Double Skirted Zoa's Rare or Not?

awcurl · 02/01/2006, 09:33 AM

A statement on another thread caused me to wonder, just how rare are Double Skirted Zoa's. I have seen this trait numerous times and always thought it was a common trait. Since reading the other thread I'm wondering if what IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve seen was unique or common. Please post your thoughts on this topic and if you have a Double Skirt pic please post so we can see if this is truly a rare trait.

awcurl · 02/01/2006, 09:41 AM

I'll start this off with some I have.

smp · 02/01/2006, 09:52 AM

OOOOOOOH

AAAAAAAAH

that might be the nicest zoa I've ever seen!

CoralNutz · 02/01/2006, 10:41 AM

I guess I never really thought of that as a "double skirt". Most of the zoas I have are like that where they are staggered with one up, and one lower.... interchanging kind of...

I am just looking through my gallary of zoas. (At work so I can't look at the tanks

) All the pics that you can see the skirt good have them this way...

So I am going to have to say, not rare at all IME

CoralNutz · 02/01/2006, 10:44 AM

As I look through other threads and sites that have close up pics... I am seing that just about all the zoas have this staggered skirt to them... In fact I would say it's RARE not to have that...

awcurl · 02/01/2006, 06:45 PM

Wow, this incredible! As of now this thread has had 66 hits and only 7 voted. Come on lurkers, I know you have an opinion.

ficklefins · 02/01/2006, 07:21 PM

I actually watched a polyp grow a second skirt. It started at the mouth with small stubby hairs. The skirt grew in length as it moved down out from the mouth until if finally reached outside row. Really weird, but I don't think it was rare, possibly just an evolutionary trait.

whodah · 02/01/2006, 08:36 PM

<-- voted

that is all.

twon8 · 02/01/2006, 09:56 PM

I wrote in another thread that i though all zoas had double skirts, but i was told i was wrong. I think they all have two rows.

RevHtree · 02/01/2006, 10:04 PM

Most all of mine are...

MarksReef · 02/01/2006, 10:08 PM

Mine are, here is a pic of one.

awcurl · 02/01/2006, 10:52 PM

Thanks everyone, It appears they are pretty common.

Snakebyt · 02/02/2006, 02:08 AM

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where did you get those, and how can i aquire some of them?
Simply amazing looking

RevHtree · 02/02/2006, 07:30 AM

Hey Art wish I would have seen those pinks while I was at your house!!

EvilMel · 02/02/2006, 05:15 PM

Art has a TON of really nice zoos. Every time I say that I have traded for this zoo or bought this zoo, he's like "yeah, I have those too." Ha hah. I mean we live like 5 minutes apart so you'd think I would check with him before any zoo purchases.

RevHtree · 02/03/2006, 09:37 AM

Dang it MEL! I was that close to your house and didnt get any frags from you??

Reef Junkie · 02/03/2006, 10:47 AM

Unga Bunga me vote too.

EvilMel · 02/03/2006, 11:02 AM

Yep Rev. We live super close to each other.

BigScott · 02/04/2006, 08:53 AM

hey REEF nice pics....

BIG SCOTT

View Poll Results: Do you think this trait is rare or not?
Rare.	9	20.45%
Common.	35	79.55%
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02/01/2006, 09:33 AM	#1
awcurl Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,181	Double Skirted Zoa's Rare or Not? A statement on another thread caused me to wonder, just how rare are Double Skirted Zoa's. I have seen this trait numerous times and always thought it was a common trait. Since reading the other thread I'm wondering if what IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve seen was unique or common. Please post your thoughts on this topic and if you have a Double Skirt pic please post so we can see if this is truly a rare trait. __________________ Art ETRC Member of the ETRC since Nov. 2003 The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap! Current Tank Info: 240 with 100 gallon sump bare bottom, 250 watt MHs, My other hobby is remote control car racing.

02/01/2006, 09:41 AM	#2
awcurl Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,181	I'll start this off with some I have. __________________ Art ETRC Member of the ETRC since Nov. 2003 The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap! Current Tank Info: 240 with 100 gallon sump bare bottom, 250 watt MHs, My other hobby is remote control car racing.

02/01/2006, 09:52 AM	#3
smp Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 574	OOOOOOOH AAAAAAAAH that might be the nicest zoa I've ever seen! __________________ K.I.S.S Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon reef, 2 x 250 Pheonix 14k on icecaps, 2 x Aquascience 17.5 on workhorse, ER RS-135, Tunze ATO Kalk bucket, 30 Gallon sump, MRC CR1 reactor, 2 x phosban reactor (Rowa, Carbon), 2 x MJ Mod, mixed reef

02/01/2006, 06:45 PM	#6
awcurl Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,181	Wow, this incredible! As of now this thread has had 66 hits and only 7 voted. Come on lurkers, I know you have an opinion. __________________ Art ETRC Member of the ETRC since Nov. 2003 The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap! Current Tank Info: 240 with 100 gallon sump bare bottom, 250 watt MHs, My other hobby is remote control car racing.

