Strange growth?

[jjoos99]

I have this piece that I have had for years. Not a lot of growth out of it but the coloration of it is pretty unique. Over the last six months or so it has started this funny growth in the middle that seems to be slowly encasing one of the branches. Almost looks like a smooth blob without any polyps. Seems to be taking on some of the green color of the coral. Can anyone tell me what it might be?
Thanks
Jeff

 

[jjoos99]

I guess no one has seen this before? I am half tempted to take a pick to it and see if it comes loose from the coral or if it is attached.
Jeff

 

[Piper27]

What on Earth? Looks like it's the same corals flesh with no polyps like you said. Or a frag of something else? Does it connect tissue with the acro like it's all one piece? It's flesh looks to have pigments in it shining through like it could be another coral or the same coral. So it started from nothing and grew like this on the frag that grew on that plug? How long has this taken? I would guess it's the same coral since there is no war going on or filaments extended from the edge. Try and get a better picture of just that area so we can see it better. I wouldn't cut it out just yet. If it's another coral it could be grafting colors to the acro or the other way around.

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Odd for sure. Im seeing smooth blue growth on a green acro. Maybe for some reason like lighting or flow it has decided to encrust more and it just so happens the new growth is in the middle of the coral. New growth made be blue and that would be cool, that bright green with deep blue growth. Sps are weird about how long they take to get happy and start growing and coloring up, as well as where that new growth will start on the coral.

 

[jjoos99]

I just broke part of the growth off and it is calcified so it's stony in nature. The growth was overtaking the branch that was in the middle, surrounding it but it didnt look like the tissue were merging with each other. The odd part is if it was new encrustation there was no polyps what so ever and all the other encrustation does have polyps. Ill be curious to see what grows back.
Jeff

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Keep updating on it.