Discolored polyps.

[Jerms01]

Hey All,
I have started to notice that some of my Zoa polyps are starting to discolor. Some have been this way for months and I has seen a few new ones start to discolor. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas what could be causing this.

Water params all seem good.
Nitrate = 10
Nitrite = 0
Phos = 0
Amm = 0
Calc = 440
DKh = 9

Thanks,
Jerms

 

[leveldrummer]

Those just look like a different variety of polyp all together. there was likely a stray polyp in the colony that is just spreading

 

[29mixedreef]

^ Definitely not discoloring. Look at the polyp size and pattern those are different from your radioactive dragon eye zoanthid colony all together.

 

[650-IS350]

Those are totally different polyps from those RDEs, most likely some type of Paly.

 

[Jerms01]

Awesome, well thank you all for the help.
IMO they are taking away from the RDEs beauty would you think about removing them or just let them go?

 

[A. Grandis]

Yep, different polyps.

I would just let them be part of the beauty.
The only reason I would remove the polyps would be if the ones they are touching are closing. Yours look happy and healthy, so...
Unless you don't like them at all.

Nice pictures!

Grandis.

 

[Jerms01]

Awesome, thank you very much!