Bubble Coral !!!

[chris251285]

Hie i just want to know fully about bubble coral ....
i hav one but it doesn't have big big bubbles tht i saw in the fish shops ......

so i would like to know the lighting wht kind of food and anything just about bubble coral ..... and also the fish or shrimp or any thing tht is compatible with it ... thanks .....

i just want to know about bubble coral i don't think u need to now my requirements ... just assume tht i don't have one and iam gonna get one ... so wht should i have or do not need to hav and wht should i do or cannot do .....
thanks and sorry to bother much !!!

[phistio]

bubbles polyps extend like grape-like vesicles during the day, and feeding tentacles at night. the flabellomeandroid or phaceloid with large, smooth-edged exsert septa. different types of bubble coral have different size polyps. Physogyra has a meandroid colony form and smaller vesicles. Plerogyra have larger ones.

they require a fair amount of lighting. i keep a rather nice bubble about 6" deep under PC's, and it's a very happy, healthy coral. they are fairly reasonable hardiness. they are quite aggressive, and if a fish swims into it's polyps, it can, and easily will consume it. they will eat just about anything they can absorb, especially meaty variety of foods. they generally like slower or easy amounts of current, so right next to a powerhead they will probably exhibit a distasteful reaction. i have seen some clown fish host in bubble corals, but it's unlikely, as the bubble usually doesn't tollerate it.

good luck! :wink:

[Pineapple House]

During the day, these grape-like bubbles will extend.

If not much lighting is supplied, the bubbles will get larger, to try to catch as much lighting as possible. When fair amounts of lighting are over the coral, the bubbles get smaller, since they do not need the extra lighting.

I think some more information about your setup would help. The above could only be 1/1000 of the posibilities for this.

Graham

[chris251285]

so wht bout the foods to give wht do u suggest is best for bubble coral and ... wht kind of inverts , fishes or something or any corals tht is compatible with it ???

[RazerCorals]

I would feed it shrimp from the grocery store. It is compatible with most corals, just remember to give it good space because the tentacles come out at night. I've seen 9 inch tentacles!

[phistio]

9" tentacles on a bubble??? :shock: you sure it wasn't some form of Eupylia???

anyhow, i feed shrimp to mine, as well as "golden pearl" coral food...my corals love that "golden pearl" stuff...feeding tentacles come out mad crazy!

[Pineapple House]

9" sounds extremely long. The longest i've seen usually ranges from about 1-2"

I will also second the Golden Pearls. They're great to feed to your bubble coral. Krill may also work, as well.

Graham