Zoa and hitchhiker ID

[dragonzim]

Picked up these cool blue zoas the other night and they came with this weird green coral that I am looking for an ID on. It is hard to the touch.
Any ideas on the green stuff and the ID on the zoas?

 

[paintballer768]

Guessin the greenish things are sponges? Nice zoas too.

 

[morval]

looks like those "green" coral might be dead peaces of somthing. have u seen any polyp extension from them ?

 

[dragonzim]

Originally Posted by morval
http:///forum/post/2631529
looks like those "green" coral might be dead peaces of somthing. have u seen any polyp extension from them ?
Havent seen any polyp or feeder tentacles, but then again, I havent really been looking to hard. I'll take another look later.

 

[dragonzim]

Originally Posted by paintballer768
http:///forum/post/2631165
Guessin the greenish things are sponges? Nice zoas too.
Sponges wouldnt really be hard to the touch though, would they?
Originally Posted by morval
http:///forum/post/2631529
looks like those "green" coral might be dead peaces of somthing. have u seen any polyp extension from them ?
Havent seen any polyp extension on them, but I havent really been looking that hard either.

 

[nano reefer]

those zoosa re the most common things around. Just split the rock in half and ship them to me for free. jk, those look like tubs blues, very nice and rare zoas, but not as rare as some palythoas.

 

[dragonzim]

Originally Posted by Nano Reefer
http:///forum/post/2631591
those zoosa re the most common things around. Just split the rock in half and ship them to me for free. jk, those look like tubs blues, very nice and rare zoas, but not as rare as some palythoas.
I just looked up some pics of tubs blues and they definitely look similar. If they are, my LFS made a HUGE mistake. I got that rock, which has about 75-100 polyps, a bunch of Nassarius snails and a few turbo snails for $35...

 

[dragonzim]

Any other opinions on the ID of these Zoas?

 

[morval]

donno about an officaial name for them but they sure are a nice color and for $35 its a great deal even if there are not tubs

 

[earnit33]

I'm not a pro but does look like tubbs!

 

[earnit33]

Frag them and sell,I would like a frag of them!

 

[lmoore2150]

Originally Posted by earnit33
http:///forum/post/2643129
Frag them and sell,I would like a frag of them!
+1

 

[dragonzim]

Originally Posted by earnit33
http:///forum/post/2643129
Frag them and sell,I would like a frag of them!

Originally Posted by lmoore2150
http:///forum/post/2643174
+1

Maybe once the spread a little. Right now they are on a rock that is halfway between a golf ball and a racquet ball in size.