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2008.04 PoTM
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Zoanthid Gallery
The reason you are here!
FAQ
Get all the answers about ZoaID.com here including things like: What is this site about? Why is it up? Where do I find out more about Zoas? How do I submit my Zoa? And more!
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zo·on1 (z   n )
n. pl. zo·ons or zo·a (z )
- An animal developed from a fertilized egg.
- One of the distinct individuals that join to form a compound or colonial animal; a zooid.
ID1 ( d ) Informal
n. A form of identification, especially an ID card.
ZoaID! get it?
ebay guests - Welcome to ZoaID! Please
understand that this site is not intended to be used for marketing hype and/or as an advertisement tool! Please take the time to read
the FAQ on the subject, and enjoy the site!
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Posted by: whodah on Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 06:16 PM
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This news article is a bit overdue, and my apologies for it's tardiness.
ZoaID.com has brought on a new council member to assist with the site. And man, he came on and cleared our backlog of submissions in a matter of just a couple of weeks! He has been a *huge* asset to ZoaID.com.
Welcome kigs! And thank you very much! 
-Who Dah? |
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Posted by: whodah -
on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 01:37 AM |
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Hello all!
ZoaID.com has put a few Zoanthids up on eBay that were in the 2007 calendar (You can see the 2007 calendar using the left-hand menu). They were generously donated by that month's Zoanthid owner. 100% of the proceeds from these auctions will be used toward lowering the price of the 2008 calendar!
If you would like to partake in the auctions, you may see them here:
2007 ZoaID.com Calendar Auctions
If you have any questions, feel free to use the 'Contact Us' link on the left hand menu! Thanks!
-Who Dah?
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Posted by: whodah on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 06:13 PM
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Hello all!
Just a quick note to apologize for the recent delays and to let you know that we are in the process of catching up!
Summer time hit the entire ZoaID.com council and our free time went out the window. Me personally? I've been getting SCUBA certified! The Mrs. and I are now PADI Rescue Diver certified! 
Things are settling down now and we're playing catch up! Expect to see a ton of new submissions in the upcoming weeks as we catch up on the backlog of submissions.
Thanks!
-Who Dah? |
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Posted by: whodah -
on Monday, May 07, 2007 - 05:25 AM |
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ZoaID.com would like to take a moment and say THANK YOU and WELCOME to our two latest ZoaID.com council members: MarvinsReef and revhtree
Both members are pillars in the Zoanthid community and were both eager to join and eager to help ZoaID!
(It only cost each of them 3 morphs to join!)
(Kidding of course! )
Welcome aboard, fellas!
-Who Dah?
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Posted by: whodah on Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 05:33 PM
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ZoaID.com would like to welcome Mr. Ugly as a new member of the ZoaID.com council!
Mr. Ugly has helped many people in the zoanthid community time & time again, has a great knowledge base from which to draw upon, and will be an asset to help make ZoaID.com a better place. He was hand chosen for these traits plus more!
Welcome aboard Mr. Ugly, it's great to have you here!
-Who Dah? |
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Posted by: whodah -
on Friday, September 15, 2006 - 02:16 AM |
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We thought ZoaID.com would start something new - the ZoaID.com Photo of the Month! (POTM)
The POTM will be a monthly shot chosen by the ZoaID.com council as their favorite photo submitted to ZoaID.com for that month. The winning photo will not necessarily be a newly named Zoanthid submission to the ZoaID.com site. Photographs of already named Zoas or other Zoanthid-genre material are constantly being submitted and added to the ZoaID.com site - and we don't want to exclude those shots from the POTM!
So enjoy the new feature, and see what we like the best! The winner will be published on the ZoaID.com homepage.
As a reminder, you can click on the left-hand menu titled 'Changelog' and see all new submissions (newly named submissions or just new shots) added to the site at any time. In fact, this is exactly what the ZoaID.com council uses to preview the shots submitted for that month!
Enjoy,
-Who Dah?
