I finally ordered an aquabiomics test today. Will update when I have results.
Seems like there is a lot of this going around right now. From everything I've read, it sounds like there are a few possibilities for this bubbling and/or tuliping of polyps.
Here is my thoughts on results and course of action.
1: SCTLD Positive. ----> Treat with Cipro or Amoxicillin.
SCTLD negative:----> Send out ICP for possible contaminants. Treat as necessary.
2:Suspect larval trematode (Some type of fluke or flatworm) ----> Ivermectin? Or some other type of anti-parasitic. Tank has already been treated recently for bugs with interceptor.
3:Give up and just let whatever happens, happen....
I'm not really sure what causes this, seems to start from some kind of stress, and proliferate from carbon dosing + possibly amino? Who knows?? Anyway, When I would put an infected frag in a friends system, the bubbling would completey stop and the Coral would look normal in 6 weeks or so. For me, this ruled out a parasite, and if out was bacterial then his system did not sustain this bubbling bacteria if that's a thing.
At the time I had this happing all over in a nano SPS tank. I was in the middle of a move and completely started the nano over with new water + same rock scrubbed of algae. Anything with bubble growth stopped and started growing again. I haven't carbon dosed since then and no aminos. All corals now transferred over to a 200g and growing bubble-free
First few pics from the summer, last few pics now.