bubble on the pineapple

[fuzz1974]

A buddy posted a pic of my pineapple coral with a bubble in it.

Here is a new pic The bubble seems to be getting bigger.

The rest of the coral seems perfectly fine. My parms are in line and calcium is is 380-400.

I did upgrade lighting from 6-65w PC's to 150w hqi. But the bubble was forming on the coral approx 3-4 weeks before the new lights. Is this anything to worry about? I know about the polyp evacuation, it appears that the coral is attatched to the whole rock. Anyone seen this before, anything I can do to help the situation? Thanks in advance for the info.

Fuzz

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

The coral at some point in time received an injury to that area.. That portion detatched in the injury and now as the coral attempts to inflate for feeding and daily activity the scarred area ballons out because it is no longer affixed to the skeleton... I have seen this happen before

 

[fuzz1974]

So...... anything I can do? Or is time the answer


Fuzz

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

Mine is still that way 2 years later....