yellows

[Rodeo Clownfish]

I've got only a few colonies of zoos (only been at this for a year) and they are doing so well in my reef that I've started lurking on this board to find out more about them as my fascination grows.

I hardly ever see any all-yellow zoos in people's pictures. Is that because it is very common (sort of like the browns) and people just don't have them or like them very much?

[Jovreefer]

True all yellows are VERY hard to find! been looking for some for almost 4 years now. I've been able to get my hands on every other color I've wanted BUT those pesky yellows.

[MarvinsReef]

I got a frag of true yellows from a fellow reefer in MI and they didn't do well in the first month but now starting to grow.. I have about 4 polyps right now.. I'll post some pics when I get the chance..

What about these? a variety of yellows I have but I will get pics of the true yellows with flash...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Marvins_Reef/55%20Gallon%20Zoa%20Dominated%20Reef/yellow_bright_eyes.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Marvins_Reef/55%20Gallon%20Zoa%20Dominated%20Reef/Yellows.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Marvins_Reef/55%20Gallon%20Zoa%20Dominated%20Reef/Yellow_Sparkle.jpg

[jay24k]

Well I haven't seen many true yellows however I do have some. And they are VERY slow growers. I'd frag them but the price would be very high but I'd rather them grow out. I've seen maybe 1 polyp grow in about 2 months.


http://home.comcast.net/~jay24k/trueyellowzoo.jpg

[knowse]

I have these yellows, this shot is under 150w mh in the shade
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c252/knowse/yellowandpeachzoa.jpg

And this is how they look under 250w mh
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c252/knowse/Yellowzoas.jpg

[fishboy19]

Jay24k, I really like those intense orange ones that are among the yellows.

-MatthewM

[Shultz]

Originally posted by jay24k
Well I haven't seen many true yellows however I do have some. And they are VERY slow growers. I'd frag them but the price would be very high but I'd rather them grow out. I've seen maybe 1 polyp grow in about 2 months.


http://home.comcast.net/~jay24k/trueyellowzoo.jpg

Those are real nice, I had a rock similar to that, but the changed colour in my tank :(

Are your up high or bottom in the tank?

Cheers Shelton.

[coralfarm123]

Here are my pure yellows. Picture is horrible but you get the idea. I bought them at my LFS. They were growing in the sand. I have had them for about 4-5 months and have about 15 polyps that started as 5. I didn't know they were so hard to find until I read a bunch of threads about them on here. I just thought they were good looking colorful zoos. Lucky find I guess.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/coralfarm123/yellows.jpg

[Jovreefer]

Jay's is the only one that I'd consider true yellow here...

Coralfarm I think yours looks alittle lime from the pic but its really bad so I'm not going to include yours in my above statment :)

[jay24k]

I have them low with all my zoos but they are being blasted with 250 watt MH. I wish they grew quicker because I love the color yellow as imho it is one of the rarest colors beside red in a reef tank. I always see purples, blues, oranges, greens.

I think it's impossible to frag these without busting the rock. The polyp is so flat against the rock, I would destroy it trying to razor it off.

[twon8]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/coralsnov006.jpg
While not all yellow, the centers are very yellow, and i'll take the 4+ additional colors instead.
anthony

[Reef Junkie]

Jay, great picture, I mean the avatar! You always have great pics of your family!:D

[jay24k]

Thanks. You need to update yours too! I'm sure she has grown tons by now.

[Reef Junkie]

Well, actually it's two of them. She has a twin brother.
The problem is I have to hunt down and shrink down a quality picture.
I'll work on it.;)

[jay24k]

ooo twins! A blessing and a curse lol. Oh I can imagine the terrible 2's and 3's :)

[Reef Junkie]

Yeah, the joy never ends... :lol:

Sorry for derailing this thread. I'll take this PM with Jay.;)

[jay24k]

Was thinking the same thing. Please post some more yellows. I love yellows!

[WendyMc]

Did any of you see the true yellow frag Dr. Mac had listed about 2 mos ago?

[Reef Junkie]

Wendy,
I saw them at MACNA. They were purty. Yet, not the prettiest zoas I've ever seen. They were just yellow. Now if they were Yellow and Black, Blue or Purple, then that would be a sight!
Cheers,
Bill

[Azurel]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/27845yellow_center_zoas.jpg

The yellow in these is even brighter now that they have been under my 250 Watt 14k Hamiltons.....

