Zoa Names?

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  1. Arvins

    Arvins Astrea Snail

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    Sorry for another one of these guys but wondered if any of these had "common" names? Pics aren't great but might be good enough to I.D.

    Yellow tipped Zoa ( Not sure exactly what kind but has bright yellow tips and orange center
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    Green Zoa and my Yellow tail Damsel( Again no name but very bright green center with drarker green tips)
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    Brown Zoa with orange/pinkish centers
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  2. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    #2 is radioactive dragon eyes
    #3 is Reverse Gorilla nipple
     
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  3. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    #1 might be a green bay packer morph
     
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  4. Arvins

    Arvins Astrea Snail

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    Thanks for the I.D.'s!

    We bought this one as a radioactive dragons eye after getting the bigger green colony. This one doesn't look anything like the other one, so are there several different morphs on the radioactive dragon eye??

    Radioactive Dragon eye Zoa
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  5. madlarkin

    madlarkin Peppermint Shrimp

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    Dragon eyes are one of those Zoa's you will see a MILLION different variations. If those are true dragon eyes, I have em overgrowing my tank :)
     
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  6. irr0001

    irr0001 Purple Tang

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    seriously? reverse gorilla nipple? lol
     
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  7. greysoul

    greysoul Stylophora

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    #1 is a Green Hair Orange Fizzlebopper

    #2 is clearly a Teal Ring Warper

    and #3 could be a Dirty Looie or an Orange Eyed Moptop

    ...clearly I am making these up as I go along... From what I've seen giving zoas common names is almost entirely arbitrary. Any of those stupid $100 per polyp zoas can easily change color from tank to tank, light to light, year to year - and there's no promise they will not morph within their own colony over time.
     
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  8. Arvins

    Arvins Astrea Snail

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    Oh then I shall continue to refer to my $5 per zoa as........................
    Yellow zoa, Brown zoa and green zoas!!!!!! ;D Thanks for the input guys I figured the common names were not worth much was just curious more then anything. However, I think I may frag the last one as Orange Eyed Moptop from here out!
     
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  9. whippy

    whippy Sailfin Tang

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