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03-29-2005, 10:12 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
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problem with bubble
I have a minor problem with my bubble coral. I bought him about 2 months ago from a local dealer and he is alive and healthy in my tank. The only problem is that his bubble sacs do not fully inflate. They inflate about halfway but this makes him an unsightly object in my tank. I have heard that bubbles tend to like low to meduim light levels. I have 65 watts of PC lighting. Is this too much?
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03-29-2005, 10:30 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Montana
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No it's not too much, might not be enough, mine's under 2x65. They like being in lower flow, and wont fully inflate under higher flow.
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03-29-2005, 11:53 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: vegas
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This conflicting information is driving me crazy. The goofballs at the LFS told me that bubbles need to be in a high flow area. They have a pink bubble right under the filter return that seems to be doing okay.
Then again, these are the same chuckleheads that told me flatworms "weren't really a big deal."  |
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03-29-2005, 12:15 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Montana
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"full inflation" in low flow is 4-5 times larger than the skeleton. Normal is 2-3 times the skeleton size (under med-high flow)
I actually need to frag mine again, thing is hugegantic; it's about 10" in diameter, in a 20g that is big.
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03-29-2005, 03:46 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Alaska
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Mine is VERY sensitive to flow... likes a slow-med. flow. Just the other day a turbosnail moved a powerhead and the BC let me know by lookin all PO'ed until I re-adjusted it. BC's are one of the few hard corals that do well in low lighting- IMO, low lighting for hard corals would be anything less than MH's. I have mine under 260W pc's and seems to stay nice and pink.
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03-29-2005, 03:49 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Alaska
Posts: 1,119
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Originally Posted by wharyat
I actually need to frag mine again, thing is hugegantic; it's about 10" in diameter, in a 20g that is big.
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 Nice center-piece I bet! I love BC's - what color?
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03-29-2005, 03:52 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Alaska
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Here is a shot of 2 of my favorite things!
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03-29-2005, 03:53 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Alaska
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Fatfish- mabye try placing it in a low-flow area as close to your lights as possible? HTH.
Adam
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03-29-2005, 05:22 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Montana
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Here's my little bubble.
It's only about 5" across at the moment.
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03-29-2005, 07:09 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Alaska
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Nice shot!!! He looks cooooooool!!!
Some guests are grossed out by mine when they see it like , "eeewww what is that thing?" others are like, "wooooh... coool"
What about feeding them.?.. mine has learned to eat about anything it can get its sweepers on. I have target fed invert food to it, but it seems to really like catching pieces of Omegaone flake when it can, curls right up on em. Oh yeah, the Omega marine pellets? It eats them too!
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03-29-2005, 07:12 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: alaska
Posts: 30
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hey ak knucklehead whats up
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03-29-2005, 07:13 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Alaska
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reefin' tough!
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03-29-2005, 07:24 PM
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Admin/ Super mod
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: New Castle, Delaware
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yup as evryone said low flow , closer to your lights and dont forget to feed him!
vince you have fragged that bugger already!?!?
i heard that is a real chore to do.
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03-29-2005, 07:25 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: alaska
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sent you some pics
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03-29-2005, 07:30 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Alaska
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Originally Posted by tims
vince you have fragged that bugger already!?!?
i heard that is a real chore to do.
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Ditto... how do you frag a bc?
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