Help with my Candy Cane please

[Chameleon]

Hello,
I a curious about my candy cane. I got it a few months ago and it was 3 large polyps. The polyps were very large and it almost looked like a brain coral or lobo or something. Now just two months later it has 14 polyps all in the size range of a dime to a quarter.
Any ideas why it jumped from a few large polyps to many small polyps in such a short time frame?
Its been two months or so.
Thanks
-Cham

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Sounds like it could be a lighting issue. Typically a "polyp" of a coral will expand in search for light or retract when there is too much.

What lighting was it under when you purchased it and then what is it under now?

 

[Chameleon]

Not sure what is was under before, but now its under diy leds. They are really bright...maybe too bright? I have frogspawn at the same height and they are doing great. Acros and monti are just a bit higher and are doing great too. sorry I dont have a par meter. The candy cane does look happy though...not as if it were hurt by too much light. it has grown quite a bit as well. I dont think its unhappy, but who knows...im not really a coral psychologist...lol. so you think its a lighting issue? is it something I should be concerned with? Thanks for they thoughts rev

 

[Reef Breeders Verified Sponsor]

I have mine under really high lighting, and the highly lit half is pretty much a big bubble of tissue, that will occassionally drop a head. The other half looks normal.

 

[Chameleon]

interesting

 

[Reef Breeders Verified Sponsor]

Its cool but it looks real ugly

 

[Chameleon]

Here are some pics of what it looked like and then 2 and a half months later.
Before:
View attachment 25684
After:

 

[Chameleon]

Not sure if those pics came through:
Before:

After:

 

[TulsaTye]

They look healthy to me, just looks like they are splitting!

 

[allabout]

Yeah, just looks like in the first pic it was getting ready to split. Nice coral!