What's wrong with this Red Planet?

[chinatown]

I've gotten this frag now for about 2 weeks. The first picture is the 1st day and the 2nd picture is from today. There are some new polyps growing on the white base but what is wrong with it? And why is it white?

There are some growth since it grew over the plug already. Should I be worried?

 

[THEDLO]

hey if its growing all is well. be worried when u dont see the polyps

 

[chinatown]

i'm concerned about the white coloration. it seems to be spreading on the base.

 

[THEDLO]

dont be sps will retract their polyps fist then start bleaching, urs seem fine, is i white all around?

 

[chinatown]

yea, its white all around the base.

 

[THEDLO]

hmm weird. lol still dont worry its obviously healthy. i dont have a red planet so im not sure how they grow, as i said when the polyps go AWOL the worry love ur tank fyi

 

[pecan2phat]

Usually the tips may sport white colored tips which is an indication of rapid growth or energy/metabolism concentrated on growth but I've never seen where the base is white.
The ORA Red Planets normally have a green base which will be eventually obscured by the red coralites.

 

[chinatown]

thanks dlo, and warren, u can see the there's some white tip as well on top. guess i'll just wait and see if it'll color up.