Zoa's Transformation

[mkutsch]

Hello, everyone! I am here with an...unexpected change to one of my lower end zoas. I have had my green skirted orange centered polyps for a very long time, and I was surprised when one morphed to a color I do not have currently. One would think it was because of being near dragon eyes, but I believe it was due to my pot coral, because of the fact I do not have any. What do you guys think?

Current nano tank:

 

[mkutsch]

P.S.-
The zoa all the way in the front I just got from Bob in Milford's main tank--great guy. Anyway, I say this because the transformation happened more than 3 days ago, so this was not the culprit, but it is pretty cool:

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Not at full color yet but hope it doesn't melt!

 

[A. grandis]

Yes, it morphed because of the Goniopora.

Grandis.

 

[mkutsch]

Oh? How long does it stay? See, I haven't had many corals morph...

 

[A. grandis]

Only God knows.
If you remove from close to the Goniopora it could come back to normal, or not. It could darken a bit but stay different...

Grandis.

 

[mkutsch]

Ahh, that's too bad-
Thanks!

 

[Macdaddynick1]

zoas do that sometimes, it will come back to normal, these zoas in particular light a lot of light ,

 

[mkutsch]

Dang, they looked way better..:.

 

[NanoDJS]

your midas zoas started to brown out because of over light exposure , which affects the zooxanthellae turning them brown instead of the "color" it was showing they are a deeper water polyp, I see that you had midas / spongebobs on that plug so I would guess its a frag from aquaculture in fiji , those are about 15- 30 ft deep when growing