ID please?

[rsaylor3]

Still new to all this. Picked these up and not really sure of their names. The bottom two photos are the same frag.

Thanks!

 

[zoaprince]

red ones are Magicians.
Bottom frag is a mix of Pandora (pink purple skirt/gold face), Gatorade (orange skirt/greenish blue face), and possibly Blueberry Fields (green skirt/blue face), thought I'm not positive as it's hard to see them.

 

[rsaylor3]

That was amazingly quick! Thanks so much and please let me ask a couple follow up questions.

So the magicians are zoa right?

And the others are palys? If these are, I plan on using them on a little rock island.

I honestly thought both were plus because of how long they are extended.

I would love to use the magicians for a vertical rock but since I thought they were palys so I was afraid they would take over. Any issues using them on that vertical section of my rock work?

 

[RedFrog211]

Really beautiful frag! Nice find

 

[rsaylor3]

Thanks! They come out of quarantine tomorrow and I can't wait to get them under better lights in my display tank!!

 

[zoaprince]

That was amazingly quick! Thanks so much and please let me ask a couple follow up questions.

So the magicians are zoa right?

And the others are palys? If these are, I plan on using them on a little rock island.

I honestly thought both were plus because of how long they are extended.

I would love to use the magicians for a vertical rock but since I thought they were palys so I was afraid they would take over. Any issues using them on that vertical section of my rock work?

we (hobbyiests) don't know for sure if they are zoas or palys, but they all look like zoas to me. Both zoas and palys can have long stalks. A sure fire way to identify a paly is the stalk can incorporate substrate.

Out of the zoas you have, the Pandora (pink + purple skirt with gold face) is the fastest grower. It is notorious for being a fast grower and taking over things quickly.

 

[rsaylor3]

Thanks for the info sir! I was planning on putting The magicians onto my existing zoa garden area. And not knowing that the Pandora and that group is fast growing I was going to end up putting them on their own Rock Island anyways so I'll for sure make that happen!

 

[RedFrog211]

The magicians I have are average growers. I’ve had them for about 6 months, and they started as 1 polyp. I don’t see them overtaking a tank any time soon! But with any red and teal Zoa/Paly being labeled magician, I imagine there are different morphs with differing growth rates

 

[rsaylor3]

These both had 4 heads when I placed them in the quarantine tank. Now one has 8 and one has 9!!