Do SPS morph only parts of themselves?

[Kinetic]

I bought a regular forest green one color acropora mini colony from All About Fish sometime last year.

Since I bought it, all the new growth has been a totally different color, but the base and old parts are still the same as it came in.

I thought new growth just takes a few weeks / months to get all the color back, but it seems like it's "morphed" only on the new branches?

It went from forest green to almost a lime in the sky coloration, with just evergreen in the sky instead =P

maybe it's lacking some kind of nutrient? But it's growing really well, and seems to have good PE and is healthy.

Anyway, it looks way cooler now! Has anyone seen this behavior? Is it bad or good?

I cut off one branch that was totally the new color, and it's started encrusting already and the base is still that evergreen in the sky look.

I'll post pictures soon

 

[sfsuphysics]

It's very common for new growth to be a radically different color than the old, e.g. brown body, purple new growth tips. Sometimes the old color will come back when new growth forms on the older new growth, lots of times this comes from shading, sometimes it's from the branches being thinner, but most of all you have to remember a coral isn't a single organism...

 

[ViPeR_930]

Like this?

 

[Kinetic]

not really like that. I'll get a picture tonight =)

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Hey Justin,

Grafted Simplex? What coral *don't* you have??

 

[ViPeR_930]

I've still got a wishlist of things.

 

[Al G Blenny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9794616#post9794616 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ViPeR_930
Like this?

How dare you tease us with that pic when you don't have any pics in your gallery and no website link to some other pics.

 

[ViPeR_930]

Perhaps my gallery is more pleasing to you now, Matt.

 

[wishntoboutside]

viper,

what frags are one your list... that grafted simplex is one the top of mine

hmm interested in any of these

sorry did not mean to get off tread.
richard

 

[ViPeR_930]

Sending you a PM now Richard, so kinetic can continue with the thread.

 

[Golden Angel]

Nice cloves.