Question: Coral Color Maturation!

Salty_Taste · Mar 9, 2023

Hi Everyone,

I've attempted to see if there were any previous threads on this topic but found no luck. Curious to learn more about color maturation in corals as they grow.
We hear about corals losing color due to light intensity and what not, but I want to go a different route and see what corals are out there that GAIN color as they grow.

FOR EXAMPLE:
- Jawbreakers (Gain green/ red/ purple with age)
- CC Solar Flare Acan (Gain Crazy color / patterns with age)
-WWC OG Rainbow Blasto? (Black comes in with time? NOT SURE)

Please share if you know any other types of corals that gain color over time.
Pictures are always appreciated.

Saltyreef · Mar 9, 2023

This is a huge trait of lots of mushrooms and zoas in my experience.
Patterns and colors.

Salty_Taste · Mar 9, 2023

Saltyreef said:
This is a huge trait of lots of mushrooms and zoas in my experience.
Patterns and colors.

Any specific mushrooms or zoa that gain color over time? Would love to look them up! Haven't came across any other zoa that gain more color.

Saltyreef · Mar 9, 2023

Salty_Taste said:
Any specific mushrooms or zoa that gain color over time? Would love to look them up! Haven't came across any other zoa that gain more color.

I think its more of a morph to certain colors under certain conditions and maturity.

The paly in my avatar photo i hardly ever see with this pattern and when i first got them they had baby blue and orange in them.

Flaming mohicans gain green on their skirts when they are happy. Otherwise the green turns black.

Something like a beanbag yuma when its small and large....
The patterns change and colors like the green will fade.

Also something like an og bounce. The bubbles start to form new colorations. Start as solid green and can gain all the other colors of the algae to make quite the lovely multicolored bounce bubble.

I also forgot about sps that colors as it matured and rainbow chalices that gain color as they mature too.