How big is a big bubble coral?

[Chris Ericksen]

I finally found a spot my bubble coral "loves" -- it's continuing to get bigger and bigger. I already had to move my Frogspawn and some other coral I had nearby. You can see it's stinging the Xenia, but that might just be tough. Any idea how big these guys can get? My book says 12" but I'm already almost at that point.

 

Thanks!

 

[Jan]

Wow, nice shot. Looks fake. what do you dose? How big is your tank? Is it all softies? FTS? Very pretty!

 

This picture looks fake.

I finally found a spot my bubble coral "loves" -- it's continuing to get bigger and bigger. I already had to move my Frogspawn and some other coral I had nearby. You can see it's stinging the Xenia, but that might just be tough. Any idea how big these guys can get? My book says 12" but I'm already almost at that point.

 

Thanks!

 

[Chris Ericksen]

Wow, nice shot. Looks fake. what do you dose? How big is your tank? Is it all softies? FTS? Very pretty!

 

Here's the whole tank:

 

I just feed the three fish I have and do a cap-ful of Purple Up about 5 times a week (I forget now and again).

 

My tank is the RedSea 250 -- this is my first time with an "all enclosed" tank which I love (so far). It's not as fun as the DIY tanks I had before, but then again, I'm at a point where I'd rather spend my time enjoying the tank itself rather than constantly work on it.

[Jan]

GORGEOUS!!! Nice job.

 

Here's the whole tank:

 

I just feed the three fish I have and do a cap-ful of Purple Up about 5 times a week (I forget now and again).

 

My tank is the RedSea 250 -- this is my first time with an "all enclosed" tank which I love (so far). It's not as fun as the DIY tanks I had before, but then again, I'm at a point where I'd rather spend my time enjoying the tank itself rather than constantly work on it.

[Coral Hind]

Nice tank!!

 

Something to think about...just because a coral expands larger in a new location doesn't mean the spot is better for it. It could be getting less light there so it must expand more then before to capture more light.

[Chris Ericksen]

Nice tank!!

 

Something to think about...just because a coral expands larger in a new location doesn't mean the spot is better for it. It could be getting less light there so it must expand more then before to capture more light.

That's a good point. I had to compromise because it prefers lower flow and due to it's color a little lower light than say a white bubble coral. So I tried to give it a place where it didn't have much flow, could get some light, but could also hide from the light as it needed. It may be that it has to be that big and expand to get as much light as possible, I'm somewhat out of options as far as placement goes. So I'm going to cross my fingers that it's really a good spot for the long term.

[Coral Hind]

It looks nice where it is!

[treesprite]

Beautiful tank! Just keep an eye on the xenia, because it can take over the tank when allowed to grow on the main rock structure.