Bubble Corals are some of my favorite corals. My large bubble coral is better and seems to be doing okay today (picture attached), however about a week ago I noticed that on one side is a bony spike with green on it (picture attached). That side appears to be the weaker side when it is inflated. I was happy to see that today it was almost fully inflated. I feed it small pink shrimp that I get from the pet store. IS there anything that I need to do regarding the green boney spike? I have a 65 gallon ocean view aquarium.
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That bony spike is part of the skeleton breaking through, which is not good. However, it looks very healthy in the picture from today, so it's probably not too concerning. Just make sure there is not a lot of direct flow hitting it that would make it difficult to fully inflate itself.
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@frankc is right in saying that the flesh is retracting or dying and exposing the skeleton underneath. What are your parameters? Emphasis on nitrates and phosphates outside the basics. Post those up and it will give us a better picture of what's happening to the coral. As with any coral situation, when things start to go south, you have to put on your investigator's hat and start chasing down leads. Eliminating causes is the way your figure these things out.
