Is possible that coral's polyp grows faster than its zooxanthellae?

[Blake423]

Hi,


I feed frozen brine shrimp to my fishes about 2 to 3 times each week. Every times when I feed my fishes, I also feed brine shrimp to my frogspawn and green hammer.
My hammer grows from 2 heads to 3 heads now and color is consistent.
The frogspawn also grows bigger, but the color is thinner now.

Let's assume lighting is ok, is it possible that frogspawn's polyp grows faster than its zooxanthellae so the color gets thinner?
What's your experiences about frogspawn/hammer's polyp growth and color?

Thanks

 

[blaxsun]

Maybe. I have 5 or 6 hammers and growth is quite different on all of them.