Coral Bleaching? And What Is This Coral?

EvanStagnaro

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Hello!
I have a hard coral that I got from a LFS about 8-10 months ago. I honestly do not remember exactly what this coral is, and would appreciate some help in IDing it. It is also starting to bleach from the inside out it looks like. I have had 0 changes to my tank besides add a couple additional pieces of coral within the past 2 weeks, but this has started in the past 24-36 hours. It started as a smaller reddish dot in the middle and quickly grew. Any ideas as to what is happening? Lights have not changes at all. Please help! Do I need to move it? This coral has grown quite a bit in my ownership of it, so im confused on what is happening now. I added the best photos I could get, one with it under white light as well.
Thank you so much in advance!

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Looks like a Monti cap, however i have not seen them in that blue dotted pattern could be meteor shower cyphestra! It’s definitely an encrusting type of coral by the looks of it, and most likely a bacterial infection!
 
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