Do zoas change color?

bennycbenny · Sep 30, 2021

Hi everyone,

I’m just getting into corals and I got this small Scrambled Eggs zoa frag from my lfs. When I look up scrabbled egg zoas online, they have blue in them, but mine don’t. So I was wondering if Zoas will change color once they get bigger/more established? Or does this morph just look like this. Attached is a picture. Thanks!

blaxsun · Sep 30, 2021

Only depending on your LED settings. Or when it dies and turns grey/black.

A lot of times zoas will be sold as a certain type, but I've found that this can vary quite a bit from seller to seller.

shadow_k · Sep 30, 2021

bennycbenny said:
Hi everyone,

I’m just getting into corals and I got this small Scrambled Eggs zoa frag from my lfs. When I look up scrabbled egg zoas online, they have blue in them, but mine don’t. So I was wondering if Zoas will change color once they get bigger/more established? Or does this morph just look like this. Attached is a picture. Thanks!

Yes zoas can morph just give it sometime to get established and it will show its true self
I had these brown zoas this was in January

And this is now

saltybees · Sep 30, 2021

The mouth is light blue is it not? They look normal imo, only difference is the light they’re under probably

Hooz · Sep 30, 2021

Yeah. A lot of zoas look very different in white light than they do in blue light.

I think I have some pics of my Scrambled Eggs in both.

Hooz · Sep 30, 2021

White light...

Blue light...

Both pictures used an orange filter.

bennycbenny · Sep 30, 2021

blaxsun said:
Only depending on your LED settings. Or when it dies and turns grey/black.
A lot of times zoas will be sold as a certain type, but I've found that this can vary quite a bit from seller to seller.

I gotcha. Thanks!

bennycbenny · Sep 30, 2021

Hooz said:
White light...

Blue light...

Both pictures used an orange filter.

Ohh okay thanks. They look great!

bennycbenny · Sep 30, 2021

saltybees said:
The mouth is light blue is it not? They look normal imo, only difference is the light they’re under probably

Maybe? It looks grey to me, but might be the lighting as you mentioned. I’ll adjust the setting and see. Thanks

bennycbenny · Sep 30, 2021

shadow_k said:
Yes zoas can morph just give it sometime to get established and it will show its true self
I had these brown zoas this was in January

And this is now

Good to know! Looks good. Thanks

captainbeardly · Sep 30, 2021

bennycbenny said:
Hi everyone,

I’m just getting into corals and I got this small Scrambled Eggs zoa frag from my lfs. When I look up scrabbled egg zoas online, they have blue in them, but mine don’t. So I was wondering if Zoas will change color once they get bigger/more established? Or does this morph just look like this. Attached is a picture. Thanks!

I have had some of mine morph with another set of zoas that were close by