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TexasState
Mon, 3rd Feb 2003, 04:53 PM
I've have had this pearl Bubbles since about December. Today, I just notice that my Pearl Bubbles is Puffing up bigger then before (took up all the room btwn the two rocks.) It could b/c my temp has shot up by about six degrees. Or it could be b/c of the Taihitian Blend. I have only been feeding the Taihitian Blend for two or three days. How many drop of Taihitian Blend have you guys been feeding? I'm only using about two to three drops per feeding. I mix it with my frozen, and dry pellet foods.
The LFS in Houston told me that Taihitian Blend make his corals grow big and fast. Now I get to see it first hand.
Well, here's some picture:

http://www.swt.edu/~xp42012/2002/120g-pearlsbubblepuffingup.jpg

http://www.swt.edu/~xp42012/2002/120g-huge-leather002.jpg

Excuse me, I'll have to go back and feed the tank some more Taihitian Blend. :D

Hammer
Mon, 3rd Feb 2003, 05:12 PM
Temp would make it swell up a bit when it increases. Not always a good thing.
What do you keep your temp at, and your SG at?
It was kept at 80° +/- .5° in my tank at 1.0245 SG.
I noticed it swell up more if the temp went up more then normal.

If it was stimulated to think it was eating, it would actually shrink a little and REALLY stretch out the sweepers.

Otherwise that picture shows it pretty close to how it was normally in my tank.

TexasState
Mon, 3rd Feb 2003, 05:31 PM
I've only been to your place and see this coral in your tank for several times. The size it's now is about twice the size of it when I got it from you. My tank temp normally is at 81F, but I just noticed that it's 86.6 F. The room temp is always kept around 70 F( 72 F right now.)

Maybe I should take a picture from the top down to give a more accurate 3 dimensional picture.