TheDragonsReef Zoa Collection

[TheDragonsReef]

So I absolutely love zoas, and I currently keep over 50 different varieties so i thought it was time to post a collection thread. I frag all of them as well so if you see any you like feel free to hit me up. Im also open to trades for any you dont see here!


Burning embers, by far the brightest coral i own

Solar circus

Jurassic park, probably the only true black zoa ive come across

Rainbow Incinerators

White zombie

Tsa star fox

Rainbow yodas

Hawaiian ding dangs / ppe

Jf crazy lady

GMK

Little shop of horror

Exosphere, this one will always be my favorite

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Jungle juice

Daisy cutters/stargazer

Armor of god

Jf visuran

Illuminatti

Armageddon

Kamikaze kush

Jf mango cooler/bambam

Magician

Aoi

Jf big bang/blow pops

Purple monsters and king midas

Jf insane rainbows/ sunny ds

Grandis paly

 

[TheDragonsReef]

And i still have more that i dont have good pictures of haha

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Took a few more

Nuclear death paly/green button polyp

Utter chaos

Jf Blitzed

Jf Burning Blossom

Jf Pink zipper

Lunar eclipse

Forgot the name of this one lol

 

[Chief Reef Corals]

So I absolutely love zoas, and I currently keep over 30 different varieties so i thought it was time to post a collection thread. I frag all of them as well so if you see any you like feel free to hit me up. Im also open to trades for any you dont see here!


Burning embers, by far the brightest coral i own
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Solar circusView attachment 2509041


Jurassic park, probably the only true black zoa ive come across
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Rainbow Incinerators
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White zombie
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Tsa star fox
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Rainbow yodas
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Hawaiian ding dangs / ppe
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Jf crazy lady

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GMK

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Little shop of horror

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Exosphere, this one will always be my favorite

What’s up bro! You have an awesome collection. Shoot me a text or call at 228-265-1405. I want to see about some trades!

 

[zoaprince]

Great collection!

 

[TheDragonsReef]

This beauty just came today! Still a little discolored from shipping but looking healthy!

If you didnt know any better you'd think it was a Stratosphere. This is an Aquatic Operations Troposphere, its a hardier less costly Stratosphere. Coloring is very close, with the most notable difference being the mouth and larger polyps.

Heres a picture of the mother colony

Heres a true Stratosphere for comparison

 

[Reeferbadness]

i'm still learning on how to shoot my tank - took this with my Nikon Macro lense yesterday - not sure of zoa IDs

 

[TheDragonsReef]

i'm still learning on how to shoot my tank - took this with my Nikon Macro lense yesterday - not sure of zoa IDsView attachment 2552182

You got some nice colonies going there. The pictures came out pretty good. If you want the colors to pop more try taking picture under more blue light then filtering out the blues with an orange lens or in post processing. Im not sure of the ones on the left but the ones on the right are Utter Chaos.

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

This beauty just came today! Still a little discolored from shipping but looking healthy!

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If you didnt know any better you'd think it was a Stratosphere. This is an Aquatic Operations Troposphere, its a hardier less costly Stratosphere. Coloring is very close, with the most notable difference being the mouth and larger polyps.

Heres a picture of the mother colony

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Heres a true Stratosphere for comparison
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Those aqua ops ones are pretty much what people are calling stratosphere 2.0. Since there is no OG stratosphere left even sbb lost his, these About as close as you can to the OG and from what I’ve heard a lot hardier definitely on my list to get soon!

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Those aqua ops ones are pretty much what people are calling stratosphere 2.0. Since there is no OG stratosphere left even sbb lost his, these About as close as you can to the OG and from what I’ve heard a lot hardier definitely on my list to get soon!

Yeah its a really nice piece, i cant wait to see it color up. Theres still some of the originals around they may or may not be sbb lineage but theyre identical. i can send you to someone that has them if youre interested. I know 3 people that have them and 2 have frags. Im working my way up to them haha

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Yeah its a really nice piece, i cant wait to see it color up. Theres still some of the originals around they may or may not be sbb lineage but theyre identical. i can send you to someone that has them if youre interested. I know 3 people that have them and 2 have frags. Im working my way up to them haha

Please do I’d be interested

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Please do I’d be interested

Pristine coral house is the only vendor i know currently with them. Ill pm the name of the other since hes not a shop i dont want to put it out there publicly.

@DCoralJunkee has one from pristine so he can vouch for their quality and im sure he'll be selling them eventually if they do well.

 

[Hooz]

Juan Palafox has the "real deal" too.

As for the OP... Where are the Hornets?!

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Juan Palafox has the "real deal" too.

As for the OP... Where are the Hornets?!

Im surprised i dont have any myself, theyre on the wish list though lol i always try to buy a group of corals at once to get my monies worth from the shipping and every time ive seen a hornet i liked they didnt have any others i wanted. I would love to buy a group of a bunch of different hornet zoas if someone had a pack.

 

[Pale Morning1]

Those Jurassic Parks are incredible. Unfortunately I have nothing to trade any chance you can direct me to seller that has them? Google search did not turn up black ones.

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Those Jurassic Parks are incredible. Unfortunately I have nothing to trade any chance you can direct me to seller that has them? Google search did not turn up black ones.

Ill probably have frags available in 3-4 weeks, if you want them sooner i got them from firstchoiceaquatics. You can see if he has any left.

 

[Hooz]

Im surprised i dont have any myself, theyre on the wish list though lol i always try to buy a group of corals at once to get my monies worth from the shipping and every time ive seen a hornet i liked they didnt have any others i wanted. I would love to buy a group of a bunch of different hornet zoas if someone had a pack.

Hmm. I have 16 different Hornets. Let me see what I can do.

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Hmm. I have 16 different Hornets. Let me see what I can do.

id also be willing to trade if you see any you like.

 

[shadopadla]

Wow amazing collection! I don’t have pics that do them justice but I’ve grown 2 polyps of Utter Chaos into 70! Your pics are inspiration to expand my zoa/ paly collection