meet Mr. Bubbs

[pohtr]

Just wanted you to meet Mr. Bubbs. I ithink he's beautiful! He has been living under 80w RO for 12 plus years and is about to get new lights. If he's this happy now (well, he looks happy to me), what will he do when the lights come? It's only going to be a PC 4x65 (260w) but that's more than 3 times the light.

 

[teen]

whats RO?
and is that a fox coral?

 

[pohtr]

Isn't RO regular output (as in regular flourescent bulb)? It'd be just like me to use an abreviation that was wrong.
As far as I know he's a bubble coral.

 

[teen]

Originally Posted by pohtr
Isn't RO regular output (as in regular flourescent bulb)? It'd be just like me to use an abreviation that was wrong.
As far as I know he's a bubble coral.
lol, ive never seen RO before. i always use NO for Normal Output, RO is usually used for reverse osmosis, as in the water.
and i see the bubbles on the coral, but ive never seen a bubble coral in that shape before, or with that much "flesh" under neath the bubbles. the meaty- fleshy part makes it look like a fox coral to me.

 

[reefkprz]

LOL they have RO in the quicky guide for newbs listed as regular out put and RO for reverse osmosis........ that could get confusing.

 

[pohtr]

He looks a little different now since he was reset in the rock at a different angle, and since he developed his 2nd mouth.
He used to look like this, less fleshy?

 

[maxalmon]

If he's been doing so well under the original lighting setup, why change things? Looks like an Elegance coral but that would not make sense with the lighting you are using...

 

[pohtr]

well, this forum convinced me that Bubbs needed more light. Also I want to add more color & I wouldn't expect new corals to be as tolerant of my dim tank as Bubbs has been.
also, will he grow more? And how do you measure growth? He was 11 1/2" at last measurement on the top, bubble part but I've read that growth should be measured by the skeletal part. Where does the bubble end and the rock begin, or is all the rock he's "attached" to part of his own skeleton?

 

[catawaba]

Once you switch to new lights, be sure to move him down a bit so he can adjust to the new intensity.

 

[pohtr]

so you think moving him down would be better than reducing the total hours of light?

 

[hot883]

I'm no expert by any means but I highly doubt that this anemone has been under normal flor. bulbs for 12 years.
Thats very strange and highly unlikely.
I would believe that someone has been misinformed on the amount of time and or type of lights.

 

[maxalmon]

So your coral has a hard calcium base? Does it ever withdraw into a ovoid shape base with radiating spines? I would have to agree with hot883 that this seems a little odd, are you sure it's that old and always been under FL's. Do you have a full tank pic

 

[mbowker]

its a bubble thats looking for more light, with new lights it not going to open that much, it is increasing its size to get more light. Add the new light and then take a picture, I bet you just see the bubbles again

 

[pohtr]

I am absolutely positive that this very bubble coral has been under 80w for at least 12 years. I've had him for a year and he was given to me by a friend who gave me her light at the same time. It was the only light she ever had on that tank.
That is what I read, that when the bubble stretches way out it is looking for more food, not necessarily growing. But this one had only one mouth hole last year and recently I noticed the second one. It seems to me like that is growing. At the very least, he's not unhappy.
Since the new light went up last night he has not fully extended but he is opening more and more, maybe getting used to it.

 

[pohtr]

Maybe this will help.
Here's a pic of him from the back. Is that a hard calcium base? Where does the base come from? Does the bubble create it as it grows?
What's an ovoid shape with radiating spines? Got a pic?

 

[catawaba]

Originally Posted by pohtr
so you think moving him down would be better than reducing the total hours of light?
IMO, yes.
Then you can increase your light time over a couple weeks and get it back near the top/where it was before. By the way, how big is the tank?

 

[agb1]

I have a bubble coral and it looks just like that. Mine has been under MH's for over a year. It was tiny when I got it and it has grown significantly since I put it in my tank. Yours is very pretty! Good luck with the new lights!

 

[pohtr]

thanks, and it is a 90g. It's such a pain to move him in a way that is secure since I'm a little light on the rock, that's why I'm hoping I can get away without lthe moving part.