buBbLe cOrAls

[FionaFiona]

I've always wanted to have a bubbe coral in my tank! Thats my sole reason of starting this hobby!

But wat are its requirements? Light? Food? Flow? Do they sting?

Any help is appreciated!

[Maxstar81]

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ML has

1) Royal Gramma

3) 1 x Orange Linkia

4) 1 x PoM PoM Crab

Happy reefing.

[FionaFiona]

Can a 55W PL light with around 6 hrs photoperiod be sufficient for its lighting needs?

[colinsoon]

IMO, yup.

[Alvin Tan]

I've always wanted to have a bubbe coral in my tank! Thats my sole reason of starting this hobby!

But wat are its requirements? Light? Food? Flow? Do they sting?

Any help is appreciated!

bubble corals are one of the hardiest LPS IMO....they do not lyk strong current...place them in a area that is very low in current...

feeding wise i do strongly tink dosing liquidfied plankton food is enough...wad im using now is marine snow...

lighting wise...wad u mention is sufficient...

jus my 2 cents..

[FionaFiona]

do bubble corals sting? like does it sting other corals? fishes? or even my hands?

[Metabolic_7]

If your dKH 8 – 11 ,pH 8.0 – 8.4 & Temperature 23ºC - 26ºC (74 - 78ºF)with low current they should be find

[Qxnviolet]

According to what i understand from my limited knowledge, bubbles are one of the LPS corals that will more likely sting other corals. Its safe to add a few bubble corals together though. As a general guide, its safer to leave some space in between different species...just to make sure. 55W should be good enough to meet their lighting requirements. They are one of the most hardy corals in my tank...

[FionaFiona]

Hi Guys,

Anyone of u care to post pictures of your beautiful bubbles?

Any exotic species? Special colors besides white and green?

I love to see those luminous glow esp. under actinic!

[ReeF_LoVeR]

click @ your own RISK

[FionaFiona]

click @ your own RISK

SO NICE~!!!!

I'm gonna get someone to drive me down to get myself one! A green one! or maybe a white! oh~ i can't decide!

Where's a place where i can get nice nice bubble corals? I want a small one only! around 3-4 inches wide only?

bUbBle BuBbLe bUbBle~~

[AREA51]

u sounds like the yellow tang of finding nemo

[FionaFiona]

u sounds like the yellow tang of finding nemo

huh? wat do u mean? find wat nemo? yellow tang?

[AREA51]

lol....nvm....perhaps u nv watch Finding Nemo

[FionaFiona]

oH~! Oh Finding Nemo~ ic ic....

why didnt i think of that? =p so paiseh~

So sorry, i seldom watch cartoons (i think i m too old for it) =p

So it just didnt come across my mind just now. Yep, heard of this cartoon. perhaps i should go rent the Dvd or something.

Cheers cheers... ^^

[AREA51]

oH~! Oh Finding Nemo~ ic ic....

why didnt i think of that? =p so paiseh~

So sorry, i seldom watch cartoons (i think i m too old for it) =p

So it just didnt come across my mind just now. Yep, heard of this cartoon. perhaps i should go rent the Dvd or something.

Cheers cheers... ^^

|l'

hope u enjoy the movie

cheers!

[FionaFiona]

One question:

Can Bubble corals be fragged? Can I get a large specimen and then chop half? I planned to share the frags with my friend.

Pls advise.

[Qxnviolet]

Erm....personally i have not heard of anyone fragging bubble corals before. Maybe its due to my limited reefing experience but it seems pretty dangerous since the skeleton is more or less in a snigle piece, unlike those branching corals that you can frag easily by just dividing the branches. Think it'll be pretty unwise to break the skeleton, exposing the flesh. Just my thoughts, any experienced reefer can comment?

[dumdum]

hhmmm... havent heard of anyone fragging a piece of bubble

coral yet. but if it is the branch type, then yes it can be frag ..

[Qxnviolet]

Are there brach bubbles? Haven't seen any around....

[Alvin Tan]

Are there brach bubbles? Haven't seen any around....

have...i seen alot time liaoz..

[Qxnviolet]

Haha, i sure haven't seen any. Really interested what a branched bubble looks like. Any pics?

[FionaFiona]

ah~ then i shall be hunting for a branching one!

oh ya, can someone pm me the average pricing of bubble corals?

1) small and big frags how much?

2) BIG bubbles and small bubbles how much?

[Qxnviolet]

Erm, bubbles can cost anything from the range of 20+ to close to a hundred for a large sized specimen. I don't think the bubbles are priced by how big each individual bubble is, rather...the nicer the colouration...the higher the price will be. But of course there are the pearl bubbles with generally very small individual bubbles.....they are normally cheaper than the normal bubbles.

[Qxnviolet]

Sounds confusing? Sorry...just as a guide....the larger bubble on the top which is approx 1 ft when fully expanded costed me around $80...the smaller one below it can really remember the price. The white piece on the right (pearl bubble) i got for around $25? Cant really remember the exact price....