bubble coral question

[spinylobster]

2 weeks ago I got a cat eye bubble coral. It is doing great, and seems to be pushing outwards on to some live rock. It doesn't seem to bother it, but my question is if it continues to touch live rock will it eventually attach to surronding live rock

 

[travis89]

I don't think it will because its a LPS coral and they have a hard skeleton.

 

[spinylobster]

yeah your right, just wanted to move it if there was a chance. Thanks

 

[stephish]

Oooh pretty! I haven't seen the cat's eye species before, it's quite nice!

 

[lizzy]

I would like to get a bubble coral someday. Do you mind if i ask you some questions?

 

[spinylobster]

not at all

 

[puffer32]

Bubbles do better in the sand bed. As the polops extend, they can rub an a piece of sharp rock and be injured.

 

[lizzy]

Awesome thanks!
1.What kind of lighting do you have?
2.Would a Bubble be okay under PC lighting?
3. How hard has it been so far to keep? Do you think someone with only experience with zoa's and shrooms would be okay keeping one?
Thanks. I love getting info from people on here. Cuz even though I like my LFS sometimes I dont feel that they are telling me everything. Anywho..thank you so much! I love your bubble coral btw! very pretty.

 

[spinylobster]

Ive got mine under 260 watts of pc, it seems to be doing great. At night these little tentacles come out and that is when I spot feed it, only about 1-2 times a week, its pretty cool to watch eat. The only thing is they need plenty of room to expand, mine expands probably 4x its size in the daytime, so I had to move alot of stuff out of its way.

 

[lizzy]

What do you feed it?

 

[spinylobster]

right now I spot feed it mysis shrimp