Blue Hornet Zoes?

[MrHarvard]

Anyone know where I can get my hands on a blue hornet single head is all I want? Has anyone ever seen them in person? The only place I have ever seen them for sale is on ebay and they sold from $285-305 for a single head.

[CMcNeil]

i have seen them in person,and those prices on fleabay are crazy.anyone who pays $300/polyp for a zoanthid is just not that bright,they are not worth it and you can get them cheaper if you look.we got some purple hornets and they were going for $300 on fleabay but we paid $50/polyp by PMing the seller on RC and getting them that way.

[MrHarvard]

I just found some at an ok price. But Im still looking for a much better price so if anyone knows anybody let me know?

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/frags/59065-african-blue-hornet.html

[barfish]

i picked up blue hornets last week. they are cheap compared to purple hornets. kd's in bradenton had some.

[MrHarvard]

Man thats what I meant purple hornets not blues...How much were the blues though? And where can you buy the purples?

[jrizo1]

if you have not seet it in person FAIOS have some in his solana they are very nice but not for sale.

[Pacific Reefs]

Aquarium Fanatics in Orlando has a single polyp PURPLE Hornet for $100. If you want it that bad then it may be worth the trip but give them a ring to see if they still have it. I saw it and it is the real deal.

[MrHarvard]

Yah, hes got alot of super nice things in that tank not for sale....That store is one of my favorites!

[Camryn1]

You can pick up purple hornet look alikes for really cheap... like $1 per polyp... they are a really nice purple with the circle, just don't have 100% of the look of the named "purple hornets".

if it's just looks you're after, get the lookalikes... if it's "collect-ivitis disease" that you have and need the real deal then good luck... that's a bad habit I'll never get into again!

[MrHarvard]

LOL....i hear that. I really just like the colors but if you can get a colony going they make for a great trade for other things.

[Camryn1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15112324#post15112324 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MrHarvard
if you can get a colony going

it's the "what if" the other direction that teaches the lesson! :D

a gorilla crab just ate some yellow zoas I fragged for a friend and put in the sump until this morning for her... didn't know there was one hiding in the live rock in the sump. :mad2:

can you imagine if that was a $ 10 to $100 per polyp frag instead of a $1 per polyp frag?

:eek1:

[MrHarvard]

Man im sorry to hear that!! But you are right anything could happen. I just piced up some nice Bam Bams and som Armor of Gods tht I would cry if something happened to them. They arent the most expensive one out there but I went along way to pick these up!!

[Pacific Reefs]

The purple hornet is slooow to produce more polyps. The "look-a-like" is the african blue hornet which have been melting away in people's tanks after 3 weeks. Hopefully we can study the proper conditions for the african blue hornet to survive in aquaria.