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mfinn
02/12/2006, 09:33 AM
I picked up a colony of eagle eyes from a fellow reefer last week. Now I picked up another at a lfs Friday.
Seems like they must be a fairly common color pattern.


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/11798eagle_eyes_with_flash.jpg
mummra100769
02/12/2006, 10:07 AM
some of the intense color combos are but even then not really.
awcurl
02/12/2006, 10:36 AM
IMO they're pretty common.
CoralNutz
02/12/2006, 10:54 AM
Very Common IMO....
mfinn
02/12/2006, 11:16 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6723275#post6723275 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CoralNutz
Very Common IMO....

:( :(

The green and orange is my favorite color combination. They were the first "prized" zoanthid colony I bought back in 1993. I had it at the top of the tank and it was the most colorfull zoanthid I had ever seen and it got me hooked on zoanthids.:inlove:
Unfortunately, I soon found out about zoanthid eating tangs.:mad2:
CoralNutz
02/12/2006, 12:45 PM
They are one of my favorites too. I think the reason they are so common is that they are cool. Alsothey grow like weeds so they get around very quickly making them more and more common all the time.
ficklefins
02/12/2006, 01:40 PM
They aren't very common in my tank :( ...... :D
tangey
02/12/2006, 03:26 PM
IMO Common
jjmcat
02/12/2006, 04:55 PM
They used to be hard to find.I believe there are 2 different morphs of the eagle eyes.
Zoalander
02/12/2006, 06:06 PM
They are common and the sad thing there is a LFS near me that sells them for $15 per polyp. They had a frag with 4 polyps specail, $75.
Zoalander
02/12/2006, 06:06 PM
I meant $45
Azurel
02/12/2006, 06:33 PM
Dang Vetter, you need to enlighten them a bit....I got a colony of 120 or so polyps for $35. Mine would have been a $1800 dollar colony.....LOL.
Zoalander
02/12/2006, 07:51 PM
Yeah the local reefers call the place Beyond Belief.
Reef Junkie
02/12/2006, 10:23 PM
They are common, but beautiful none the less.
I've bought huge colonies of these babies years ago for like $15. We're talking about 300-500 polyps; wholesale of course.;)
LCGoldman
02/13/2006, 05:59 AM
Whether they're common or not, I really like the way they look :)
nanodcl
02/13/2006, 07:59 PM
Someone send some my way.. We dont get much zoas in wilmington, nc... not many reffers that i know of....They are awesome looking..
Petie
02/13/2006, 08:12 PM
The zoo's at my lfs are always closed so I can't tell what they are, I don't even know how they can label them. I wish I had Eagle Eyes I think they're gorgeous. :)
spsboy
02/13/2006, 08:25 PM
Either way, those are very cool!! Good find,
Drew
raskal311
02/14/2006, 07:13 AM
What about dragon eyes?
raskal311
02/14/2006, 07:29 AM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/kluu2/DSC01975.jpg
surfnvb7
02/14/2006, 01:42 PM
eagle eyes are definately not common in southwest virginia that i know of. no idea what dragon eyes are...i dont pay attention to names anymore.
raskal311
02/14/2006, 10:02 PM
lower left of the picture I posted.
CoralNutz
02/15/2006, 08:16 AM
Dragon Eyes are also Very Common.... I guess I do live in an area saturated with nice corals so it's all pretty common around here.


Here is my theory on named zoas and "rareness" If it has a name, that would most likely indicate that enough people have them that someone felt it needed a name. Wich means they aren't rare or uncommon. I can't really think of any zoas thare are really that uncommon, they may be in a certain area, but there is always the interweb.....

Even the infamous PPE isn't even what I would consider uncommon. The truly rare or uncommon zoas are the ones that are NOT posted on here or other sites, not talked about and not widely fragged and shared.
pimpskinny
02/15/2006, 12:32 PM
that look pretty cute.. too bad its not blue
Fcwham
02/15/2006, 02:54 PM
theremay be more like 4 color morphs, I have at least 3 in my tank alone