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Posted by: whodah on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 11:13 PM
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James (jreimer) is a researcher from Japan specializing in Zoanthids/Zooxanthellae. Recently, James hit the RC Zoanthid community with a wealth of scientific identification knowledge and interesting Zoanthid identification news. He is currently trying to use DNA to bring zoanthid taxonomy up-to-date.
He has been so kind as to share some of his pictures with all of us and recently accepted ZoaID.com's offer to host his scientific identification images on our hobbyist identification site! We've setup a special section in our gallery for his current shots with lots of room to grow!
Not only is the scientific identification extremely interesting, his shots are incredible as well! Please check them out here:
jreimer's gallery
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Posted by: whodah -
on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 10:55 PM |
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A 'bug' was recently pointed out to me regarding the owners of the shots/albums on ZoaID.com. It wasn't so much a 'bug' so much as a 'feature', but I can totally see how it could have been misinterpreted!
Basically, each album/photo would display an 'Owner' tag at the top right of the page. This 'Owner' represented who did the uploading to the ZoaID.com site. For instance, 'Mr. Smith' submitted a shot to ZoaID.com, and 'whodah' uploaded the shot. The site previously showed 'whodah' as the 'Owner' and 'Mr. Smith' as the photographer, original ID'er, etc..
It was never our intentions to take credit for the Zoanthid shots. In fact, we take pride in having permission to use each and every picture while giving credit where credit is due for each individual shot here on ZoaID.com! It took a while longer than anticipated, but I've figured out how to disable that 'Owner' tag to put the issue to rest.
I apologize for the confusion and hope that those who noticed this bug understand!
Here is a screenshot of the issue:
Owner 'bug' on ZoaID.com
Thanks,
-Who Dah?
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Posted by: whodah on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 05:29 AM
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Hey all! We just added a nifty new feature to ZoaID: Zoanthid Origins!
This features displays a map pinpointing the locations that some of the zoanthids on ZoaID.com were originally collected in the wild!
Check it out on the Left hand menu - and enjoy! 
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Posted by: whodah -
on Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 02:13 AM |
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Hello all, Who Dah? here!
ZoaID.com has grown way beyond my expectations in a very short period of time! These growing pains have been both fun, demanding, and frustrating at the same time. My original vision of ZoaID has morphed as the site progresses. The original mission of the site is still in tact - a showcase of zoanthids utilizing the highest quality photos we can get our hands on submitted by you, the zoanthid enthusiast.  The original nomenclature is still in place - a picture and a name of a zoanthid. However, even this will change heading into the future with various addendums of classifications for the zoanthids.
With this in mind, it became apparent that I could no longer exclusively take on this task. After all, this site was my gift to the Zoanthid community, and thus it seems only right to have the community help decide it's future.
As such, ZoaID.com has assembled a 'council' if you will to assist w/ the site! This council will aid ZoaID w/ all future decisions as to the site's direction. It gives an opportunity to mull over difficult decisions on how to run the site as well as feedback (both good and bad) on future features.
There are now 5 members (including myself), and each idea requires the consent of at least 3 - the final decision process is no longer 100% whodah's!
As seen in the past, ideas have surfaced and been put into place from the forums on RC. We're always open to suggestions and often times that's where the best ideas come from! So by all means, if you have an idea, PLEASE share it with us! You can use the 'Contact Us' link on the left hand menu, or just start a topic on one of the Zoanthid based forums (RC, ZrU, etc.) and one of us is bound to see it. Even if it's just feedback on what you like and what you don't like - it's all greatly appreciated.
New actions decided upon the council have already been put into place - the most visible being the requirement of a 'flash' shot in addition to a tank-lit shot for all future submissions dating back as of a couple of weeks ago.
Many other ideas/actions are being worked on and will be announced upon their implementation.
I'd like to personally thank the 'ZoaID.com council members' for helping to make ZoaID a better place and for personally assisting with the site in order of acceptance!
- Jovreef
- Reef Junkie
- jcigars
- mfinn
-Who Dah?
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