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02/03/2005, 09:57 PM
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Bubble Coral
Tank is 10 months old....
added first coral, a bubble....last saturday....looked great through last night....was opening under full light (125 RR with 4 x 96 PC) and closing up at night with good sweeper extension.... SG 1.025 Am 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 20 Phos 0 Alk 12 Temp 78 pH 8.3 calc 380 Occupants 122# live rock (since 04/2004) sailfin=6" pinktail trigger=4" foxface=3" 3 yellowtail damsels=1.5" flame hawk=2" 4 stars: blue linkia; 2 white sand sifting; brown brittle also, the typical assortment of small snails and blue and red hermits; 2 sally lightfoot occupy one of the overflow chambers Bubble ate 2 times....last Sunday it grabbed a piece of krill; last night ditto I did not see any of the occupants at the coral, nor could it have fallen as it rests on the sandbed Came home from work tonight at 9 and the bubbles, previously HUGE were shriveled and brown AND skeleton was showing in spots. To my knowledge, none of these fish should even care about a bubble, let alone sample it... whaddya think, a random drive-by accident by an occupant?.....a star issue?..... As I look at her right now, the mouth is open and there are a few brown strands (zooplankton?) rising from the coral.... Ideas? Grunfeld in Detroit... Sheesh, I waited this ling to put any corals in and this happens...so much for patience... oh, yeah, I'm running a sump with 2 skimmers and a HOB refuge Oh, wait as I look in the tank after feeding the fish, the coral seems to be perked-up considerably....feeding tentacles extended, bubbles expanding, skeleton covered....man am I confused.... Last edited by grunfeld; 02/03/2005 at 10:52 PM. |
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02/03/2005, 10:33 PM
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I'd give it another day. Sometimes my bubble closes up real tight only to open back up the next day. As long as all your tests are ok, sleep well tonight. Tomorrow is a new day
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03/18/2005, 05:30 PM
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But, if the bubble coral starts to look like it is melting down - perhaps long tentacles coming out etc. ... it might be time to pull the bubble coral and put it into Tupperware with a heater ... it will kill everything in your tank if it is melting down.
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03/18/2005, 05:35 PM
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Also your nitrate is a bit high. I've heard that foxface can take a liking to corals as well. Sounds to me that it looks much the way my torch did the other day before the peppermint shrimp polished it off.
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03/18/2005, 05:38 PM
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Xian, our replies are coming a bit late since the original post was from early February - but, thanks for your input ... triggerfish, it could very well be.
I'm sure our comments will add to the sum total of all knowledge! Other may find what we've said to be important info - even years from now. |
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