[coralfarm123]

Jovreefer,

Yeah my camera is only 3 mp and not really great with closups. I might try bringing them to the top to get a better pic sometime, but they are solid yellows. No lime or green color. I need to get one of those nice Canon SLR with macro:)

[Jovreefer]

Twon- I think yours are a faded EE, definatly no yellow though.

Coralfarm- My boyfriend has a 3 mp sony camra (sadly its better than my 2mp) that I use. I foud it takes better pics if you increase the pic size and stand back alittle and take a pic, then crop the zoa out. Takes me a few pics to get a nice clear one but with paitents it can be done hehe.

I just got some yellows this weekend!!! I'm so excited, I'll have to take pics and post soon :D

[Rodeo Clownfish]

Here are my 'yellows'. They actually seem a little more lime in the photos than they do in real life. They are actually a pretty intense yellow (although the disks are really a dark grey).

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=140776&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=140775&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

[Jovreefer]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/jovreefer/Yellowzoas.jpg

[twon8]

jovreefer- those are some pretty lime greens, but def not yellow

here is a side view of the yellow centers
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/yellows.jpg

[Jovreefer]

LOL put your glasses on...yours are ORANGE AND GREEN! not even close to yellow OR even lime. mine are 100% yellow disks w/lime skirts.

[twon8]

not orange, not at all, i have plenty of those, but ill attribute the mistake to bad photography on my part.
here are some others, any of these yellow?
and that is an eagle eye in the middle, my yellows are back and to the left.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/coralsnov019.jpg

[deacon hemp]

Dragon eye's kind of.

[filojoe]

yellow centers w brown skirtshttp://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/79914yellowsrc.jpg

[jjmcat]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/jjmcat/yellowzoas.jpg

[wady]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/aidyb/AIDYS%20ZOANTHIDS/fc09d96c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/aidyb/AIDYS%20ZOANTHIDS/cc7dac01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/aidyb/AIDYS%20ZOANTHIDS/e1f06788.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/aidyb/AIDYS%20ZOANTHIDS/6f2a791d.jpg

[jay24k]

while the first one doesn't look yellow, it reminds me of a pumpkin and is really nice. Pretty cool looking.

[brad23]

I have true yellows, I'll take a pic tonight.

[brad23]

Here they are.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b114/bigwrxguy/IMG_0360.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b114/bigwrxguy/IMG_0359.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b114/bigwrxguy/IMG_0358.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b114/bigwrxguy/IMG_0352.jpg

[jay24k]

Someone probably will chime in with the correct name, but those are just regular yellow polyps (not zoos). I can't recall the name but from what I do recall, they will spread like wildfire and can be difficult to get rid of so keep them on their own island.

[surfnvb7]

if anyone has one of those color cards you get from a paint store, can you please scan it and show the difference b/w yellow, orange, and green. :lol:

[Jovreefer]

LOL THANK YOU SURFNVB!!!!!!! I gave up on this tread lol!!!! Some people just have beer color goggles on.

and brad those are yellow colonal polyps not zoa's...I trash a handfull of those things every few months to keep them from spreading...cant even give them away they are so common...sorry hun.

[JnS]

Originally posted by surfnvb7
if anyone has one of those color cards you get from a paint store, can you please scan it and show the difference b/w yellow, orange, and green. :lol:

well said :):lol:

[jay24k]

I think many are posting yellows if they have some in it. Although a few I don't see any. I will say though, if I keep mine down low they turn slightly green. I have to blast it with a ton of light to stay yellow. Maybe that's why we don't see many yellows.

[twon8]

i believe the yellow polyps are parazoanthids, and thus belong to the family zoanthus.
One source of confusion, where exactly does yellow end and orange begin? Ever seen yellow ochre? is there a wavelength to measure our colors against so that we can be sure and not offend the zoa color police? I hate the police. I have some zoanthids that to me and everyone else who sees them in person have yellow centers. If you don't think it is yellow, fine, but don't insult my vision and zoanthids with what you erroneously believe to be some divinely bestowed zoa color rating authority. Of course that is my opinion, others will differ. How about the ones in the middle? while obviosly not all yellow, I suggest they have yellow centers. In my eyes they do, and they are the only ones i trust.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/TRIFEA.jpg

[surfnvb7]

Those centers do indeed look yellow to me. (the ones above)

I'm not posting here to be the color police. I'm just saying...if a thread is labeled "yellow" that people post pics of zoos that are clearly yellow, not yellow'ish, a fade of yellow that turns into green or orange, but yellow. If they are a different shade of yellow please say that yours are "greenish yellow" or "orangish yellow" instead of trying to pass them off as something they aren't.

I think a good point of reference, as to whether or not your zoo is yellow, is compare them to some yellow polyps, since as Jovreefer pointed out they are very common and everyone has them.

Camera, photoshoping, and monitor color problems should all be looked into if your yellow polyps look green or orange on your screen. Also, turn off your actinics or blue lights while taking a picture of a yellow (kinda like taking pics of brown zoos that appear to be blue under actinics), this might be leading to some color distortion.

I don't know about anyone else, but I look for exactly 570nm when looking for something yellow. :lol: j/k

[twon8]

I agree surfnvb, and on my first post i said mine had yellow centers, to which i was told i had faded eagle eyes by jovreefer, whose yellows look lime green to me. I honestly see the last post of mine on the first page of this thread as having yellow centers, close to 570, and know that i wasn't refering to you, the police display their badge.
anthony

[surfnvb7]

:rolleyes: i honestly dont care anymore at this point until someone posts something that says "yellow people eater". :fun2:

speaking of police, watch out for the tang police, i hear they are rounding people up in the nano forum.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=697699

:lolspin:

[Jovreefer]

HaHa twon does not like getting busted for false color naming....decon hemp even tells you in your LAST pic they are not yellow. You can keep pushing your fake colors all you want but people like you are the reason I've become a color police officer :p There orange...there nice...why try to turn them yellow?

Your pic of the orange skirts definatly have yellow centers though and I think they are nice ... looks like something that would come out of those color splatter art wheels. lol see...I'm not out to single you out if your giving them the right color :)

[twon8]

i have some "trending towards yellow bright green people eaters" I won't say what colors they are, because i can't really tell

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/P3280034.jpg
and jovreefer, i don't like people who express their opinion as fact.

[surfnvb7]

i remember you posting that picture a long time ago. I also remembering PM'ing you cuz I'm also in Virginia (Richmond and Blacksburg) and you never responded. ;)

you should show the before picture with that when you post them. i honestly am not sure if they are bleached or not, but you do have some strong 10k's so I wouldn't rule out the possibility.

also, how bout a recent picture of them? not one that is 8 months old.

if that is their true color I have to give that a big :thumbsup:
(maybe a white people eater :eek2: )

[WendyMc]

Hey twon, I think I've seen something like those called 'icy star people eaters', any chance yours were called that when you bought em? Alos, has the skirt always been that light in coloration? How long you had em?

[Jovreefer]

So what do you think about yourself? you posted the same coral 3 times to get someone to say they were yellow because you knew for a "FACT" that they were yellow...yet no one did. My oppinion that they were orange was backed up by someone else's post... no one else has said they look yellow to them...so are you still stating for a "FACT" that they are yellow?

BTW... I still like you even though you dont like me or aparently crayola :lol: :inlove:

[twon8]

surfnvb, i remember the message, but they are very slow growers, and i don't have enough to frag, and am not sure i ever will. i posted the before and after in a thread in this forum today, but here it is again.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/P9300183.jpg
when that picture was taken they were under 15k at the bottom, so i don't think they were bleached. they did come under attack from the red mushroom, and i moved them. they did not like the move and they started to disappear, but they have started to grow back and are regaining most of their color. no photoshop, just and olympus camera and cropping. they didn't have a name when i bought them, just a rock with some zoas. i will take some more pics of them tonight, but of course they don't look as good under the 10k Ive had them about a year and a half, they took about 6 months to get the good color
and here is my last posting of my counterfiet yellow center zoos
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/zooshell.jpg

[v8maro]

Originally posted by Marv_55_Gallon
I got a frag of true yellows from a fellow reefer in MI and they didn't do well in the first month but now starting to grow.. I have about 4 polyps right now.. I'll post some pics when I get the chance..

