RPE morph to "blue people eater"

[mano1192]

One of my RPE's cam off a frag of a couple polyps and I superglued it to another frag disc and it turned blue over night! I thaught the glue must have contaminated the zoo and it was gunna die, but lo and behold its multiplying

original color:


new color:

U can see the same mouth in the center even tho it has lost some of its neon green color.

Anyone seen this before?

 

[twon8]

that is a different polyp, likely it was amongst the rpe's, polyps don't change that dramatically overnight

 

[hexedagain]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9875695#post9875695 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
that is a different polyp, likely it was amongst the rpe's, polyps don't change that dramatically overnight

That's what I was thinking, and agree it must have been in with the others, or have come from somewhere else in the tank.
Two totally different polyps.
Not knocking you at all, that is just a drastic change for overnight.

 

[RobSW1]

i dont think its possible for a zoa to turn from red to blue overnight, and i highly doubt it could double it skirt lengnth in that time period.

 

[Amazon4]

That's the first thing I noticed, the much longer skirt. Must have been in there before.

 

[DaveJ]

The 2nd photo is the colony behind the one the first photo. You can see the 1st colony in the foreground of the 2nd photo. Maybe he posted the wrong photos.....

 

[ReefFiend]

Good eye DaveJ.... Must have two many frags on your hands and can't keep track of them. :lol:

 

[edwing206]

Maybe he got confused.

 

[Peter Eichler]

Someone needs to lay off the cervezas.

 

[mano1192]

no that is the same exact polyp, and yes the skirt has become longer than the original RPE. Once I glued it on to the new frag disc it shrank down and when it came back out a day later it was the bluer color. I thaught it had a bad reaction to the superglue and it was going to die thats why it changed color, but it is actually spawning other polyps. No need to be rude, I have not mixed up the pictures, this is what happened and im asking for opinions as to why this has happened.

 

[keefsama2003]

Based on the 2 pictures they arent the same polyps

you can see in pic 1 the background is whats highlighted in pic 2

and in pic 2 you can see a blurry representation of pic 1.

not the same coral its 2 different

 

[mfinn]

zoanthids just don't change colors like that overnight.

 

[gflat65]

Let us see the undersides... Zoas don;t change species and that is pretty easy to tell on Z. gigantus. I'm with everyone else. Zoas don't changes species, overnight or otherwise... The two shots show both zoas. The first has the RPE's in the forground and the bluish ones behind it. In the second, the RPE's are in the foreground and the bluish ones are centered. You're not gonna win this one...

 

[mano1192]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9887603#post9887603 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gflat65
Let us see the undersides... Zoas don;t change species and that is pretty easy to tell on Z. gigantus. I'm with everyone else. Zoas don't changes species, overnight or otherwise... The two shots show both zoas. The first has the RPE's in the forground and the bluish ones behind it. In the second, the RPE's are in the foreground and the bluish ones are centered. You're not gonna win this one...

Ok I obviously was not clear enough in my initial post as to what happened. I had 3-4 RPE's on one frag disc, one polyp came off and was floating in the tank, I took that one and glued it to ANOTHER frag disc, that is why there are 2 small colonies in pictures, the original group and the new polyp which has been multiplying. You all misunderstood me, I was NOT saying a whole colony turned blue overnight, just one polyp.

I will put both colonies at same depth in tank and try to get a good macro shot of both in same picture. Looking underneath the polyp is the best idea Ive heard so far, I will see if I can find any differences.

I personally have made hundreds of frags and used almost everytype of superglue/epoxy known to man and have never seen a coral have such a adverse reaction to superglue like this before.

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

I'm trying to find this blue polyp, but what we were talking about above is how both pics have both frags in them.

 

[msman825]

blue people eaters, Humm pruty catchy

 

[mano1192]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9888949#post9888949 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jon in SW Ohio
I'm trying to find this blue polyp, but what we were talking about above is how both pics have both frags in them.

Listen I said it happend overnight not last night, thats why there are 5+ polyps of blues. Yes that colony of blues was started from a single RPE polyp, like I've been trying to say the whole time. Here is a better pic with both zoos, you can see the mouth is identical, but the skirt has started to get longer than the original RPE.



Here are some closeups, sorry the pics arent the best Im still learing how to use my macro lens.

 

[Peter Eichler]

What makes you so sure it wasn't just another type of zoanthid that was hitchhiking with your RPE?

 

[twon8]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9891205#post9891205 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Peter Eichler
What makes you so sure it wasn't just another type of zoanthid that was hitchhiking with your RPE?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9875695#post9875695 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
that is a different polyp, likely it was amongst the rpe's, polyps don't change that dramatically overnight

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9888475#post9888475 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mano1192
Ok I obviously was not clear enough in my initial post as to what happened. I had 3-4 RPE's on one frag disc, one polyp came off and was floating in the tank, I took that one and glued it to ANOTHER frag disc,

i understood what you meant, but i still say it wasn't an rpe, though it certainly might have been on the rpe rock. i have seen gpe/rpe rocks come in. that fact that this polyp was floating around the tank means you can't be certain where it came from.

zoas/palys can morph dramatically depending on tank conditions, but they don't morph that quickly, we're talking weeks not hours

 

[mano1192]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9891282#post9891282 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by twon8
that fact that this polyp was floating around the tank means you can't be certain where it came from.

Actually I am certain where it came from so dont speculate on things you cant possibly know, it just makes you sound ignorant.

The thread was started to see if anyone has experienced corals changing color due to using superglue. If you have nothing to contribute than dont post.