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|  I have a brain tumor I've never seen this before on books or online. Is my brain attempting to propogate by way of......whatever you call this; The best word I can think of is a tumor! Can someone varify that this is normal? Or is it a form of tumor, a coral cancer if you will. It's been growing for about 2 months now, and is about the size of a nickle in diameter. Sorry about the grainy picture. It's actually taken under actinics only.  
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|   Looks like it's making a "baby"   It should bubble off like that and eventually fall off the parent colony and you'll have another. I remember searching for this a while back. I'm sorry I have no idea how I managed to find it. 
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|   Its a form of coral reproduction called budding I believe. Very common with fungia (plate) species & flowerpots as well.  Anthony 
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|   Eric Borneman was researching this phenomenon a few years back he had a name for it and everything. It is a type of asexual reproduction that he has only seen in aquarium corals I think | 
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|  reply Cool. It looks like there will be two when all is said and done. I just noticed another "bud" above and a bit behind the larger one. Looks like I'm starting a brain factory. 
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|   save me from asking the same question! My moon coral just started doing the exact same thing! As soon as i get my new camera figured out, i will post some pics. 
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|  reply Well, maybe we can trade when they're both done doing their things. 
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