sad sad day

[jeffb3t]

So there I was happily skipping home after a hard day of work. I enter the house and say hello to my dog and hi to the kids and fiance. After removing my shoes, I run to the tank to look at my favorite green bubble coral. I notice the maxijet fell down again and thought nothing of it so I proceeded to pick up the maxi jet when I noticed my bubble coral was stuck in the maxijet. After a few minutes of screaming like a girl, I yelled at my fiance to cut the power. I disassembled the maxijet inthe tank hoping to free my bubble coral but not good. As I held my poor bubble coral in my hand (still attached to the maxijet) I knew I had no choice... Asking for the scissors, I proceeded to cut half of my precious bubble off in order to save it. I just hope it makes it.

 

[vest0830]

wow! that is a sad sad thing.

 

[okinawafish]

Sounds like another frag party to me!

 

[jeffb3t]

Yeah, If puree bubble can survive. Needless to say the rest of the bubble that was left in the maxijet didn't look so great when I pulled it out. I don't think it would even grow. The other side of the bubble is now out and looking ok. Looks like it might pull through. Time will tell.

 

[okinawafish]

Good luck with that. That was a really nice bubble coral too!

 

[vest0830]

yes it was.

 

[fdokinawa]

my tang got stuck in my maxi one time..lol she made it ok though.. was funny as hell. well after I reaslised she was ok..

 

[jeffb3t]

Well, The bubble is looking great after all that it went through ( except the side I cut off.) I think it will make a full recovery...just may take some time for the one side. When I looked at the side that was stuck, it ripped it clear down to the skeleton so it made me wonder. It did feed last night and readily accepted a piece of shrimp so I suppose that is a good thing.

 

[fdokinawa]

how do you feed a bubble a shrimp??

 

[jeffb3t]

Cooking chopsticks. The really long ones. Just don't tell my fiance. She might be kinda upset about that. I basically just set the shrimp in the bubbles and it grabs a hold of it.

 

[fdokinawa]

you do this at night when the "stingers" are out? or durring the day?

 

[jeffb3t]

You can feed day or night. Mine is always ready for a snack.

 

[vest0830]

Jeff, just come across this, thought you might wanna check it out. might be added security to ensure this doesnt happen again...
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=802745

 

[jeffb3t]

Thanks for that link!! I was actually thinking of doing something like that but I figured I'd wait until I do the 180. At least I know how to do it right now!!