Zoa semi clear after blackout?

[JediCruz]

Immediately after a 3 day blackout some of my zoas, especially my Pandoras, turned from a brown color (would only show more color under full actinic) to clear where the more subtle colors remain. Zoazanthelle got expelled maybe? I kinda like the color but I don’t know if it good. Below are before and after.

Pandora and Mohawk before

After

Unknown zoa

After

 

[blaxsun]

They definitely look better.

 

[RedFrog211]

Yeah, they were just stress without the light and expelled zooxanthellae. Give them a couple days - a week, it’ll return! I always love how clean the tank is after a black out

 

[JediCruz]

Yeah, they were just stress without the light and expelled zooxanthellae. Give them a couple days - a week, it’ll return! I always love how clean the tank is after a black out

I actually don’t want that brown to come back, lol. I hated the way the pandoras looked. Way too brown. I was thinking of removing them eventually. But now I like them.