Leptostrea - where does the green come from on this one?

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The coral is doing great, am I to assume that some polyps are turning green as it has too much light? The coral is a nice brown shade with light blue "lightning spots/stripes" (not sure how to call them). Again: where does the green come from?

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I dont believe thats lepto. The tenticles are all wrong.
Idk what it is off the top of my head though.
Some sort of hydnophora.....maybe not...
 
It's sort of this thing (web photo):

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...taken from here
 
It is probably just coloring up in your tank. It looks happy.
 
It is probably just coloring up in your tank. It looks happy.
Lol, it does look very happy, not sure why the green polyps. I'm not really worried about it, just thinking if I should do less light.
 
Lol, it does look very happy, not sure why the green polyps. I'm not really worried about it, just thinking if I should do less light.
Maybe it is supposed to have green polyps and spectrum wasn’t right before :)
 
Its very full. Do realize as you mentioned light that the coloration of coral polyps and tissues is dictated by zooxanthellae. By differing the spectral output of our tank lights, we can actually influence the ultimate color/shading of our corals. They require a level of photosynthesis in order to survive. Just as plants convert sunlight to produce chlorophyll, marine animals survive similarly by converting light energy into food and this energy is consumed by zooxanthellae algae which produce by-products that the corals need to survive in a form of symbiotic relationship.
The coral's color is actually that of their hitch-hiking algae adapting to the increases or decreases of ultraviolet and other energy-source factors.
 
Its very full. Do realize as you mentioned light that the coloration of coral polyps and tissues is dictated by zooxanthellae. By differing the spectral output of our tank lights, we can actually influence the ultimate color/shading of our corals. They require a level of photosynthesis in order to survive. Just as plants convert sunlight to produce chlorophyll, marine animals survive similarly by converting light energy into food and this energy is consumed by zooxanthellae algae which produce by-products that the corals need to survive in a form of symbiotic relationship.
The coral's color is actually that of their hitch-hiking algae adapting to the increases or decreases of ultraviolet and other energy-source factors.
The theory behind the green thing makes a lot of sense. Maybe I will move them lower a bit or dim the lights see what happens. The coral has been great so far.
 

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