bubble suddenly close!!!

[pokmingsheng]

i do not know whats wrong,

but my bubble coral suddenly without warning just closed right in front of my eyes...

it has never happened before....

its been doing fine since i got it about 2 weeks ago,

even after my timer's off for the lights,

i'll still see the tenticles out and tiny little bubbles..

just now my timer kinda didnt work,

so i was testing the lights,

i turned on and off a few times,

do u think that will cause the bubble to suddenly shrink?

i've never seen it shrink to such a small size before...

then the pair of cleaner shrimps i have starts to go round poking it...

could there be something in there that suddenly went in???

now the shrimps are not poking the bubble anymore....

the bubble is really big and nice when opened fully...

i hope it'll open tomorrow...

i've turn the lights on again,

hopefully this will cause them to open up..

what should i do???

[albinosage]

Bubble is probably stressed and adjusting to your lights. It's the one you got from me right? My tank is super bright and I got 2 separate photo periods, 4 hours of light early in the morning and 4 hours of light when I return home. You'll probably need to give it some time to get used to the new environment. My cleaner shrimps will also dig the bubble sometimes, especially when it has just eaten

Give it some time to get used to your lighting period and observe what are the times it tend to open.

[pokmingsheng]

Bubble is probably stressed and adjusting to your lights. It's the one you got from me right? My tank is super bright and I got 2 separate photo periods, 4 hours of light early in the morning and 4 hours of light when I return home. You'll probably need to give it some time to get used to the new environment. My cleaner shrimps will also dig the bubble sometimes, especially when it has just eaten

Give it some time to get used to your lighting period and observe what are the times it tend to open.

yea.. its ur bubble.. haha...

but it never happened before..

ok.. good idea..

shall adjust it to 2 photo periods...

currently my lightings are on for 8hours at one go.. haha...

[yikai]

don't worry...... corals are very adaptable. a sudden shrinking incident will not spell doom. if it keeps up for more than a few days then i'll start getting worried.

[albinosage]

Your photo period shouldn't be the problem though. Anyway I set 2 photo periods cos nobody is home in the afternoon, no point having the lights on when the house is empty and return home to see dark tank haha.

[pokmingsheng]

thanks alot bros for the advice...

i just need those to assure me..

got a shock just now.. haha...

[MOssrope]

minor light shock i guess.

Which is why some people have a weaker light turned on before eventually fully turning all off. But i myself do not use those high tech lighting systems though.

Bubble corals depend more on light, Mine goes to "bed" once lights are off too.

Seems you were as shocked as them.

[RockyBoy]

I had bubble long time ago. Daytime damn huge. At night, its long tentacles start to come out to sting any neighbours.