Bubbles
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I think it can happen on any hard coral as I have seen it on various specimens not always acros and not usually this pronounced. The skin of the "bubbles" is coral flesh and it seems to not hurt a thing if you just let it be and let it subside on its own
Stanley-Reefer
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The Zeovit literature I have says to check you Ca+ if your polyps bubble. High Ca+?
Superstretch18
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My first thought was polyp bailout, but I can't say I've ever seen an acro do it before. When this has happened before, to the bubbles deflate or detatch?
It actually has nothing to do with the polyps as far as I can tell. It is the flesh of the coral itself. They seem to just subside and go away, although a few weeks ago some guy posted that his bubbled and then rtn''d. He never posted pics and I am guessing in his case he mistook the rtn in the first place for bubbles and wasnt talking about the same thing. he never did post pics
I have never noticed any of the common paramters we keep track of being related, and if you leave it alone, new arms seem to sprout where the bubbles were in time sometimes
The first time I ever saw it was coincidientally aroung the time I had just realized I had aefw's years ago. I picked the crap out of it.......and "popped" the bubbles thinking they may have been related. A new arm sprouted there too eventually
I have never noticed any of the common paramters we keep track of being related, and if you leave it alone, new arms seem to sprout where the bubbles were in time sometimes
The first time I ever saw it was coincidientally aroung the time I had just realized I had aefw's years ago. I picked the crap out of it.......and "popped" the bubbles thinking they may have been related. A new arm sprouted there too eventually
29reef
It's all about the flow
I've watched a milli do this as well, it eventually subsided and never seemed to affect coral health. flyyyguy- Do yours inflate and deflate? My thought is that it has something to do with an excess of ____(not sure yet) and the coral tissue inflates itsself with water. Mushroom corals sometimes will have a similar issue where the tissues inflate in a bubble like manor.
acrylic_300
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I had a German Blue Polyp Digi do that....I fraged it and scraped the area then epoxied the area face down to a rock.
A year later it showed back up creeping out from under the epoxy and started spreading...the coral didn't seem to be bothered by it; however, I tossed it just in case.
A year later it showed back up creeping out from under the epoxy and started spreading...the coral didn't seem to be bothered by it; however, I tossed it just in case.
this thread is typical of all of the ones before it 
many guesses as to what it could be based on individuals experiences with it and what we have read, but nobody really knows what it is, nor what causes it
It seems it can be triggered by multiple circumstances, unless all of the multiple circumstances are purely coincidental and we all have just encountered the same thing in which we are unaware
To add another "guess", it seems when I have been bumping my magnesium levels a little agressively it happens, and that is the only thing I could think of in this instance, and at least one of the times before. I doubt that is really it though
no....it comes...stays for a week or two and disappears
many guesses as to what it could be based on individuals experiences with it and what we have read, but nobody really knows what it is, nor what causes it
It seems it can be triggered by multiple circumstances, unless all of the multiple circumstances are purely coincidental and we all have just encountered the same thing in which we are unaware
To add another "guess", it seems when I have been bumping my magnesium levels a little agressively it happens, and that is the only thing I could think of in this instance, and at least one of the times before. I doubt that is really it though
no....it comes...stays for a week or two and disappears
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acrylic_300
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I was also bumping Magnesium when it reappeared. Actually it happened yesterday.
My Mag had dropped below 1000 and I raised it to 1300 over a two day period.
It reappeared on the same coral in the same general area....a year later.
My Mag had dropped below 1000 and I raised it to 1300 over a two day period.
It reappeared on the same coral in the same general area....a year later.
scaryperson27
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Did you check your salinity? Magnesium will raise salinity.
Paramecium
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I had the same thing happen on a Pokerstar Monti. Went away in a few days.
reefsahoy
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15264493#post15264493 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flyyyguy
this thread is typical of all of the ones before it
many guesses as to what it could be based on individuals experiences with it and what we have read, but nobody really knows what it is, nor what causes it
It seems it can be triggered by multiple circumstances, unless all of the multiple circumstances are purely coincidental and we all have just encountered the same thing in which we are unaware
To add another "guess", it seems when I have been bumping my magnesium levels a little agressively it happens, and that is the only thing I could think of in this instance, and at least one of the times before. I doubt that is really it though
no....it comes...stays for a week or two and disappears
How about a full detail of your water parameters so we can try to eliminate some of the guesses? this is indeed interesting. I know the parameters is a snap shot in time but that's what we'd have to go by.
My parameters are perfect like everybody elses...except for every now and then when they arent
I will just add that while these bubbles were a little more "bubbly" than I have seen in the past and why I even took a pic in the first place........Since then I have also noticed bubbles on a tenius, a miami orchid and a austera besides the one I posted here. The bubbles still remain, although not quite so pronounced.
Whatever I did, it surely got a relevant reaction in several species. I have never seen it happen to this many at once nor last this long.
Maybe its just as simple as acro herpes. And my tank simply has VD
??
reefsahoy
I can see thru you!
are you dosing anything? vodka? bacteria of some sorts? vitamins? anything at all?<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15371965#post15371965 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flyyyguy
My parameters are perfect like everybody elses...except for every now and then when they arent
I will just add that while these bubbles were a little more "bubbly" than I have seen in the past and why I even took a pic in the first place........Since then I have also noticed bubbles on a tenius, a miami orchid and a austera besides the one I posted here. The bubbles still remain, although not quite so pronounced.
Whatever I did, it surely got a relevant reaction in several species. I have never seen it happen to this many at once nor last this long.
Maybe its just as simple as acro herpes. And my tank simply has VD
??
