A pearl bubble with history.

[Rjramos]

This is a pearl bubble about 12”x10”. I grew it out from a frag off of the mother colony that I have had for 24 years! It is one of the oldest, unpublished,privately owned corals according to an article I recently read. I looked at wwc and many other sites and these are not easy to find these days. The ones that I have seen, mostly regular bubbles, are going for around $60 for a golf ball size frag. I couldn’t find a pearl bubble. This piece grew from a baseball size to this in about 6 years. I have other smaller frags.

 

[reef lover]

Awesome!! These guys are hard to ship...which might be why theyre so hard to find.

 

[MrWheelock]

I have a similar coral, but i find that its health is slowly deminishing. Would you mind sharing how you care for it? Flow, feeding, lighting ect.? Thank you!

 

[Rjramos]

I have a similar coral, but i find that its health is slowly deminishing. Would you mind sharing how you care for it? Flow, feeding, lighting ect.? Thank you!

I consider bubble corals to be some of the strongest and easiest of LPS corals to keep. After a hurricane power outage x 1 week years ago I was able to save this coral among others with multiple battery powered air stones and frequent water changes. All the pulsing Xenia’s in the tank died but my bubbles survived the ordeal. I have found that they do good at any light level and water movement. Although a direct current close by will keep it from expanding fully.

 

[Rjramos]

So what is a fair market value for this piece?

 

[MrWheelock]

I consider bubble corals to be some of the strongest and easiest of LPS corals to keep. After a hurricane power outage x 1 week years ago I was able to save this coral among others with multiple battery powered air stones and frequent water changes. All the pulsing Xenia’s in the tank died but my bubbles survived the ordeal. I have found that they do good at any light level and water movement. Although a direct current close by will keep it from expanding fully.

Thanks! I have mine low and out of direct flow, but it's getting smaller. I might have to up the light.

 

[MrWheelock]

So what is a fair market value for this piece?

I paid $80 a few years ago for mine which at the time was about 4x4 but it grew in a U shape

 

[MrWheelock]

I paid $80 a few years ago for mine which at the time was about 4x4 but it grew in a U shape

LFS price. I considered it a bargain FWIW