Comments on The Right Blue: Bubble Coral

I clicked on the 1st photo to see the bubbles as y...

2008-05-28T21:09:00.000-10:00

I clicked on the 1st photo to see the bubbles as you suggested and my 7 year old jumped across the couch and almost sent my laptop flying. Why, you ask? One of the fish in the picture is a parrot fish. He just completed his first ever research paper and it was on parrot fish! He was excited to see one on your blog. The boys all enjoy looking at your pictures.

Hi Lavender -I'm chuckling at "produce counter." ...

2008-05-09T17:49:00.000-10:00

Hi Lavender -

I'm chuckling at "produce counter." Funny how everything seems to look like something else more familiar. I guess that's how our poor brains make sense of unusual things.

Bobbie

I would have said the top photo showed the broccol...

2008-05-07T00:46:00.000-10:00

I would have said the top photo showed the broccoli coral until I enlarged it, like you suggested. From a distance it looks like a produce counter to me!
Thanks for explaining how the "bedrock" of reefs is formed.

Well, as I said, we're not 100% certain that the l...

2008-05-06T16:51:00.000-10:00

Well, as I said, we're not 100% certain that the last photo is Bubble Coral at night, but it strongly resembles a photo we saw elsewhere that was identified as Bubble Coral at night.

I believe they do feed primarily at night, when the bubbles are deflated and the tentacles are exposed.

Bobbie

Wow - a big difference in the night and day photos...

2008-05-06T11:14:00.000-10:00

Wow - a big difference in the night and day photos - when does it feed - when they are inflated or deflated?