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I have had this leptastrea for a few months. It was encrusting in a spot that I didn't like so I moved it. It has been in its new place for about 1 month already. I noticed recently that its skeleton between the polyps, is turning a light green color. It still is completely brown in most spots but the green is spreading.
I saw a few pictures of leptastrea online with green skeletons. Is what mine doing normal? It definitely gets more intense light in the new spot, which could explain the lighter color. The "green" parts are not scrapable, they do not look like algae to me.
Do they actually change color due to lighting? Or have I messed up and it now is getting outcompeted by algae?
I startled it to take the picture below, this is not how it normally looks, it is retracted now. You can see the formation of some green lines on its brown skeleton:
I saw a few pictures of leptastrea online with green skeletons. Is what mine doing normal? It definitely gets more intense light in the new spot, which could explain the lighter color. The "green" parts are not scrapable, they do not look like algae to me.
Do they actually change color due to lighting? Or have I messed up and it now is getting outcompeted by algae?
I startled it to take the picture below, this is not how it normally looks, it is retracted now. You can see the formation of some green lines on its brown skeleton: