Help!! Is it dying or reproducing??

notsomuch

notsomuch

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This bubble coral is normally about the size of my outstretched hand. Today, it looks like this! :scared: It has never before had those weird, protruding stalks. Any feedback would be helpful....
 
speg

speg

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That reminds me of that movie Alien where the chick has that thing pop out of her stomach... my suggestion... throw it & yourself into a pit of hot lava.
 
mbowker

mbowker

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its fine, it will do that occasionally, looks like they bubble is attached to a plastic stick. It will be fine, it isnt dying or reproducing.
 
rubberduck

rubberduck

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actualy that looks like a form of asexual reproducing, those look like new buds to start new colonies. looks like it is searching for a rock to connect the buds too. just my opinion
 
notsomuch

notsomuch

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Thanks for the replies! I just got home from a Christmas party and the "chicken legs" are still sticking out. It does look like the scene from Alien. The other corals in the tank are looking particularly happy, so who knows?? :thinking: This coral has been growing larger since I received it for my birthday in October (see my post regarding this same bubble coral eating my two juvenile false perc clowns when they tried to host it).
This is the first day that it has failed to fully inflate and expand its vesicles/sacs. Stay tuned for future developments.... ***)
 
notsomuch

notsomuch

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This morning it is down to one "chicken leg". At the base of the stalk, right at the opening of the mouth was what appears to be 2 small, miniature bubble colonies. I will prepare a frag cup as described by oceana (what great instructions and pictures!) to see if the little white things are colonies in search of a rock.
 
notsomuch

notsomuch

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Wow, this morning I looked in on my tank and.....the bubble coral has decided to look normal again.
No sign of "chicken legs" sticking out. No sign that it even cared that I was worried sick that I had killed it or something and no sign of tiny white bubble sacs. Nobody warned me that I would take this hobby so seriously

Hmmm, maybe I should switch back to fresh water....NOT!!!!
 
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