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Old 05-18-2004, 02:53 AM
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Default bubble coral acting strange.

so i have had this bubble coral for three months now ,and half of it has acted strange,it will inflate in deflate itself quite a few times during the day,expel its zoonanthelia about three times per week ( there is no loss of colour), feed once a week,waters great cal-450ppm,alk 12dkh,sal1.026,nitrate under 5ppms,ph8.1,lighting is on my user info any ideas is this normal ,in the end it does look healthy.so why only half of the coral is acting odd ?
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Old 05-18-2004, 10:36 AM
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Sounds normal to me...well considering there behaviour. Mine's about 12"+ and hosts a couple of percs .
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Old 05-19-2004, 02:11 AM
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mine sometimes does tat too

i realiezed.....hermit crabs irritates it...so it shrinks or as u say deflate

so maybe u have some critters tat like to pick at the bubbles when it is inflated
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