Help with bubble coral

MikeyAl · Jun 4, 2016

My bubble coral is normally fully inflated and looking great. I've had him for 6 months. Since Friday he had been somewhat deflated. Not all the way, but his bubbles are much smaller and he looks a bit pathetic. I haven't added anything and all other corals looks great. Water parameters are constant and normal.

Thoughts

cloak · Jun 4, 2016

It looks ok to me.. Being that summer is almost here though, has the temperature of the tank gotten a little warmer? Sometimes this will cause a coral to sulk.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/4/corals

Tahoe61 · Jun 4, 2016

As a practical matter you'll likely get more comments if you list actual values and the testing type. If you're using API that might not be the most accurate method of testing, if using a Hanna meter the alk reagent could have gone bad, basically need more info. Temp, SG...

Lighting, near by corals....

MikeyAl · Jun 4, 2016

Calcium -380
Alk 9
pH 8.0
Magnesium 1350
Nitrate <5
No detectable phosphate
Salinity 1.025

I use Red Sea Reef FoundAtion pro, a pH meter, and Biotek Marine salinity refractometer.
It's a 90g aquarium with 2 Ocean Revive T247 LEDs. They are 12" above tank and are set to 50% blue, 20% whites. I use a jabeo wp40 are at medium flow.

Oh. Temp is 78. It is kept in a cool place so no temp spikes.
Thanks.