Conrad Noto
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I added my first bubble coral last week. I assume based on heavy skeleton extremely slow growing?. Does anyone know?
Bubble coral growth rate?
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muzikalmatt
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Same here. They love to feed, but mine has been fairly slow growing. Although I've also had some setbacks with it getting knocked over and buried by my pistol shrimp. Love the coral though. When it's fully open and swaying in the current it's one of the more interesting corals in my tank.
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Conrad Noto
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Cool, what do you feed?
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Pellets, mysis, aminos, af energy. I have the pearl variety so maybe the regular grows faster.
muzikalmatt
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You'll probably want to feed them meatier foods like mysis shrimp or LRS Reef Frenzy. Although I've also seen mine eat pellets that land on him as well. You could also mix in some reef roids and/or selcon to your frozen foods to beef up the nutrition profile.
Vinman
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Fragging a bubble coral
So my bubble has reached its limit and it needs to be fragged. It's not branching and too big for my lfs bandsaw. I could put the wheel on it but would like to heard some opinions or if you have experience please opine. First pic is when I got it second is now. Three yrs of growth and now...
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Conrad Noto
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That's fast.4 years from frag to volleyball size
Alanna102499
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Love mine too!
Mark3
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I had one for several years....started about the size of a tennis ball and grew larger than the size of a football in about 2 years. And yes they do love to eat....fed mine squid chunks mostly. He did even get a few fish when he was lucky.
Then one day I saw that his body was coming away from the base....took only about two or three days and it was gone, nothing but a white bone left.
I don't know what happened, ... maybe he just outgrew the tank? I only had a 75 gallon at that time, and a football size coral pretty much dominated the tank.
But yes, that coral was one of the most noticeable and talked about corals that I ever had, looked like a huge bunch of grapes, and I was sad to see it go.
Then one day I saw that his body was coming away from the base....took only about two or three days and it was gone, nothing but a white bone left.
I don't know what happened, ... maybe he just outgrew the tank? I only had a 75 gallon at that time, and a football size coral pretty much dominated the tank.
But yes, that coral was one of the most noticeable and talked about corals that I ever had, looked like a huge bunch of grapes, and I was sad to see it go.
WGivens
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I was just about to start a new thread and saw this...so I hope I don't hijack the initial question.
I recently purchased a Bubble coral from my LFS and it has an extremely large skeleton that is like a stock. I asked the LFS about it, as I never seen one with suck a large structure as its base and they said, "that is the way it was cut off the reef". It makes it difficult for placement, and as I continue to research I figured I'd ask here. Does anyone know if I could cut the base down some? If so where? Do you think if I were to cut it, would it harm the coral? I see they are difficult to frag, didn't see much on the skeleton though. Would love to hear others thoughts and advice. Thanks in advance.
I recently purchased a Bubble coral from my LFS and it has an extremely large skeleton that is like a stock. I asked the LFS about it, as I never seen one with suck a large structure as its base and they said, "that is the way it was cut off the reef". It makes it difficult for placement, and as I continue to research I figured I'd ask here. Does anyone know if I could cut the base down some? If so where? Do you think if I were to cut it, would it harm the coral? I see they are difficult to frag, didn't see much on the skeleton though. Would love to hear others thoughts and advice. Thanks in advance.
ScottInTennessee
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Im wondering about this one. I got him about a month ago and he barely opens more than this. I have triple checked my water and conditions. I am hoping this could be normal since he was so big moved to my tank. you guys got any advice?
Vinman
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How much light and how much current is it getting
Im wondering about this one. I got him about a month ago and he barely opens more than this. I have triple checked my water and conditions. I am hoping this could be normal since he was so big moved to my tank. you guys got any advice?
ScottInTennessee
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I’ve made sure it’s not in a flow area and the bubbles barely sway It’s also not in a high lighted area about midway down my 90gal tank. I am using 4 AI Prime 16HD lights with the BRS recommendation for spectrum and schedule
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They are definitely not slow growers lol, they seem to double in size yearly.
Vinman
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Have you tried target feeding? Should have a response.
Im wondering about this one. I got him about a month ago and he barely opens more than this. I have triple checked my water and conditions. I am hoping this could be normal since he was so big moved to my tank. you guys got any advice?
