Bird's Nest Healthy???

[DarthSimon]

Hey Guys,
Curious how this Bird's Nest is looking.
I've had it for about 2 weeks. It doesn't seem to have any polyp extension. I could swear some of the tips have grown a tad.

Here is 2 weeks back daytime shot:

Here is 2 weeks later nighttime shot :

Tank Parameters as follows...
Salinity 1.025
Phosphate.03
Nitrate 0
Calcium 460
Alk 11
Magnesium 1350
Using Apex Dos 2 Part ( Dosing all day)

The red Monti Cap behind it is coloring up and grown and was placed in tank same day.

Lighting is Radion XP15 at 60% max during photo period.

Placement is seen above. 2/3 down in tank.

Thoughts? Suggestions?
I think I'm seeing slight polyp extension, yet I've seen other BN with much a much more fuzzness poly extension. Day or night, polyp extension always seems to look the same.

Thank you,
Steve

 

[Daddy-o]

Different type of birdsnest, but this is our polyps.

 

[DarthSimon]

Thanks....

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I've got a REALLY thin branch green birds nest and it's got super small polyp extension. IME(however brief that is) birds nest doesn't really have a ton of PE. That's leaving out birds of paridise... Stylophora is the one that's got the crazy PE.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Here's my birds nest frag. It's more than doubled in size in the last few months. Very short PE.

 

[Dave_Lim]

Have another your type of birdnest place side by side with this also no pe . It bleach out while this thrive . Cant explain.

 

[Jason mack]

A lot of people say birds nests are the canary of the reef tank , they are the ones that will show signs of stress first when parameters arn't good ..

 

[SashimiTurtle]

A lot of people say birds nests are the canary of the reef tank , they are the ones that will show signs of stress first when parameters arn't good ..

I've seen this but when I had a big alk swing it was my monti cap that went first, and fast. The birds nest bleached a bit... but recovered.

 

[ps2cho]

That is really high alk for 0 nitrates, either increase nitrates by dosing KNO3 or lower that alk a little.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

That is really high alk for 0 nitrates, either increase nitrates by dosing KNO3 or lower that alk a little.

Agreed, didn't catch that... NO3 should be raised to 5ppm, or Alk dropped below 9. That's what is causing your bleaching. It's exactly what caused mine. Red Sea Pro salt and ULNS... I switched to blue bucket salt and keep my tank at 450 Ca and 8.5 Alk and my SPS is happy with ULNS but they get fed every other day.

 

[bpinkstaff]

Birdsnest? Placement ok? How fast does it grow? Feeding?