I've had this lobo for almost the lifetime of my tank. It went in probably too early in the display as it was in during the ugly face of my 350 gallon display. It was a tiny less than 1 inch frag of a lobo from a fellow reefer. It wasn't doing anything in their tank so, they let me have it. Now 3 years later.. I think it's splitting or has a really weird growth pattern... It has grown 2 more loops of flesh in a circular pattern and looks closed up all the time, but, hasn't grown much skeletal support that I can tell. I think this is all good and I think it just needs more time to put down more skeleton as it expands. . .
Here's a before picture from over 2 years ago and from today. I'd say it's added about 3-4 inches in flesh. Maybe an inch or inch and a half per year? Is that normal for a lobo? I adore the coral now because it's growing in such a strange pattern. It's the little lobo that could. . .
Is each droopy section a new mouth? The center is where the old mouth used to be and it's pinched shut by flesh and now it has 3 droopy sections all circular shaped as shown. The original was one round 1/2" to 3/4" circular mouth.
Original:
Now as of today 5/17/2021:
Here's a before picture from over 2 years ago and from today. I'd say it's added about 3-4 inches in flesh. Maybe an inch or inch and a half per year? Is that normal for a lobo? I adore the coral now because it's growing in such a strange pattern. It's the little lobo that could. . .
Is each droopy section a new mouth? The center is where the old mouth used to be and it's pinched shut by flesh and now it has 3 droopy sections all circular shaped as shown. The original was one round 1/2" to 3/4" circular mouth.
Original:
Now as of today 5/17/2021: