Swollen SPS

[Natish]

Has anyone experienced this or able to offer advice?

Swollen Digitata. Both polyps and areas of new growth.

Tank stats
- Salinity 1.026
- Nitrate 2 ppm
- Phosphate 0.10 ppm
- Calcium 350 ppm
- Magnesium 1275 ppm
- Alkalinity 10.2 dKH
- pH 8.0
-Temp 79-82F

- 32 gal biocube upgraded with "Steves LEDs"
- 1 dwarf moray eel
- healthy SPS colony and frags growing
- Euphylia have receeding tissue and are not doing well
- Zoas and Palys are Mixed success some thrive some struggle. Some Zoas have a bulging/swollen disc/head.
- Goniopora are thriving
- Mushrooms are thriving
- smells like there is bacteria bloom and there was cloudy water (25% water change reduced cloudiness)

Shown in photos are the original small colony and the numerous frags off of it (fragged about 8 months ago), and an image of the swollen/bulging Zoas.

The only obvious changed that has occured recently was a treatment with Fenbendazole to exterminate some small pest anemones that were stinging Zoas. I removed an anemone colonized rock, bath in Fenbendazole for 48 hours, rinsed for 12 hours and reintroduced. About a month after this swelling began.

Thanks

 

[Saltyreef]

Live rock is very very porous and a simple rinse/soak with plain water would not guarantee the meds to be removed from deep inside the rock. You would need to use a skimmer to be sure and I would lean towards rinsing for a minimum twice as long.

Fenbendazole is not reef safe.

 

[Natish]

Pretty useless answer.
Anyone else have any thoughts?

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Pretty useless answer.
Anyone else have any thoughts?

You won't get any help with a Post like that

 

[FreshSaltH2o]

if indeed the meds caused this I would do a water change and run some carbon

 

[Natish]

Yep I did weekly water changes after the medication (alternating 20% and 10%), ran carbon.

LFS says Fenbendazole has a short “lifespan”. They said it breaks down after 3 days.

swelling started like a month after the Fenbendazole treatment.

Im currently looking into the possibility of bacterial infection

 

[old salt reefer]

Any other answers. The growth/swelling like the "swelling" on a bounce mushroom.
Hyperplasia?

 

[jackson6745]

I had this to an extent and it ended up being low salinity even though my calibrated refractometer was showing 1.025. An ICP had shown 1.021. After correcting salinity the bubbles grew out in 6 weeks.

 

[Troylee]

It’s called sps bubbling disease and nobody knows what causes it or how to cure it.

 

[old salt reefer]

Yep, reading another thread now about it. You posted a lot in it.

 

[Troylee]

Yep, reading another thread now about it. You posted a lot in it.

Yeah my pc rainbow and pink lemonade bubbled up pretty bad but cured themselves over time. No issues with it now.

 

[old salt reefer]

I've had sps get it before and it has gone away. But it's only been one coral in a tank, with none of the other corals affected. Right now many corals(tenuis) have it .

 

[Troylee]

I've had sps get it before and it has gone away. But it's only been one coral in a tank, with none of the other corals affected. Right now many corals(tenuis) have it .

Yeah it’s weird! I have about 70 different acros and only 2 got it and then it went away. I’d say check your salinity since that worked for Jackson.