Need Advice Bubble Coral

[Lisa Cain]

I am trying to make my 65 gallon Red Sea Max 250 beautiful again. It is doing okay. I recently purchased this beautiful bubble coral. I want to make sure that it will continue to be okay. It is on a flat stone at the bottom of the tank. Two days in the tank. I have not fed it yet. The one thing that I worry about is that the temperature goes from 80 degrees to 81. I try to keep it at 80. I have a chiller that is set to 80. I cannot for some reason set it below 80 degrees.
1. What should I do to ensure the survival of this beautiful coral, It is one of my favorite corals. Should I add supplements to the water? What should I feed it other than pieces of shrimp.

2. I also have a starfish, chocolate with beige spots. I feed it the liquid phytoplankton. Should I feed it something else?

I sometimes worry about the lights on my Red Sea Max. I may change them out. They are the lights that came in the hood of the tanks.
Thank in advance for your advice.

 

[BonnieB]

Let it settle in and just watch it for now. It is a beautiful bubble! Since it’s an LPS make sure your alk, CA and Mg are all in line and stable. It is a photosynthetic coral so light will feed it but supplementing with Reef Roids or similar coral foods will help with growth, also using a pipette to give them targeted brine or mysis feedings. Coral Aminos help with coloration in my tanks. Once acclimated, moderate lighting and low-moderate flow seems to work best for me.

 

[Lisa Cain]

Let it settle in and just watch it for now. It is a beautiful bubble! Since it’s an LPS make sure your alk, CA and Mg are all in line and stable. It is a photosynthetic coral so light will feed it but supplementing with Reef Roids or similar coral foods will help with growth, also using a pipette to give them targeted brine or mysis feedings. Coral Aminos help with coloration in my tanks. Once acclimated, moderate lighting and low-moderate flow seems to work best for me.

Thank you. It is really open now and beautiful. Have you heard of supplementing the tank with "benefits".

 

[exnisstech]

Nice one. Bubble is my oldest coral. Mine is coming up on 9 years in my care. I haven't fed mine in a few years but it is in a tank with a lot of fish and I feed mostly frozen and it looks like a snow storm in the water so I'm sure it's getting some of that. Mine is mounted on a rock and on the bottom. Medium light and medium - low flow seem to work. Mine does not like high flow. Mine gets just enough to make it sway.
If you want to feed it mine showed a very good response when I would squirt PE mysis on it. The main reason I stopped target feeding is because fish and shrimp would go over and start grabbing food and I was a afraid they would damage it or irritate it so it would not open.

Just for reference mine has thrived in higher nutrients. They would probably be fine in lower levels but my tank has always ran high.
Mine is thriving in NO3 20-35 and PO4 0.5-0.9+ (not 0.09)
I keep alkalinity 8.5 dkH (I target anything between 8-9dkh) calcium 400-450 I don't test anything else.
I can't comment on your temps, I've always ran mine around 77-78 I've hit 80 in summer but not for long periods.

Here mine

This is the rock its on. It so old it's like its own little ecosystem lol

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[BonnieB]

Let it settle in and just watch it for now. It is a beautiful bubble! Since it’s an LPS make sure your alk, CA and Mg are all in line and stable. It is a photosynthetic coral so light will feed it but supplementing with Reef Roids or similar coral foods will help with growth, also using a pipette to give them targeted brine or mysis feedings. Coral Aminos help with coloration in my tanks. Once acclimated, moderate lighting and low-moderate flow seems to work best for me.

Thank you. It is really open now and beautiful. Have you heard of supplementing the tank with "benefits".

No I really believe in keeping it simple do I don’t look into too many “extras”!

 

[Lisa Cain]

Nice one. Bubble is my oldest coral. Mine is coming up on 9 years in my care. I haven't fed mine in a few years but it is in a tank with a lot of fish and I feed mostly frozen and it looks like a snow storm in the water so I'm sure it's getting some of that. Mine is mounted on a rock and on the bottom. Medium light and medium - low flow seem to work. Mine does not like high flow. Mine gets just enough to make it sway.
If you want to feed it mine showed a very good response when I would squirt PE mysis on it. The main reason I stopped target feeding is because fish and shrimp would go over and start grabbing food and I was a afraid they would damage it or irritate it so it would not open.

Just for reference mine has thrived in higher nutrients. They would probably be fine in lower levels but my tank has always ran high.
Mine is thriving in NO3 20-35 and PO4 0.5-0.9+ (not 0.09)
I keep alkalinity 8.5 dkH (I target anything between 8-9dkh) calcium 400-450 I don't test anything else.
I can't comment on your temps, I've always ran mine around 77-78 I've hit 80 in summer but not for long periods.

Here mine

This is the rock its on. It so old it's like its own little ecosystem lol

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Thanks for writing. It provides so much encouragement to hear from others when you love saltwater aquariums and you are trying hard to build again. I had a beautiful aquarium, however my mother and father both 86 got real sick and I was traveling from Texas to Mississippi every two weeks plus traveling with my job. Now the tank is back settled and I am enjoying every moment. Restocking takes time and can be expensive. I am a bubble coral and anemone person. I like the Red Sea C250 Max however, I may have to change the lights. I appreciate the individual characteristics of the corals and fish.

 

[Lisa Cain]

No I really believe in keeping it simple do I don’t look into too many “extras”!

Thank you Bonnie, I read your thread. I am so glad that you came back and thanks for your advice and for helping me!

 

[BonnieB]

No I really believe in keeping it simple do I don’t look into too many “extras”!

Thank you Bonnie, I read your thread. I am so glad that you came back and thanks for your advice and for helping me!

Of course my pleasure!

 

[exnisstech]

Only because you said you like bubble coral and nems. This was the previous tank the bubble coral was in. Only bubble tip nems at the time.

 

[Lisa Cain]

Wow Beautiful!!!!!

 

[Lisa Cain]

My bubble coral has really opened up. I tried to fee it some Mysis shrimp but it did not want it. I think it is because at the saltwater store they did not directly feed it.