Do I have a Bounce Acro?! :)

[JP&JL]

I'm sure someone has seen this before but I have not so I thought I'd throw this picture out there to get some input. When the ORA Pearlberry frag I got started expanding it's base it also grew a little bubble on it. It is definitely attached to the coral and is not a piece of bubble algae. It is not solid and moves very slightly with flow.

I guess if no one has seen this before I'll lay claim to the first bounce acro! haha
Seriously though any input would be much appreciated as I cannot find anything online about this and I have much curiosity about this little guy

 

[Tahoe61]

Hyperplasia, no definitive cause is known. Could be viral, environmental (elevated mag level, lighting.

 

[JP&JL]

Hyperplasia, no definitive cause is known. Could be viral, environmental (elevated mag level, lighting.

Thanks Tahoe appreciate the response! Gives me a starting point for reading and continuing to learn more

 

[jda]

It can spread and cause damage. It is a bacterial thing. If it gets any worse, then cut the area off and throw it away.

 

[JP&JL]

It can spread and cause damage. It is a bacterial thing. If it gets any worse, then cut the area off and throw it away.

That's concerning, thanks for the response. Would you recommend leaving it alone or is that little bubble something I can remove?

 

[SeaDweller]

That's concerning, thanks for the response. Would you recommend leaving it alone or is that little bubble something I can remove?

It can spread and cause damage. It is a bacterial thing. If it gets any worse, then cut the area off and throw it away.

 

[LARedstickreefer]

It can spread and cause damage. It is a bacterial thing. If it gets any worse, then cut the area off and throw it away.

Glad you said it, I didn’t want to be the first


I had this before on several Acroporas. All of them died. The end was stn for them. The entire coral bubbles up and then stn sets in. Rather than pure white skeleton underneath, I had brownish grey colored skeleton.

 

[JP&JL]

Glad you said it, I didn’t want to be the first


I had this before on several Acroporas. All of them died. The end was stn for them.

lol, I'm glad someone said it as well
Did it spread from one Acro to others? Did you try removing it and they still die afterwards? I have zero issues throwing a frag away if it's not salvageable and runs the risk of infecting others. I do dip my corals too (side note for anyone curious)

 

[LARedstickreefer]

lol, I'm glad someone said it as well
Did it spread from one Acro to others? Did you try removing it and they still die afterwards? I have zero issues throwing a frag away if it's not salvageable and runs the risk of infecting others. I do dip my corals too (side note for anyone curious)

Several Acros did have it. I don’t know that it spread from one to the others though. When I saw it on one, I saw it on the others. I never tried anything to save them because no one knew what it was at the time. I just watched them go...

 

[JP&JL]

Several Acros did have it. I don’t know that it spread from one to the others though. When I saw it on one, I saw it on the others. I never tried anything to save them because no one knew what it was at the time. I just watched them go...

That's a bummer, sorry to hear that and thanks for sharing your experience.

 

[LC8Sumi]

I have similar on my exact same acro. It's been like that for 1.5 years more or less. Sometimes it goes away, sometimes it comes back. This one acro hasn't grown an inch though since putting in my tank.

 

[LARedstickreefer]

I have similar on my exact same acro. It's been like that for 1.5 years more or less. Sometimes it goes away, sometimes it comes back. This one acro hasn't grown an inch though since putting in my tank.

Maybe it’s worth dipping in something like witch hazel?

 

[JP&JL]

Maybe it’s worth dipping in something like witch hazel?

Lol, I've actually been reading about different types of dips out there and did not get to Witch Hazel yet. I was going to watch it for a little bit longer and see how things progress. I hate doing things to the tank not because I'm lazy but the less hands go in tanks the better. In the event it does get worse I'm going to try and use a scalpel to remove and then do a dip of some sort....still deciding for that. The tank is otherwise very healthy and damaged or stressed corals have healed well in it.

 

[JP&JL]

Honestly I'm kind of just going down a giant rabbit hole reading about coral bacterial infections and getting my learn on at this point. My wife is a doctor so we are nerding out on human bacterial infections vs coral bacterial infections

 

[LARedstickreefer]

Lol, I've actually been reading about different types of dips out there and did not get to Witch Hazel yet. I was going to watch it for a little bit longer and see how things progress. I hate doing things to the tank not because I'm lazy but the less hands go in tanks the better. In the event it does get worse I'm going to try and use a scalpel to remove and then do a dip of some sort....still deciding for that. The tank is otherwise very healthy and damaged or stressed corals have healed well in it.

Disclaimer: I’m sort of like the village idiot around here. I’d get a second opinion on anything that you read from me.

BTW - A rabbit hole was the last thing that I remember before getting lost.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

It really looks different than the typical hyperplasia I see. If it’s an actual bubble it’s defiantly different. Hyperplasia normally will for skeleton with the bubbly areas but there is a type that the skin gets bumpy with just a little bubbly coralites too. I wouldn’t worry about it unless it starts forming in other areas. I would defiantly pop it with a needle and scrape away the fleshy part of it is hanging on. Maybe even scrape the area it formed in to promote new healthy growth?
Not all hyperplasia becomes a problem. I had a little bit a while back and it went away over time. Don’t do anything dramatic over it just keep an eye on your acros. I have seen a good bit of hyperplasia in some vendors pictures recently. I asked one about it and they said it hasn’t caused them any problems but who knows, every tank is different and I am sure they want to say that since they are selling fragments off of the corals that have it. All I know is I wouldn’t be happy if I payed money for a frag and it came with lumpy flesh.

 

[jda]

This is not usually hyperplasia. I used to know what it was and saw a write up on it about two decades ago, but I forgot who wrote it... Moe, Dr. Ron? I do not remember. It is a bacterial infection that can spread, but it does not always.

 

[C. Eymann]

Agree, not hyperplasia

This looks to maybe be calicoblastic epithelioma.

 

[JP&JL]

Agree, not hyperplasia

This looks to maybe be calicoblastic epithelioma.

So you're saying that's the layer between the Aboral Tissue and the Skeleton of the Coral? That's what I understand the Calicoblastic Epithelium is and the term Epithelium we use in the human medical world to describe abnormalities in our own epithelium but how would that layer grow through the Aboral Tissue, Coelenteron and Oral Tissue?! That's wild...I'm trying to think of an equivalent in human medicine as a frame of reference for my mind but can't....would love to hear more C. Eymann

 

[JP&JL]

So you're saying that's the layer between the Aboral Tissue and the Skeleton of the Coral? That's what I understand the Calicoblastic Epithelium is and the term Epithelium we use in the human medical world to describe abnormalities in our own epithelium but how would that layer grow through the Aboral Tissue, Coelenteron and Oral Tissue?! That's wild...I'm trying to think of an equivalent in human medicine as a frame of reference for my mind but can't....would love to hear more C. Eymann

*Epithilioma*