What about these? a variety of yellows I have but I will get pics of the true yellows with flash...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Marvins_Reef/55%20Gallon%20Zoa%20Dominated%20Reef/yellow_bright_eyes.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Marvins_Reef/55%20Gallon%20Zoa%20Dominated%20Reef/Yellows.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Marvins_Reef/55%20Gallon%20Zoa%20Dominated%20Reef/Yellow_Sparkle.jpg

Wow, where in sterling heights are you? I am at m-59&mound

[Reef Junkie]

Originally posted by surfnvb7
:rolleyes: i honestly dont care anymore at this point until someone posts something that says "yellow people eater".

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b51/reefphd/YellowPeopleEater.jpg
:D

[jay24k]

lol I agree. It's just a color. However, maybe I'm colorblind but I don't really see any yellow. Maybe my monitor is miscalibrated.

And to poke at the open wound (having harmless fun), to be classified as a people eater, it has to have a green mouth :).

That name should be just destroyed and leave the PPE to its rightful glory.

[surfnvb7]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[WendyMc]

OMG, Reefjunkie, how do you always manage to find such rare and amazingly colored specimins? First those intolerable 'eye of doom staring straight to the very pit of your soul' orange buttons, & now the amazing yellow people eater. You must do your own collecting...

[Jovreefer]

Wendy- Reefjunky is trying to pull a fast one on you there! thats no People eater!!! it has no green mouth...therefore has no taste for people :lolspin:

[surfnvb7]

hahaha

[DonavonsReef]

Do these qualify as Yellow?

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/donavonsreef/b564dfd9.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/donavonsreef/DSCF0163.jpg

[surfnvb7]

wow! :thumbsup:

[Jovreefer]

Best looking yellow I've seen! spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DonavonsReef]

Thanks, I'm just glad i'm not the only one who thinks they are Yellow.( LOL )

[CoralNutz]

Looks more "canary" to me

http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/pajek/doc/crayola.pdf

BTW, I am totally kidding... Those are great.... :thumbsup:

[DonavonsReef]

No Your right (LOL)

[Chemguy85]

Donavon: Those are awesome. What type of lighting do you have them under? How fast do they grow? How long have you had them and how much $$$ were they. Ben

[DonavonsReef]

They are under 10k 175M/H W/ 2 70w VHO's actinics. I got them diving a few years back i picked four polyps off a rock & this is what they are now. they grow like a weed. I have never seen these for sale before as they are from the Atlantic ocean & it;s illegal to take live rock from there.

[rhoodhouse]

I dont have alot of yellow zoo's
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/86513a4a-med.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/86513aa3.jpg
and this one is hard to see.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/86513a12a.jpg
I also have (2) polyps of metalic yellow center zoo's but no pic..
Thanks
Rodney Hood

[Jovreefer]

hmm...come to think of it...I got some "what I thought was yellow" a few years ago the same way from FL waters. When I got them home though they were minty green so I gave them away :/ Wonder if they would have turned yellow under halides?

LOL...wonder if we picked from the same colony?

[DonavonsReef]

Could be, I see the greens all the time & for the most part the Blues don't hold there color. Iv'e only seen these in one place but they started dredging there & now all the zoos are gone. I'm sure they are out there somewhere probably in ankle deep water.

[coralfarm123]

Rhoodhouse,

The zoa in your last pic is really cool. So many vibrant colors in it.

Donavons Reef,
Love those yellows, by far the best I have seen.

[DonavonsReef]

Thanks I've had them for awhile never realized that they were that hard to come by. I'm usually over on the LPS & shroom forums. Just stopped by to see all the awsome zoos.

[WendyMc]

roodhouse, if you have any other pics of the zoos in the last, I would love to see them. Very awesome colors, and the yellow in the center looks very yellow to me. It would be very nice to see other shots pleeeeeeease...

Donavonsreef, wow!

[rhoodhouse]

Coralfarm123 & WendyMc...Thanks...
The zoo's you are talking about are very interesting looking indeed. I have not been able to get a good shot of them yet. I will try again. They are actually zellow on one side and red on the other. I only have maybe 3 polyps of them. Thanks I'm glad someone picked up on the odd colors...
Thanks
Rodney Hood

[enitnelaVeyaF]

Donovan- yours are more saturated yellow it looks. here's mine:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/Sixy/zoas1.jpg

Yes... SLOW growers. urg.