02/01/2006, 10:41 AM	#4
CoralNutz Moved On Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 741	I guess I never really thought of that as a "double skirt". Most of the zoas I have are like that where they are staggered with one up, and one lower.... interchanging kind of... I am just looking through my gallary of zoas. (At work so I can't look at the tanks ) All the pics that you can see the skirt good have them this way... So I am going to have to say, not rare at all IME

02/01/2006, 10:44 AM	#5
CoralNutz Moved On Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 741	As I look through other threads and sites that have close up pics... I am seing that just about all the zoas have this staggered skirt to them... In fact I would say it's RARE not to have that...

02/01/2006, 07:21 PM	#7
ficklefins Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northern VA Posts: 905	I actually watched a polyp grow a second skirt. It started at the mouth with small stubby hairs. The skirt grew in length as it moved down out from the mouth until if finally reached outside row. Really weird, but I don't think it was rare, possibly just an evolutionary trait. __________________ ^I just wanted that line^ Current Tank Info: 30g Breeder..mmmmmm

02/01/2006, 08:36 PM	#8
whodah Who Dah? Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: fresno, ca, usa, earth! Posts: 1,185	<-- voted that is all. __________________ "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet." Current Tank Info: oodles. they change too often to list :o)

02/01/2006, 09:56 PM	#9
twon8 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: slightly sw of richmond, va Posts: 5,421	I wrote in another thread that i though all zoas had double skirts, but i was told i was wrong. I think they all have two rows.

02/01/2006, 10:04 PM	#10
RevHtree Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chattanooga, Tn. Posts: 2,753	Most all of mine are... __________________ Fellow reefers let us ban together to end the madness that is the lounge! (aka the UN-FORUM) This is a horrible place of degradation and debasement. Post don't even count there. Current Tank Info: 250g Starfire Dream Cleaned and Protected by an Orca 250

02/01/2006, 10:08 PM	#11
MarksReef Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rush, N.Y. Posts: 3,236	Mine are, here is a pic of one.

02/01/2006, 10:52 PM	#12
awcurl Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,181	Thanks everyone, It appears they are pretty common. __________________ Art ETRC Member of the ETRC since Nov. 2003 The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap! Current Tank Info: 240 with 100 gallon sump bare bottom, 250 watt MHs, My other hobby is remote control car racing.

02/02/2006, 07:30 AM	#14
RevHtree Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chattanooga, Tn. Posts: 2,753	Hey Art wish I would have seen those pinks while I was at your house!! __________________ Fellow reefers let us ban together to end the madness that is the lounge! (aka the UN-FORUM) This is a horrible place of degradation and debasement. Post don't even count there. Current Tank Info: 250g Starfire Dream Cleaned and Protected by an Orca 250

02/02/2006, 05:15 PM	#15
EvilMel needs more flow Join Date: May 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 6,396	Art has a TON of really nice zoos. Every time I say that I have traded for this zoo or bought this zoo, he's like "yeah, I have those too." Ha hah. I mean we live like 5 minutes apart so you'd think I would check with him before any zoo purchases. __________________ Have I been here 10 years? Yeesh.

02/03/2006, 09:37 AM	#16
RevHtree Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chattanooga, Tn. Posts: 2,753	Dang it MEL! I was that close to your house and didnt get any frags from you?? __________________ Fellow reefers let us ban together to end the madness that is the lounge! (aka the UN-FORUM) This is a horrible place of degradation and debasement. Post don't even count there. Current Tank Info: 250g Starfire Dream Cleaned and Protected by an Orca 250

02/03/2006, 10:47 AM	#17
Reef Junkie Premium Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Somewhere, NY Posts: 6,261	Unga Bunga me vote too. __________________ Bill "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." B.B. Current Tank Info: "Still" Living vicariously through cb747

02/03/2006, 11:02 AM	#18
EvilMel needs more flow Join Date: May 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 6,396	Yep Rev. We live super close to each other. __________________ Have I been here 10 years? Yeesh.

02/04/2006, 08:53 AM	#19
BigScott Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: norman , okla Posts: 2,266	hey REEF nice pics.... BIG SCOTT __________________ Big ScoTT just stoppin in to say hello.. Current Tank Info: one 40 breeder,40 long sump..t5 lights an a 50 gallon in the works..if i ever get a truck to move it..