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Coral IDs for the upcoming swap

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Anyone know what these pink/purple Zoas are?
 
MichaelB said:
My thoughts are Nirvanas, a very fast growing zoa, similar to Pandoras but not quite that invasive
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My tank is still recovering from a crash, so corals are still coloring up but I actually got a Nirvana colony from my first frag swap 3years ago and they look more yellow like this:
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I guess the look does vary even in those google images.

Edit* found an old pic when they looked good:
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I think your right, 2 and 4 (same coral different angle on the camera) . I was gonna guess a WWC yellow tip austera. I'd really like to know about #3. Its a bit more yellow in person with a green hue. As for #1, I agree it does look like a vivid confetti. But what about #6. That coral looks similiar but its definitly different.
 
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Was looking at some old messages on reef2reef.. I think #6 is TGC starry nights. Can someone confirm? There are so many different pictures online. According to my old message history from the frag pack I bought from Yazannreef on reef2reef (he's located in discovery bay), I bought the following.. To be honest when I went over to buy stuff I was just picking stuff I liked. But since the frag swap requires I name these things, I should figure out what is what.

TGC starry nights
TSA fruity pebble
BigR walt disney
TGC crazy eyes
Daedalus Aquaman
Route66 Marlin Staff
 
BTW I have to agree with some of you regarding naming corals without knowing where it came from. But since most people who buy corals only learn about the lineage thru hearsay from the seller, its really impossible to trace it all the way back to the source. Perhaps DNA sampling and verification service is the only true means of validating source of coral but I think the next best thing is to simply post mother colonies and compare that to original source (which I am trying to do here.). Now at the end of the day, I'm not trying to sell anything, I'm simply trying to identify what I got for the sake of the swap. If thats not good enough then I'd like to see how the board is verifying corals at the swap and I can comply. With that said lets leave out peoples personal feelings on naming corals, you can start a new thread for that. This thread is simply to help me identify corals.
 
CaseyP said:
Wait.. are u having a zen moment and out of the collector acro game?? :O I know your stance before was "don't name it if it's not lineaged", which I actually agree with.

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Add “torches, hammers and Zoas” lol
Baykes said:
Kinda similar to cat eye zoas imo https://fragbox.ca/product/wysiwyg-cat-eyes-paly/ pics online have varying levels of green on the skirts
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I looked them up and I think this is the closest resemblance. I’ll wait closer to the fragswap for everything in my tank to have colored up before I label them with any misleading name. Thanks for the possible ID.
 
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