I need some help with this Acanthophyllia

[Gaufl]

Hey there!
A few months ago, i bought a Superman Acanthophyllia from my LFS as a rescue.

It was completely shrunken in and the mouth was gaping, showing the skeleton.
I was quite sure it was a goner, but it recovered quite nicely.

The mouth closed after about a week and it began feeding.

The last weeks, it has developed a really strange bubble on one side. Been that way for 3 weeks now.

So what should I do? Pop the bubble or let it be? It is still eating and inflating/deflating

Thank you for your help!
Greetings,
Flo

 

[Mjrenz]

Hey there!
A few months ago, i bought a Superman Acanthophyllia from my LFS as a rescue.

It was completely shrunken in and the mouth was gaping, showing the skeleton.
I was quite sure it was a goner, but it recovered quite nicely.

The mouth closed after about a week and it began feeding.

The last weeks, it has developed a really strange bubble on one side. Been that way for 3 weeks now.

So what should I do? Pop the bubble or let it be? It is still eating and inflating/deflating

Thank you for your help!
Greetings,
Flo

I don't think I'd pop it but I think @DSC reef may have some good advice for you

 

[DSC reef]

I've never seen that before, I'd definitely would not pop it as that could cause a possible infection in the coral.

 

[Cody Paulsen]

Never seen anything like that before. I would definitely not pop it. How long did it take to grow to that size?

 

[Gaufl]

Never seen anything like that before. I would definitely not pop it. How long did it take to grow to that size?

Okay, I will not pop that thing.
It took around 2 weeks to grow that large. Since about one week, the size is holding steady.

 

[Cody Paulsen]

Very strange, as with everything in this hobby, I'd monitor it and see if it heals over time.

 

[Purplelobst92]

Hey there!
A few months ago, i bought a Superman Acanthophyllia from my LFS as a rescue.

It was completely shrunken in and the mouth was gaping, showing the skeleton.
I was quite sure it was a goner, but it recovered quite nicely.

The mouth closed after about a week and it began feeding.

The last weeks, it has developed a really strange bubble on one side. Been that way for 3 weeks now.

So what should I do? Pop the bubble or let it be? It is still eating and inflating/deflating

Thank you for your help!
Greetings,
Flo

its starting to bounce! jk i kid that looks problematic to say the least, probably some sort of infection or perhaps its budding off a new polyp don't know I've never seen that before.

 

[Gaufl]

its starting to bounce! jk i kid that looks problematic to say the least, probably some sort of infection or perhaps its budding off a new polyp don't know I've never seen that before.

Yeah! A bounce Acanthophyllia! Anyone interested for just 5000 bucks?

I will just wait and see, never heard of sth. like that happening. I've seen it with Euphyllia (when sprouting new Polyps), but I thought that was unlikely with Acanthophyllia.

Greetings,
Flo

 

[Purplelobst92]

Yeah! A bounce Acanthophyllia! Anyone interested for just 5000 bucks?

I will just wait and see, never heard of sth. like that happening. I've seen it with Euphyllia (when sprouting new Polyps), but I thought that was unlikely with Acanthophyllia.

Greetings,
Flo

lol!