Bubble-licious :D

[ACBlinky]

I went to feed my bubble today, and realized how much he's grown in the past few months. He's a bit of a handfull, constantly sending out sweepers and stinging his neighbors, and I might need to trade him in soon so I thought I'd take some pictures. I'd love to see yours too

Here's my bubble a few months ago...

And today:

 

[Chemguy85]

he has grown a lot looking good.

 

[PHIN FAN]

Just got him, any suggestions on healthy bubble keeping?

 

[ACBlinky]

Looks like that's going to be a gorgeous bubble when it opens up!
I have mine in low-medium flow, under medium light (PCs) and feed him regularly after lights out - IME these guys LOVE to eat. He takes mysis, silversides, brine, even pellets if he can catch them! They can produce some pretty long sweeper tentacles; watch what you put next to your bubble, it may get stung.

 

[reefinmike]

very nice growth on that bubble algae. first pic you cant see it at all, but second pic.. WOW..

lol

nice bubble. i have expierenced the same growth with mine. mind opens 6" wide from a 2" skeleton

 

[scbasser5]

medium flow

medium flow

What would you describe as the right flow. My bubble sits under a Tunze 6000, it moves when the pump comes on but from the water returning to the pump or being sucked in. The bubbles wave a bit but don't show any damage. Is if possible this is too much??

 

[Bcollins111900]

I found that a nice diet of cyclopeeze and silversides made my bubble dbl in size in no time. It was about the size of a small dinner plate before I had to get out of the hobby for a short while.

 

[ACBlinky]

scbasser5 - as long as the coral doesn't show signs of stress, it should be fine. I'd avoid really strong flow or direct flow, and overall use the coral's behaviour as a guide.

 

[scbasser5]

Thank you. There is always lots of conversation about flow, but not really a good definition of how to measure it.