early in a year or so after selling what I'm sure will be a top notch zoa garden by then for big bucks. That is, of course, if I have the will power not to blow the kids college fund on AOIs, Keds Reds, and Evil Kenivels. Anyone know where I can get any of those? Or know a good addiction councilor? I suspect I could use either at this point.
It's also a rhetorical question: I think Zoa ID is a joke.
I just spent hours on zoanthids.com trying to identify 7 species of zoas in my tank that I don't know the cutezy names for. Their gallery has 679 pictures (though I'm not convinced they're all distinct). The results:
* I might have Gorilla Nipples, but mine have a much bigger pink ring in the center.
* I might have some Chernobyls, but mine have a smaller yellow ring in the center.
* What I thought were Smurfettes, because Top Shelf Aquatics sold them to me as that (no hard feelings, I love 'em) and I kept careful track of that frag, might instead be Incognitos or perhaps Velvet Empires or Blue Orgasms. There were actually at least two more that looked more like the zoas on my frag than the smurfettes on the TSA site, but those are the three I settled on. That frag was not part of the original 7 I set out to identify, since I though I knew what they were.
* My Radioactive Green Dragon Eyes might actually be Metamorphasis. Or perhaps something else altogether, who knows! (Also not one of the original 7.)
* Not a single one of the original 7 unidentified frags I set out to ID truly looks like any of the 679 species on the site, and 5 of the 7 don't look anything like any of them.
What I'm trying to say is, y'all are just making it up as you go, aren't you!?! And no, I'm not posting pics of my zoas. I don't have the equipment/know-how/patience to get good pics for ID. And you guys will just make something up anyway. "Yea, those look like Pink Ice Cream Sundays' to me. Yup, that's the ticket. I'm sure of it."
That said, my 5 unidentified color morphs are at least as awesome as anything on zoanthids.com. I now plan to retire early in a year or so after selling what I'm sure will be a top notch zoa garden by then for big bucks. That is, of course, if I have the will power not to blow the kids college fund on AOIs, Keds Reds, and Evil Kenivels. Anyone know where I can get any of those? Or know a good addiction councilor? I suspect I could use either at this point.
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