Rifts2Reefs Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 New Eagle Eyes frag closed up during a water change last night, and now opened up looking like this! Hopefully it's ok, and nothing serious happened. Maybe it closed too tight, and the pigment from it's skirt smeared against it's oral disk? Was brought to my attention that colour shifts could also happen with Alk swings, which I will be testing for. What do you guys think? 1 7 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Whoa, just overnight? This is really interesting, following along to see if any zoanthid geeks know more about this change. How long have they been in your tank in that location @Rifts2Reefs? Quote Link to comment
Rifts2Reefs Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Christopher Marks said: Whoa, just overnight? This is really interesting, following along to see if any zoanthid geeks know more about this change. How long have they been in your tank in that location @Rifts2Reefs? 3 days as of today Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I have had eagle eyes do that,I want to say its lighting and params that can change the colors like that. I actually liked the colors like that over the original color morph. 3 Quote Link to comment
That dank Reefer Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Those look way cooler. Wish mine would close and open up nicer lol 2 3 Quote Link to comment
sadie Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 wow, it looks like tie dye, maybe it smoked some funny stuff. 😆 It is cool looking though. Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 It's not pigment smearing. The color is inside the coral, not painted on the surface. It sure does look like it smeared, though. Maybe these just... do that sometimes. Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 On 9/23/2019 at 3:21 AM, Rifts2Reefs said: New Eagle Eyes frag closed up during a water change last night, and now opened up looking like this! Hopefully it's ok, and nothing serious happened. Maybe it closed too tight, and the pigment from it's skirt smeared against it's oral disk? Was brought to my attention that colour shifts could also happen with Alk swings, which I will be testing for. What do you guys think? May be bleaching pigments due to too low of nutrients? If that were the case your water change would've sent nutrients down even further, forcing them to close up for photoprotection and you may be looking at the damage that resulted from phosphate deprivation. I don't have any numbers, it's just a theory! Please post recent test results and a little bit of history about your tank if you don't mind. 😁 Quote Link to comment
sadie Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 How do they look now, have they turned back to the original color? Or still smeared? Quote Link to comment
Rifts2Reefs Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/12/2019 at 10:30 AM, sadie said: How do they look now, have they turned back to the original color? Or still smeared? Still the same, but the bleed out is less smeared. Cleaner and sharper lines now. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Charge 500pp for your Radioactive Splatter Zoas They look great! 2 3 Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 In all seriousness, if they stay like that, and the polyps they produce are like that, you could probably sell 'em for a decent price. They do look very cool. Any updated photos? 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I mean,its not THAT uncommon for it to happen. I definitely wouldn't say its worth more than $10-$12 a polyp at most but that is just me. 2 Quote Link to comment
MrObscura Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Zoas morph sometimes. Overnight is pretty crazy but... As long as they seem healthy I'd say it's a nice bonus. They look better now. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 What really matters... As far as value is if the babies come out with the same morph. The new heads may not have the splatter. 1 Quote Link to comment
ECLS Reefer Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 On 9/23/2019 at 2:21 AM, Rifts2Reefs said: New Eagle Eyes frag closed up during a water change last night, and now opened up looking like this! Hopefully it's ok, and nothing serious happened. Maybe it closed too tight, and the pigment from it's skirt smeared against it's oral disk? Was brought to my attention that colour shifts could also happen with Alk swings, which I will be testing for. What do you guys think? But that’s so much prettier!! I don’t know what happened but I’d say it was a good thing! 1 Quote Link to comment
EthanPhillyCheesesteak Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Are they still looking the same? Could you post a picture of what they look like now? Quote Link to comment
Rifts2Reefs Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 Sorry for the late reply guys, been pretty busy recently, but here's a updated shot. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Aqua Splendor Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 That is interesting, I've had zoa changing color, often fade out after something bad happen or change of parameter in water. But this is not the same as fading out... It look cool, wish we could know what is happening. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rifts2Reefs Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 Here's another shot from my Rainbow Incinerator frag. The Zoas didn't change colours, but a couple of new polyps looks pretty interesting! First shot is what my Rainbow Incinerators usually look like, and the second shot shows the 2 funky looking polyps that grew out. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
ef4life Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 17 minutes ago, Rifts2Reefs said: Here's another shot from my Rainbow Incinerator frag. The Zoas didn't change colours, but a couple of new polyps looks pretty interesting! First shot is what my Rainbow Incinerators usually look like, and the second shot shows the 2 funky looking polyps that grew out. Your tank might be haunted by Jackson pollock 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 I prefer the @Rifts2Reefsmorphs in all honesty 1 Quote Link to comment
Rifts2Reefs Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Not entirely sure what type of Zoas these are, but nice to see them finally starting to open back up! Initially got this frag on Dec.9th, but it wasn't doing too well for me after introducing it to my system. Been keeping it in a shaded corner of my tank, while giving it dips in Lugol's every couple of days. Definitely an interesting looking colony growing here, can't wait until they full open, so can I get better look at their cool tie dye pattern! Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Oh, that looks really, really interesting. Are they embedded in something? It almost looks like pictures I've seen of sponge zoanthids, that grow embedded in sponges. Or have they spread their own mat over the whole surface of the rock? Can you gently bother a few of them with something (pipette or the like) until they retract, and take a couple pictures of what that looks like? You won't hurt them any, they'll just retract for a couple minutes. Quote Link to comment
Rifts2Reefs Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Tired said: Oh, that looks really, really interesting. Are they embedded in something? It almost looks like pictures I've seen of sponge zoanthids, that grow embedded in sponges. Or have they spread their own mat over the whole surface of the rock? Can you gently bother a few of them with something (pipette or the like) until they retract, and take a couple pictures of what that looks like? You won't hurt them any, they'll just retract for a couple minutes. The colony completely swelled up, and the polyps flattened out after 3 days of getting it. Thought it was completely dead, and was going to toss it after day 5, but then saw some of the smaller polyps partially open. Been helping it recover since, by brushing off some of the old skin/membrane that's encasing the polyps, and giving it dips in Lugol's. Recovering slowly, but surely. Will try to get a picture of them when they're closed. Quote Link to comment
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