Recedding Bubble coral

[uwiik]

having headache with my bubbles, all other lps and SPS are fine, phospate 0.03, ca 400, nitrate less than 5, temp 25 celcius, flow very slow, light low-medium, KH 8 dkh. but dunno why my bubbles always expand beautifully for the first 1-2 weeks then recede and die slowly????

 

[triggerfreak]

Tagging along. Had the same trouble with my green bubble coral. Never recovered and lost it.

 

[reefman8471]

Bubble coral

Bubble coral

Is the water flow to direct? Has the coral fallen off of the rock or is it being stung by something? They are subject to brown jelly infection.

James

 

[triplecrown]

same thing happened to my bubble with no brown jelly

 

[uwiik]

Yup, no brown jelly, perfect water condition, very little flow, still recede then die slowly..... got me stumped... It always expand fully for the first 1-2 weeks then start to die...

 

[aztbs]

I have seen this happen once unexpectedly after about 6 months of looking normal. I wonder if it is some trace element that is missing. Do you feed the bubble at all?

 

[triplecrown]

did not feed directly but do get it's share during feeding

 

[homebrewdude]

Mine is now half open now.
It was supposed to be white, but it is now brown..

I might have too much flow, and I am running 10k 250watt MH