Bubble not oppening

[vi3tb0i]

its doing better than the other day i can tell by the pics

 

[pitbull01]

it is looking SLIGHTLY better, but dont move it until it is fully open.

 

[alimon]

Or wait for a few days?

 

[pitbull01]

NO! Wait until it FULLY OPENS. Otherwise, you'll just burn it again and most likely kill it.

 

[pitbull01]

Oh, you meant feeding. Sorry. If its sweeper tentacles come out tonite, feed it. If not, dont be worried-it got burnt pretty bad. It will come out eventually...

 

[alimon]

and took it very happly. I am going out of town, I get back to you next week with more pictures
Thanks

 

[pitbull01]

GOOD! Glad to hear it! Hopefully when you get back it will be fully open so you can put it wherever...!!

 

[kindbuds2k]

What exactly would u feed a bubble coral?

 

[pitbull01]

IDK, like frozen brine, or some form of micro plankton. Really anything meaty...

 

[pitbull01]

They should get most of their food from the zooanthellae though...so if u have sufficient light, you really don't need to feed it, but it never hurts...

 

[kindbuds2k]

cool, ya i have never feed it and its really happy. But i was wondering what other foods u were talking about. Thanks for the info.

 

[pitbull01]

yup, no problem!!

 

[notsomuch]

I would like to hear if anyone has had their bubble coral kill a fish. I had 2 Percula Clowns for some time and my hubby bought me a bubble coral and a gonipora for my b-day on Friday.

I came home from work, checked my tank, and now no clowns.

My only other critters are 5 small zebra hermits, 1 emerald crab and 1 cleaner shrimp. All were alive and getting along great for a long time.

 

[acekjd83]

*bump*

 

[alimon]

I got back, and my bubble looks a little better. Got a little algae in the exposed tips but it has more bubbles.
Should I do something with the algae or wait? I think it is going to make it.

 

[civileng68]

by the way...........they do have mouths.
You wont see it until it opens fully.
When it opens fully you will see that it is sort of divided into two halfs. in between the halves is a line running down the middle of the entire coral, this is the mouth.
When you place food on the line, slowly (very slowly) it will open up and slowly surround the food and eat it.
It is amazing to watch eat!!!! I just have to keep the cleaner shrimp away from mine as he pulls the silversides right out of it's mouth. The coral is tooo nice. It refuses to sting the shrimp.

 

[alimon]

3 weeks have pass, I feed it once a week and it still does not look good. Any Ideas?