[ID] Green glowing stuff growing on my zoa mat?

alcimedes

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Anyone able to ID what this might be?

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Someone elsewhere said it might be a baby Pocillopora, which I do have one of on the opposite side of the tank.

I've never seen young versions though, anyone else who has, does that sound like a plausible ID?
 
Poci for sure, kalk paste or epoxy to cover it. As long as you have a poci in your tank, you see these babies pops everywhere.


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Would it be normal that the poci in the tank is blue, but this colony is green? do they change color over time, or is it potentially a different poci, or something else entirely if not the same colors as the parent coral?
 
Would it be normal that the poci in the tank is blue, but this colony is green? do they change color over time, or is it potentially a different poci, or something else entirely if not the same colors as the parent coral?

Is this one closer to the light, or in other words gets more light?
 
Is this one closer to the light, or in other words gets more light?

It's under a different light, approximately the same distance as the one on the other side of the tank.

The other one is more of a blue/white color combo, I don't really notice any green. But the two lights are totally different, sounds like under different lights the colors may change?

I don't know much about Poci, I thought they ranged from colorful -> brown depending on amount of light, but a green one would always be green or some shade of green all the way to brown, a pink one pink to brown etc., but a green one wouldn't spawn pink ones.
 
It's under a different light, approximately the same distance as the one on the other side of the tank.

The other one is more of a blue/white color combo, I don't really notice any green. But the two lights are totally different, sounds like under different lights the colors may change?

I don't know much about Poci, I thought they ranged from colorful -> brown depending on amount of light, but a green one would always be green or some shade of green all the way to brown, a pink one pink to brown etc., but a green one wouldn't spawn pink ones.

If lights are stronger, it might have more/different florescent proteins for protection. For example montipora spongodes will be brown, green and purple depending on light intensity. Generally base of the colony is brown, middle parts are green and tips are purple.
 
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