Cyphastrea blowing a bubble?

WhiteAsRice · Jan 27, 2020

Good day all,

Wondering if anyone has any info on what the heck is going on here!?

Many thanks in advance, cheers!

S.Pepper · Jan 27, 2020

I'd like to know. I'm getting ready to purchase several cyphastrea… they'll be my first.

WhiteAsRice · Jan 28, 2020

Noticed a couple days ago, has been growing slowly every day... it's almost see through haha

HOOPDEEZ · Jan 28, 2020

Hmm I’ve had cyphastrea grow over bubble algae but I haven’t seen it expand like that before. Maybe it grew over some other organism that is making it pop out.

samnaz · Jan 28, 2020

Hard to say. It looks almost like a sponge. Is that even possible though? Doesn’t seem like it would be.

S.Pepper · Jan 28, 2020

still a mystery. someone on R2R must have the answer.

Leadfooted · Jan 28, 2020

I have skittle bomb on my glass. Over the course of a few months it also developed similar bubble shape. The difference, mine was on the glass and you could see it was actually an air bubble under it. We thought it was the oddest thing for air to be trapped and actually expand under the coral skin. I know we took pics of it, I'll try to find one. Not positive yours is just an air bubble but it's possible.

fishguy242 · Jan 28, 2020

i would love to know,never seen,learn something new every day

WhiteAsRice · Jan 28, 2020

I assumed it was air but theres no where for it to have gotten under the skin of the coral, it's been glued to the same rock for months. Unless something burrowed up through the rock, the plug, and now is under the skin? Super weird