Polyp Colour

[MammothReefer]

Random question. Polyp colour, when I first got this piece (it was wild) it was almost white w/blue polyps. Over time it did it's "hey I'm wild and I hate your tank" deal.. where it turned brown, and now it's finally colouring back up correctly. The piece is I'd say 75-90% white. (not bleached..but white) I'll take some pics tonight. However the polyps are still brown. Has anybody noticed any patterns or tricks linking to Polyp colour in Acropora?

 

[flyyyguy]

It really can just vary from system to system

for instance, cali tort- I have tons of the stuff. In one system the bpolyps are the same deep blue as the body, in another the polyps are green. I can move a piece of the coral from one tank to the other and within a month, the polyps will turn the same as the rest in that system. I run the systems the same with the same lighting.

I can think of many more examples. I would say though that in your case above, as long as everythingis happy you can prolly expect to lose that brown color in the polyps eventually. wild corals can take a long time to transition to what they want to be, and it surely isnt going to be brown especially since youve already seen it otherwise.

That is the best/funnest thing about wild corals. First, not killing them, then watching them turn brown and then color up to who knows what.

 

[MammothReefer]

ya for sure, I was wondering since the body (skin) colour is back to where it was when I first got it, and I'm really hoping the polyps will follow suit. A White acro w/brown polyps is hmm..interesting...a white acro with neon blue polyps is amazing.