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Old 10/21/2007, 10:14 AM
m2434 m2434 is offline
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Candy-Cane Bubble

Last night, I noticed this bubble forming in my caulastrea. As I watched, the coral quickly deflated shooting out a big white cloud. I thought maybe it was spawning, however the bubble remained. As I watched longer, it re-inflated and eventually the mouth stretched wide enough to reveal the bubble was actually a big air bubble. Finally the bubble floated away leaving a healthy looking, inflated polyp. I believe that the reason for this, was excess O2 production, due to excess lighting. It is strange however, because the coral has been there for over a month and this polyp gets the least light of any of them. Also, the lighting isn't that intense, 4x65W PC's and the coral is less than mid-level.

The bubble begins






here is the visible air bubble


Now it's gone.


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Old 10/23/2007, 05:53 AM
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ive never seen a coral do that before, odd
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Old 10/24/2007, 05:59 AM
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i´m having the same problem, i belive the problem are litle microbubbles which attaches to the coral forming a bigger bubble in the end....could that be right?
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Old 10/24/2007, 08:41 PM
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i´m having the same problem, i belive the problem are litle microbubbles which attaches to the coral forming a bigger bubble in the end....could that be right?
I've been doing some research and from what I understand that can happen, but you have to have very high O2 levels. Also, some corals will actually eat air, because it organic molecules tend to be attached to the bubble(but usually this wouldn't cause bubbles this extreme).
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:23 PM
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Cant say what causes it but i have seem it may times at the store i work at
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Old 10/25/2007, 02:08 PM
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coral fart.
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Old 10/26/2007, 08:52 PM
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coral fart.
 

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