Acan grafted/morphed?

[Hamm Corals]

Had this orange red acan in my tank for many years now, just noticed some gren start to come in on a couple heads/polyps. Anyone had this happen before?

 

[VintageReefer]

Had this orange red acan in my tank for many years now, just noticed some gren start to come in on a couple heads/polyps. Anyone had this happen before?

Acans, usually wild caught ones, can change colors in home tanks. Typically what’s sold as rainbow acans, lose their color and turn solid red. I have read stories of them regaining the original colors in time - but it takes a lot of time. Many months or even years. Possibly that’s what’s happening to yours - regaining true color

 

[DexterKarin]

Acans, usually wild caught ones, can change colors in home tanks. Typically what’s sold as rainbow acans, lose their color and then solid red. I have read stories of them regaining the original colors in time - but it takes a lot of time. Many months or even years. Possibly that’s what’s happening to yours - regaining true cor

Interesting. My rainbow can turned red and now after 18 months is showing rainbow colors again.

 

[Hamm Corals]

After talking to some people I think what happened is that it got infected by the zooxanthele from the green acan that was next to it where they were touching.

 

[thamnasteroid]

protein "infection" prolly