torch coral

I have had my torch coral for 6 months it is doing quite well' and branching off. However, it has been forming bubbles in between the splits. Has anyone seen this happen before? I want to frag it, but dont know if I can cut through the bubble to do so. let me expand the bubble looks like a tenacle that has streched.

 

is it bubble algae? my torch had a lot of bubble algae on the skeleton

 

no, this is definatly the coral, the guy at my lfs suggested poping it, so I did on one branch. it just reformed. It is also in the tenacles not on the stalk.

 

well does it look like the one in this post?
http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral/help-what-wrong-my-coral-63680.html

I believe it means it is splitting but I could be wrong.

 

that is exactly what it is doing and it is splitting! but can I cut through the bubble? and hey thanks a lot it"s great to get some feed back and advise.

 

If you popped one once and it reformed I see no reason that cutting it would pose any threat to survival. You may want to wait and see though. If thats how it splits maybe your about to get another split.