Have you seen those eyes on open brain corals?

are those black eyes on open brain corals nomal?

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20180528_212752.jpg I bought this open brain coral two days ago, I think it is gorgeous. The color under the blue light is amazing. at first, I thought this is a button coral when I purchased it, thinking it is easy to take care of as a new reef hobbyist. the more I read about it, the more I think it's probably a bad idea.
it is big, eslipecially big for my nano cube. At night, its tentacles would come out and and the look changes dramatically. and I looked at its bottom, there are several big round black dots that look like eyeballs. my blonde naso tang loves to nip on it ... I have a bigger tank already for the tang grotws a little bigger, just want to keep him and a coral in my new 24 nano for a while.
I am so attached to the naso tang and I am not sure if I should move the coral. I am also curious about this magical eyes...any ideas what are those?
 
I'm not sure what you're talking about by "eyes" but I don't see anything in particular wrong with the coral. It has some coralline algae and some sponges growing on it which is completely normal and not an issue. That eye looking thing on the right side of the coral in the pictures may be something else, like a hitchhiker of sorts but I don't think it would be detrimental to the coral.

You definitely need to get the Naso out of that aquarium and into a bigger, more suitable aquarium soon, 24 gallons is no home for a Naso.
 

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