Attention Zoa Lovers vote!

rebelprettyboy

Active Member
Had a guy PM selling some frags who thought that my Areggeddons might be Darth Mauls and I he thinks his are the real ones... So thought id let a vote decide which are the real Arms...
1.
HIS


2.
MINE


 

coraljunky

Active Member
Possibly the same. They both look like they're being kept in different lighting and flow. Yours look like stronger light and higher flow than the other.
 

rebelprettyboy

Active Member
I must be blind.
His look like the ones u can get of rare frags.
W a blueish skirt, pink center and green mouth
Arms should be clearly red and blackish/brown?
 

cranberry

Active Member
Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy
http:///forum/post/2751496
lol how? Diff skirts/ Diff colors/ Diff pattern scheme on the polyps lol, Diff mouth color
LOL, that's why I don't play the game..... I wasn't paying close attention the the actually shade of red/pink/whatever because those were taken with different camera settings and lighting. The colour palates are totally different. Take them with the same settings, under the same lights in the same conditions and that will be an honest to goodness comparison. In the second pic the skirt looks actinic reflection blue.... not an actual "real" colour. The top pic looks like it was taken with a flash maybe. The second is sitting under some heavy actinics... how can we make a comparison when their presentation is so different?
Who is the one who says the original is the original..... that's a serious question, BTW.
 

cranberry

Active Member
Oh heck! I was comparing the first 2 pics (which were both his)... not the first set and the second set. I TOLD you they looked the same to me...LOL.
But I will still ask... who gets to say what's the "real" thing and what is not? Who created this expensive labelling?
 

spiderwoman

Active Member
I can tell you this much that yours are not Darth Mauls. Other than that it's nearly impossible to say if they are they are the same or not. Lighting plays such a big part in this all.
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2751525
But I will still ask... who gets to say what's the "real" thing and what is not? Who created this expensive labelling?
About rare labels and *original* colonies. There is NO way of telling if your zoa or paly is from the original colony. No matter how someone says that it came from it, there is absolutely no way proving it. The original source can have the *original* colony and a few not *originals* etc. You catch my drift? I really don't give a horses behind if my zoa came from the original or not. That's just a way to expect to ask for a higher price. Nobody who looks at your tank will know that they are the $100 / head zoa compared to another one next to it that you got for $15 / head (same zoa).
OK getting off my soap box
 

rebelprettyboy

Active Member
lol i feel you there. I think all the lineage is just crazy funny. I usually get some good laughs on -- about ppl asking for lineage about every little piece.
If It looks like what its supposed to be and I like it im gonna buy it. I dont ask about lineage and all that pretty redicoulus (SP) if u ask me!
 

rebelprettyboy

Active Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2751525
Oh heck! I was comparing the first 2 pics (which were both his)... not the first set and the second set. I TOLD you they looked the same to me...LOL.
But I will still ask... who gets to say what's the "real" thing and what is not? Who created this expensive labelling?
hahahaha
 

flricordia

Active Member
none look like DM to me, but I were glasses and don't have them on at the moment (excuse to keep me out of this if need be).
 

sula

Member
I think it could be argued that they are both armageddons, although Rebel's have clearer markings. This is why you always want to see a picture of what you are buying.
But just for the sake of argument, and as Cranberry was saying, who does get to decide? One of the most common thread types in this forum is "ID this zoa!" and then the poster gets distraught if he/she doesn't get an answer. So which is the better course of action, not answering or saying "armaggedon" even if you think its a weak resemblance?
And if one person says "armaggedon" and no one else answers, does that make it okay for the person to mark the price up and sell them as armaggedons at $40+ per polyp?
To be honest, I don't understand why there is so much emphasis on the names - there are many more colors than names, IMO. So if someone was selling a zoa as a Armaggedon look-a-like and I liked the picture, I would be interested enough to consider purchasing, but less so if they listed it as an Armaggedon at the retail rate followed by a flurry of posts debating whether they were true arms or not... I am more than happy to buy "red zoas with green skirts" if I like the way they look....
Just thought to stir a debate a little
AS CFR would say...discuss..
 

spiderwoman

Active Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2751870
And what or who the heck is Tyree.
That would be Steve Tyree. He started collecting rare corals some 20 years or so ago and I take it that the corals that people claim are *Tyree* were originally collected by him.
 
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