Octospawn bleaching? Or something else?

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Is the Octospawn on the left in front bleaching? To give a little more background, when I first got this coral, it already had very light polyps mixed and splotched in, almost like a splatter type effect going on. But now seemingly overnight it’s like a perfect 50/50 light/dark split, right down the middle. Picture doesn’t show it best but it’s not actually clear, there’s still a baby blue tint to it and a neon yellow/green undertone to it. So it didn’t go ghost white like it traditionally would if it bleached. This almost seems like some type of split, although I’ve never seen a rapid color change like this after a split. What also makes bleaching iffy is the fact that a few weeks before this, I actually turned light intensity DOWN, not up. Was running at 50% for the longest, now it’s only 40%. So there was no recent light increase that would have potentially scorched it. All other Euphyllia in the tank are looking normal like they usually do, all pictured as well.

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