Monti spongodes turned brown overnight

[Jwheld]

I just got a monti spongodes yesterday. The picture of it green is right after acclimation. The polyps were all retracted. The brown picture was this afternoon.
What the heck is going on? The polyps have great extension. Maybe this is normal. I've never owned this coral before but my other monti cap and setosa are happy as can be.

Nitrates <2ppm
Phosphates <0.01
Alk 10
Cal 440
Mag 1400

 

[Zen685]

The brown polyps mean a happy spongodes. Blast it with a turkey baster to make the polyps retract and it will turn green again. I have a large colony in my tank and it fluctuates from brown to green with the flow.

 

[mcgyvr]

OMG it looks....... normal..

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3354+3415&pcatid=3415

 

[Jwheld]

OMG it looks....... normal..

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3354+3415&pcatid=3415

Whew!! Overreacting SPS newbie.

 

[Jwheld]

The spongodes has colored back up nicely and is very happy!

Until I got this coral, I had no idea corals could lose color so quickly.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=11032&pictureid=77965