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04-15-2009, 09:59 PM
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Ummm... yeah.
Join Date: May 2005
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Zoa? or not Zoa?
I have had these for over a year now. I think they are Zoas, but not sure of type. They are about twice the diameter of others that I have and the 'feelers' are short. Anybody have any idea?
The pics are in my album, the first 2 pics. I can't attach them because the kb 'exceed the forum quota'.
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04-15-2009, 11:08 PM
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Son of Jor El
 
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Doesn't really look like a zoa to me. Is that fully opened?
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04-16-2009, 07:42 AM
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Ummm... yeah.
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One of the pics (with me hand in the upper left) they are drawn up, but the other show them mostly open. They don't open fully, because the mushrooms keep stinging them. I've tried to get the mushrooms off, but no luck.
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04-16-2009, 08:28 AM
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Looks like some kind of paly to me. Hopefully others have a better idea, and feel free to paste the pictures in the thread. 
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04-16-2009, 12:26 PM
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Ummm... yeah.
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What's a paly?
Here's the other pic...
They are the turquoise/aqua colored circles
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04-16-2009, 12:27 PM
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Ummm... yeah.
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I need a better camera with macro lens.
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04-16-2009, 12:28 PM
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Ummm... yeah.
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Any ideas on relocating the mushrooms?
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04-16-2009, 03:18 PM
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Yes they look like Palythoas (big zoas)
But they dont have the typical long frilly edges.
Could be some kind of shroom.
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05-02-2009, 10:27 AM
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT
 
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those arent any kind of shroom that ive ever seen.....i agree with the paly....AQUAMAN BLUE palys maybe...you wont really be able to tell with out gett them away from whatever doesnt make them happy...
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05-02-2009, 10:49 AM
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Shark
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They look like button palys to me.
Here is a link to some kinds of them. Take a look and see what you think.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...670&pcatid=670
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05-13-2009, 01:27 PM
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Little Fishy
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My vote is Paly as well. From your picture I think it maybe easier to move the palys.
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05-13-2009, 02:50 PM
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I think Paly also.
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05-14-2009, 01:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jonnosteams
What's a paly?
They are the turquoise/aqua colored circles
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a paly...palythoa to identify the simplest is a polyp which uptakes substrate to at least some extent to build its mass. Size has absolutely nothing to do with it
The vast majority of what you see referred to in this hobby as "palys" are not palys at all, but simply large species of zoanthus. Somewhere along the line people got it in their head that if its large its a paly. True palythoa generally grows in mats, not like the mat that grwos in between your zoas, but a serious mat.
what you have their are protopalythoa. These are about the only ones people do get somewhat right when they call them "palys". nuclear greens and purple deaths are a couple of the more commonly known variants of protos
I think yours there are rather nice ones actually.
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05-18-2009, 03:28 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2009
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paly--very pretty paly at that
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