Ghost of a Coral

[Fish Brain]

While cleaning my tank today, I found an Acan that I might have forgotten about. I took it out of the frag rack with the intention to mount it to a disk but forgot all about it. I found it in a very shaded part of the tank. The interesting thing is that, it is pure white and still alive.

Has anyone seen anything like this and will it get it's color back, or am I going to kill it putting it back into the light?



Pic was taken at night, with the lights off, to show the feeders out. I did spot feed it some reef chili tonight.




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[MatteZ]

I had something similar happen. i killed it when i moved it into the light. after the fact i figured out i should of gradually moved it back into light

 

[dnov99]

It'll recover. Just place it in very low light and gradually move it back into more light. Feeding will speed the recovery...

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

It'll recover. Just place it in very low light and gradually move it back into more light. Feeding will speed the recovery...

+1. I have had success doing it this way.

 

[Rwc]

Had it happen to some zoas,lost all pigment and never gained it back even after moving them back into light. Good luck tho, looks like they have good polyp extention