Gaping mouth on euphyllia

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A couple heads on my euphyllia colonies have gaping mouths. It almost looks like they are turning inside out. Should I be concerned or is this possibly a normal sign before splitting? I'm pretty new to LPS so any thoughts are appreciated. One head started about a week ago and the other in the past 2 days.
As of yesterday, parameters measured with Salifert kits.
Alk-7.7dkh
Ca-445
Mg-1340
Temp 77.9
pH 8.41
Will try and test po4 and Nitrates with Red Sea kit tomorrow.

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That bottom picture looks like a split. They look healthy and your water is great. How long have you had them?
 
I've had them both for a little more than a year. I also saw similar mouth in my octosopawn but I could also see a figure eight shape so I was pretty sure that it was splitting and now it has nearly completed the split and mouth is back to normal, but never got to the point of first photo.
 

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any update on what happen?
one of mine is doing the same
 

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