African Blue Hornets

[returnofsid]

I am getting the Bangaiis from Chad, yes.

LOL I warned you about getting interested in Zoanthids...lol. That's alright, I was warned too and ignored the warnings. Now I'm paying for it....literally!!

 

[mfinn]

We ended up getting Nightmares, PHEs and Purple Subs. Let me find the site and I'll PM it to you.

You got some Nightmares too?


I think I may have the Lunars I was looking for.

 

[brandyrb]

Cool, I'll have to hit up one of the LFS then.

Yeah, I just wish we could keep them in the 300. Mike's tried talking me into selling our emperor angel a couple of times, but I won't. Not to keep zoas in there though. He wants all the chalices and acans in the big reef. I tried but he nipped at those. Zoas were a tasty snack too.

I will say I've seen some pretty ugly zoas though. It wasn't until recently that my eyes were opened to the vast majority of the pretty ones!

 

[mfinn]

How are the Blue Hornets doing?

 

[returnofsid]

So far so good. The main group of about 20 polyps is totally opened up and happy. The other "frag," which is just 2 or 3 polyps isn't as happy. So far, only one of those polyps has opened and it hasn't fully opened yet.

 

[Workaholic]

FWIW I picked up a frag of this from DANNO at the psas frag swap and they have been open and happy as can be since the day after the swap. *knock on wood*

Tom

 

[returnofsid]

Tom, that's good to know!! They're notorious for melting away. BUT, most people that have had melting issues have had it at about 3 weeks. I think those have all been wild colonies. Since you got a frag from Danno, it'd obviously been in his tank longer than 3 or 4 weeks. I think you're in the clear! What kind of light and flow are you giving it? I'm treating mine as an SPS...lol. It's high in the tank and getting pretty decent flow. From what I've been reading, these Zoanthids like that.

 

[Bricky]

So where is the happy colony within your tank? I take it you're using 400w bulbs?

 

[Workaholic]

Well currently mine are in a 20L with ~1000gph of flow in it and 260w of PC lighting. Hopefully in a few months they will get transferred to my tank upgrade which will be a 72hex with a 250 HQI and supplemental actinic and about 2100gph of flow.

Tom

 

[seattle989]

these i got from danno selling as AOI's either way i couldn't be happier with em.

Hee hee hee!

They are actually purple, not blue

http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=138

 

[Workaholic]

Oh, my bad I guess mine must be AOI's then. Those are the same zoa I got from him. Unless that just another name for the blue hornets...?

Tom

 

[seattle989]

lol i cant tell the difference but props for danno I LOVE EM!

 

[returnofsid]

Blue Hornets look very similar to AOIs. The only difference I've seen is in the color pattern of the skirts. Even that's very similar. Sometimes, I think it's all a big marketing ploy that we all fall for...lol.

 

[Darthv247]

my best guess is the only real difference is the region they came from when collected and slight variations are just based on the mother colonies location. hence the different names. But yeah its probably justa marketing ploy. either way they are some awsome looking zoas and well worth a shot.

 

[brandyrb]

What does AOI stand for?

 

[reef18ster]

What does AOI stand for?

I don't think it's an acronym. I believe they're named after the word blue (aoi) in japanese.

 

[returnofsid]

Close. AOI is the Japanese word for Blue/Green.

 

[reef18ster]

Close. AOI is the Japanese word for Blue/Green.

Aw man! At least I get half a point.

 

[brandyrb]

huh, ok...

 

[returnofsid]

Now Angie's looking at a large colony of AOIs....lol.