Identify coral and possible problem

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Good morning all,
new to the hobby and forum. My wife stopped by the lfs and picked up some coral. I believe what she purchased was favities coral. It seems to be doing pretty well. Sweepers come out, color looks good, and I've been target feeding it twice a week. This morning I've woken up and it has a mound growing on it. Is this bad? Any help would be appreciated!
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Sorry, yes it is the same color. Hopefully this picture will help!
 

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Looks to be a war coral. Which is a type of favites.
 
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Thank you that's what I was leaning towards but needed confirmation. Any insight on the bump growing up on it?
 

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It doesn't look bad, I'd keep an eye on it but I think it's probably ok, almost looks like where the original plug may have been but if you didn't notice it before then probably not the case
 

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