Mystery bumps on candy cane

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Thanks for taking the time to read my question.

Title pretty much says it.
I've had this candy cane for a couple years & it seems happy as far as I can tell, but I've noticed new bumps in the flesh of some polyps recently.
Anyone have an idea what these might be?


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Tentacles come out at night, polyps get fat when I feed & it seems to be growing, but slowly.
Other corals are growing (fungia, monti, duncan) or same size & healthy (brains, etc.)
Nitrates 2.5 ppm; Phosphorus 39ppb; 11DKH; Ca 360 ppm, & Mg around 1450.
I did recently have a Ca spike (500) & DKH drop (10 DKH) a couple weeks ago.
 

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Its not abnormal especially in the evening when they are seeking food and I see their mouths are ready to eat. This also happens when the tissue gets bumped and it will recede to normal in a couple of days.
 

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