Bubble Coral tips

[jasutton]

Any tip on keeping this coral?

20L 300W VHO 2actinic and 2 10,000K

any advice or suggestions?

Appreciate the help

 

[cuong]

Keep it in low flow area and feed it regularly with meaty food. It will grow super fast in no time.

 

[Amphiprion]

I would go with cuong's advice.

 

[ACBlinky]

Agreed. I keep mine near the bottom of the tank, in lower light, lower flow, and feed it lots. It has quadrupled in size (maybe not a good thing since it's in a nano, lol) in less than six months. It's amazing to see these guys eat, mine's a PIG. It takes everything from mysis to silversides with gusto. It's fun to watch the cleaner shrimp try to rob the bubble of its meal - the shrimp's feet stick to the tentacles and it must sting because each time he backs right off, but it usually takes about ten tries for him to realize he's just never going to get to the food; it's so close, and yet so unattainable, it must just drive him crazy

 

[ewaldm]

I agree, these coral are pigs, and they'll grow new mouths in no time. My current bubble has 2 mouths that I feed, and one tiny one that I'll need to start feeding in no time!

Michael

 

[porky]

IME, my bubble has started to look a LOT better when I stopped spot feeding it. It gets plenty of food from the water column on it's own and seems healthier "catching" food as opposed to being fed. Also be careful these guys can easily be overfed and overfeeding can be fatal as they can be susceptible for undigested food rotting in their guts...
And remember "...just because a coral can be fed does not mean it should be fed..." E.Borneman

 

[rich415]

Be sure to give it space. Mine will put out 4 inch sweepers and pretty much dissolve other corals.

I do not feed mine that much because it excretets waste more often and looks ugly when its "pooping." Also, if you get the white ones, the lower light you have the browner the coral will get. They rarely stay as white as you buy them because they are usually a little bleached and stressed in the stores. They settle in at a pinkish white color. I don't know about the green ones but they look awsome.

ewaldm-
Your Bubble greww another mouth? I have had mine for a year and a half; it has tripled in size but not split or grown any new mouths.

 

[ewaldm]

It has three mouths. One mouth has almost separated from the larger colony. I could easily nip the flesh between the two and break off that part of the rock and have two corals. But I like the large size. I work the next 3 days, but sometime I'll try to get some good pictures of the separate mouths.

 

[sbluscombe]

I had one that was green and about 3" about a 1 1/2 years ago in my 30 cube i had to take it out and let a freind put it in his 180G till it got a bigger tank. Well i got a bigger tank but now it is atleast 12" across and now is too big for my new tank! this thing is a monster. BTW it has always been kept at the bottom of the tank. it has pretty much taken care of its self