[DonavonsReef]

Sweet!!

[Jovreefer]

Those are spectacular as well!

[jay24k]

I like those Donavon. Kind of a different look.

[enitnelaVeyaF]

that frag has been through a lot and still doing great. It lost a little color in the move from my 58 to my tub tank, but now they are finally starting to take off and grow. :D yay!

[Pleco420]

My contribution......

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/pleco420/zoo_ric_12.jpg

[MarvinsReef]

here are the true yellows I was talking about.. grew from 3 polyps to 5 polyps that past month.. :)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Marvins_Reef/55%20Gallon%20Zoa%20Dominated%20Reef/Enhanced%20Pics/12-11-05/YellowTrue.jpg


Marvin

[JnS]

nice marv!

[Shultz]

Now those are real sweet Marv! :)

Cheers Shelton.

[WendyMc]

Wow, Marv. You always have the nicest stuff!!! Did those come from Dr. Mac?

[DonavonsReef]

They look like light orange eagle eyes..

[MarvinsReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6263981#post6263981 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DonavonsReef
They look like light orange eagle eyes..

sorta.. but they're the smaller polyps.. hope they get going soon so I can take a mother colony pics...

I got them from a fellow reefer here in MI and the best part.. they're a freebie along with some tubs blues.. :)


Marvin

[DonavonsReef]

There Sweet no matter what color, i have some orange ones but thats a really cool color morph.

[Creetin]

Heres a pic of my recent yellers.
Didnt see the yellow zoa thread. Anyways Heres the zoa equivilent of the sun polyp.
;)

http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/uploads/1134078777/gallery_30_23_10942.jpg

[MarvinsReef]

liking those... :)

[enitnelaVeyaF]

creetin, you got a pic of them fully open? i wonder if they are still that bright! amazing.

[WendyMc]

fantastical!

[Jovreefer]

Yellows DO seem to like lots of light :)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/jovreefer/yellow.jpg

[Snakebyt]

here is a crappy pic of my yellows, i seem to have a hard time getting accurate color, these look better in person.
http://www.snakebyt.com/yellow.jpg

[JnS]

the problem is most yellows end up turning green over time.....

[enitnelaVeyaF]

jov, those are awesome. love the center and skirt marching color! :D

[Jovreefer]

THANKS! :D The skirts were a lime green color when I got them...the prevous person had them under PC's. Then someone mentioned they like higher light so I stuck them up under my halide and they skirts went yellow in about 2 weeks :D The growth also took off like a rabbit! I started with 5 big polyps & 2 new...now I have 12!

I was gonna call them lemon lime's ... but I dunno what to call them now *looks around sheepishly*

[rcmike]

How 'bout these.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/9520yellow_zoas-med.jpg

[AIMFish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6542021#post6542021 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rcmike
How 'bout these.
Yeah, that there would be some nice yellow's! Should we all PM him w/ our address's and offers at once?;) :D Oh and if there is a line, "SHOTGUN " :smokin:

[rcmike]

:D

[reefgeek84]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6123508#post6123508 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/coralsnov006.jpg
While not all yellow, the centers are very yellow, and i'll take the 4+ additional colors instead.
anthony

The zoos are impressive but so is the coraline algae all over the rocks!!!!:eek1:

[twon8]

thanks, for the compliment, here is a recent top down of the same zoas
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/P1201029.jpg

[smp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6558779#post6558779 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
thanks, for the compliment, here is a recent top down of the same zoas
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/P1201029.jpg

Those are all incredible!!!

[reefgeek84]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6558779#post6558779 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
thanks, for the compliment, here is a recent top down of the same zoas
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/P1201029.jpg

I know this is a little off topic, but what kind of rcok do you have? Did it come with all that coraline algae or has it grown like that?

[twon8]

That piece was fiji from live aquaria with one of their 89 for 45lbs. most of it grew on there. that rock is constantly having things such as the shells you see placed on it, and when they are moved the coralline is gone, but it quickly grows back. Nearly every light exposed piece of live rock is purple. you can see in this pic the line on the top piece( the same one with the orange cap on it) where the coraline stops.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/P1221111.jpg
my back wall would be covered if i did not scrape it from time to time. my right wall is mostly covered. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/P1221054.jpg