bubbles

[apple123]

Hi,

My bubble doesnt seem to be opening well.... Hv tried moving it to different places (high/low lights, high/low flowrate, ....). Dont think there's any problem with water parameters cos all other corals doing well.

ANy ideas?

[gerrard_boon]

is the clown disturbing it??

[apple123]

is the clown disturbing it??

dun think so.... clown is "hosting" on the moon coral

[yikai]

there's algae growing on the skeleton.

it probably had a mechanical injury thus, the exposed skeleton.

algae grew on it

now the bubble will slowly die as the algae overgrows.

[apple123]

there's algae growing on the skeleton.

it probably had a mechanical injury thus, the exposed skeleton.

algae grew on it

now the bubble will slowly die as the algae overgrows.

sob sob.... hoping for miracle then...

[jamomatt]

Scrub off the algae with a brush and put at low flow. May not die.

[poomoon]

Don't lose hope bro. May still recover. My bubbles had the same experience, and even had 1/3 of the skeleton out and algae grew on them, took a cpuple of weeks to recover, and with proper care, they're still very healthy now. Just make sure water parameters are good, I do target feed them once or twice a week with a little frozen mysis, and avoid high flow areas. As for lighting, mine liked low to medium lighting. And yeah, make sure no fishes are bothering it. Good luck