Favia swelling

[LoneWolfReefer]

I have a prism favia and a yellow sub favia that have spots of swelling going on. Is this a disease? Parameter issue?

Both favias were close to a large torch and within range of sweeper tentacles. My initial thought was that it was a response to being stung by the torch and so I moved them. It has been several weeks since.

Parameters were less than ideal for a month or so. Alk dropped down to 6 and calcium down to around ~300. Both parameters have since been corrected. I wouldn’t say there was a parameter “swing” because the levels decreased over time. All other corals- acros, euphyllia, gonis, acans are doing fine.

Ph 8.2
Alk 8
Ca 420
Mag 1300
Salinity 1.025

No3 0-1 (low)
Po4 0-.01 (low) and as a result dealing with a minor amphidium flare up.

 

[Lavey29]

They don't look bad but little unusual for the swelling. You already know your numbers are off a bit. I keep my favias mid tank in 200 par. Maybe those polyps are pregnant and bunch of baby polyps getting ready to hatch.

 

[LoneWolfReefer]

They don't look bad but little unusual for the swelling. You already know your numbers are off a bit. I keep my favias mid tank in 200 par. Maybe those polyps are pregnant and bunch of baby polyps getting ready to hatch.

Interesting Is that how it works? What are the terms or what should I google to learn more about this?

 

[LoneWolfReefer]

Extra-tentacular budding possibly?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Here’s what I've found on coral bubbling:

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
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):

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
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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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.

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I’ve never seen it like this before. What does it mean?

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[LoneWolfReefer]

Here’s what I've found on coral bubbling:

Thanks for all the information! High lighting could be the issue in this case.. I’ll see about moving them to a shadier spot and decreasing UV

 

[encrustingacro]

Extra-tentacular budding possibly?

No, not extracalicular budding. Extracalicular budding looks like this: