Bubble Coral advice...

[NewGuy168]

Hey reeefers. i am new at this my tanks been up only for 3 months. I got a bubble coral about 2-3 weeks ago and i notice it half closed. Basically once i first got it, it fully openned up and then it was good for 2 weeks. and i just notice for the past 2-3 days half of it hasn't been openning up. I've been direct feeding them on a daily basis with cyclopee. It also has been spitting out some brown slimy stuff. is this normal? Any advice would help. thanks in advance.

[babogart]

Newguy,

Need some info on H2O parameters, lighting, etc.

That said, I have noticed that when I feed my bubble, it will not open fully for several days. (That goes for my frogspawn too.) I don't quite know why, but I have been told that it does not need as much light for a food source when it is getting fed. Therefore, polyp extenstion is not as great. I am not sure if there is any truth behind this, but it sounds reasonable.

I do know if my bubble gets too much direct current it will quickly retract.


Here is mine...



-Brent

[NewGuy168]

Well my bubble coral does not get too much current. as of the water par.

Calcium 440ppm
Alk 8
ph 144
phospahte 0ppm
nitrate 10ppm

[Mavrk]

Do you have a pic of the brown slimy stuff? It sound like poop, but a pic might help confirm this.

[NewGuy168]

Actually i don't have a picture of it. its slimy and it spits it out like once a day.

[RA]

PH 144? Is this on a different scale?

[NewGuy168]

Or does 8 sound right?

[RA]

8 sounds fine. Is 144 using a different scale? I don't think that feeding the bubble everyday is a good idea, but someone may know better. I have a bubble that looks great and I feed it about once a month. I think lighting is more important, I keep it under 250w mh.

[NewGuy168]

I am running PC right now thats why i think its not doing so good. but i noticed it and ordered my 48" 4x65 T5HO yesterday. So hopefully that will do the job.