Green bubble coral free to good home

grochmal · 11-19-2006, 04:43 PM

Well, my latest attempt at keeping a LPS coral is failing again.
I keep hoping it will recover but instead of watching it die I would rather give it to someone else who can take better care of it.
The head is about 3"x1.5"

I've tried feeding it silversides and various other meaty foods but the tissue keeps receding.
Not sure what else to do.

PelagicMagic · 11-19-2006, 04:57 PM

does it have hair algae on its skeleton?

grochmal · 11-19-2006, 05:36 PM

Nope, no hair algae

PelagicMagic · 11-19-2006, 05:45 PM

whats your alk and calcium levels?

grochmal · 11-19-2006, 05:55 PM

Alk 3.25 meq/L
Calcium 490

Last checked Nov 12.

Here's a bad picture

PelagicMagic · 11-19-2006, 06:05 PM

what kind of lighting do you use?

grochmal · 11-19-2006, 06:08 PM

3 x 250W HQI 10k

PelagicMagic · 11-19-2006, 06:16 PM

try taking a clean tooth brush and gently clean the dying areas around the mouth. I see some algae growth in the pic. You may have it in a area that has too much flow or not enough also the same for lighting

grochmal · 11-19-2006, 06:27 PM

I have a lot of flow in the tank (2 Tunze 6100's) and I thought they didn't like a lot of flow so I have it in the lowest flow area right now.
It's also epoxy'd to the bottom (bare bottom tank) so it's a little hard to move.
I've had it for about 6 weeks and the tissue has gradually receded to the current point where you see exposed skeleton that has now become algae covered.

PelagicMagic · 11-19-2006, 06:35 PM

well maybe there is too much flow. I know that algae near growing tissue will stress out the coral and end up killing it.

patharm · 11-19-2006, 08:15 PM

My bubble coral does better in an indirect light area.

Patrick

PelagicMagic · 11-19-2006, 08:23 PM

how tall is your tank? and how far are your lights from the waters surface?

s10willy · 11-20-2006, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patharm

My bubble coral does better in an indirect light area.

Patrick

Same here. A while back, I got a white bubble coral that looked similar with the algae on the skeleton. Not sur ewhich of my tank inhabitants took care of the bubble algae, but it was gone within a couple of weeks. I have it in an area that is practically totally shaded from the MH lighting with very little flow, and it is now very healthy looking.

grochmal · 11-20-2006, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PelagicMagic

how tall is your tank? and how far are your lights from the waters surface?

The tank is 24" high and the lights are about 9" from the water surface.

I really don't have any areas with low light except underneath an overhang and that is in the clowns territory. Everything I try to put under there they either push out of the way or attack to death.
It is currently in the lowest flow area I have so nothing more I can do there.
I could try putting it in my sump for a while to see what happens.
It has a melev light bulb in there so it's not dark.
Currently have xenia growing there.

The thing that really annoys me is I specifically asked the guy at Bioreef if it would be ok in my tank and he said it would be.
Another harsh $80 lesson.

sea devil · 11-20-2006, 10:27 AM

I had a g/b a while back. When I got a handle on my high nitrates, from a constint 60 - 80, down to 0 - 20, my bubble said bye - bye. Also, a question. How was it handled? When bagging bubbles,hammers, frog spawn,etc. It's best to turn them upside down in the tank, place them in the bag the same way. Then remove them from the bag to your tank the same way.