Bubble Corals and current

[Anonymous]

I know these guys like lower areas of water flow, but how "low" is low? I just added one today and he is in a spot of the tank that gets slight to medium flow. The buubles blow around and moe a little bit. I'm just afraid of it getting torn. They seem fairly fragile.

Glenn

 

[D.W.L.]

Some advice is enough current tp move the bubbles around, but not distort their shape or size.

My, large old bubble, would prefer it, if there was no current.

 

[chris_h]

It will not get torn. If there is too much current it will just not open up very much.

 

[Anonymous]

Mine gets low to medium current. I don't think that one is necessarily better than the other, but I don't blast it with the powerheads either. In higher current, it simply doesn't expand as much.

There's a good article in the library section about LPS expansion vs current in the wild.

Ty

 

[Osama]

My bubble is in the lowest portion in my tank (180G) with very little flow and seems happy there. Make sure it gets some food or feed it occasionssly.