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Post your parameters. I believe you may have low magnesium?Hello, I have an issue with one of my corals anyone help me figure out why the coral is bubbling out like this?
I've heard the magnesium (and calcium) speculation, but I've also heard of a lot of people refuting that claim (see the bubbling sps disease thread linked in the bottom quote) - other speculated causes are scattered throughout the three quotes below:
They're basically joking that you've either got two corals or a "bounce" acan that would be potentially be valuable.
The only thing I can find on this condition is that it may potentially be caused either by some kind of high lighting (some people say LED's, others UV; it's basically thought to be similar to sunburn reaction in people) or by elevated potassium levels, and it doesn't seem to negatively impact the corals in any way (but the bubbles if popped are prone to infection):
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Flesh bubbles on acan?
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This acanthastrea bowerbanki has developed a large bubble in its tissue. It inflates with water during the day but shrinks back down at night. Any idea what is happening or what this is?Bounce Acans/Micros
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Not really crazy about Bounce Mushrooms but my Acan has a bounce tumor on it and has had it since I got it. Just thought it was interesting with the bounce thing going on. What say you?Bounce Acan? What could be causing this Phenomena???
Never seen a Acan that’s “bounces”... from what I’ve read about bounce mushrooms it could be the light but then again this could be one of those rare occasions...
I don't know if this is related or not, but it reminds me of when corals "bounce" unexpectedly (such as the acans discussed below):
So, it may be high lighting/UV or it may be elevated potassium; I've also heard of this happening to a number of other LPS corals (including different hammers), with suspected potential causes such as: coral starvation/lack of nutrients in tank, coral overfeeding, lack of flow, and toxins and/or activated carbon. No one seems to know for certain what causes it, though, and it doesn't seem to be harmful.
Sick hammer coral help
First post here so hope I found the right forum area. For a few months now my hammer coral has been puffy and I can not figure out why, hoping someone with more experience might be able to help. Chemistry is on from what I can tell- calcium 450, alk 8.4, ph 8.34 on probe, no detection of no3...Swollen torch,hammers,frogspawn
Wondering why they all look swollen Alk 8.6 cal 425 mag 1350 nitrate 10 phos .18 salinity 1.025 temp 78-80 2g4 pros with t5s mp40 mp10 for flowWhy is my hammer all puffy??
I’ve never seen it like this before. What does it mean?Swollen hammer ...
Anyone ever seen anything like this ? I am getting ready for bed, and stopped to take a quick look and seen this. Gotta get up in a few hours for work, so it will probably be tomorrow before I respond.
I've seen a bunch of other corals do this (see below), but I think this is my first time seeing it on a gorgonian; no one seems to know what causes it - it doesn't seem to be particularly harmful (though it can be problematic if the bubble pops), and sometimes it goes away on its own (though it may take months).
Why my arco skin bubble/bounce?
Most of my arco have bubbles under the skin all over the place; and some of my zoa looks like mutated zombie; the plate coral gets star tips, and hammer tips are bloated. Seems some arco become green. I tested the water a while ago but everything on track. Alk around 8.5, Cal around 430 and Mag...Acropora starting to develop fleshy bubbles.. Help!
I need some expert opinions..IDK if this is some type of bacterial infection, and also if It can be cured.This Tank is about four years old. I’ve been successfully keeping acros with no issues until now. Approximately one year ago I placed a few new acro frags into the tank. Three months back I...In addition to the speculated causes above, there's also speculation it may be bacterial or related to excess metals (a more specific toxins guess, essentially).Bubbling SPS disease
I've had this bubbling on the soft tissue of my SPS (both acros and stylophora) for several months now. The bubbles can get pretty large. It seems like it doesn't happen to a lot of SPS keepers but I'm curious if anyone has noticed any remedies to correct it. The corallites of some acros tend...
Me too.
I bet you didn't think about the common use of magnesium for human constipation as a model for my earlier post?
Edit. Wrong emoticon I was/am interested in the op's parameters but I don't know if the "numbers" will explain much of what is shown in the picture. Just looking for some data to catalogue in the casual observation files.
Eventually we may have a real explanation, I do wonder if the bubbling has been documented in the wild? It appears similar to bodily expansion that is common in plate corals and other LPS, so I wonder if it is an attempt to collect food or trace elements or(?) from the environment. But, I don't know myself what we are looking at.
Haha, I definitely did not.Me too.
I bet you didn't think about the common use of magnesium for human constipation as a model for my earlier post?
I was/am interested in the op's parameters but I don't know if the "numbers" will explain much of what is shown in the picture. Just looking for some data to catalogue in the casual observation files.
Eventually we may have a real explanation, I do wonder if the bubbling has been documented in the wild? It appears similar to bodily expansion that is common in plate corals and other LPS, so I wonder if it is an attempt to collect food or trace elements or(?) from the environment. But, I don't know myself what we are looking at.
That's true, the more info we can gather about the condition, the more likely we are to find a cause for it.
I'm not sure, but that's an interesting thought.
