First SPS - Neon Birdnest but two tips are white?

[GuppyHJD]

I visited a new LFS store today and I bought my first SPS - Neon Birdnest. The frag is maybe 2.5" across but two of the tips are 1/4" white. I did my acclimate and dip and hit in the frag rack. Are the white tips something to be concerned about? Should I cut the tips back to the soft covering?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can be many things, even growth
Pics under white lights will be helpful with assessment

 

[Lavey29]

Pretty sure the tips go white as new growth forms

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

I visited a new LFS store today and I bought my first SPS - Neon Birdnest. The frag is maybe 2.5" across but two of the tips are 1/4" white. I did my acclimate and dip and hit in the frag rack. Are the white tips something to be concerned about? Should I cut the tips back to the soft covering?

Sounds like growth buds

 

[Ryan hirano]

You can cut tips off it they're spreadin white.

 

[GuppyHJD]

This is what I am looking at.
Thank you

 

[GuppyHJD]

Can be many things, even growth
Pics under white lights will be helpful with assessment

Thanks...just posted a photo

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is what I am looking at.
Thank you

This is bleaching. Does Not mean it is dead but has lost its tissue due to any of these factors:
Calcium low
alk high
Phosphate high
Low salinity
Temps too warm
ph low

Keep coral under moderate light and water flow

Temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
nitrate < .5
phos < .04
Ammonia < .03
mG 1300
Alk 8-10
CA 440

 

[GuppyHJD]

This is bleaching. Does Not mean it is dead but has lost its tissue due to any of these factors:
Calcium low
alk high
Phosphate high
Low salinity
Temps too warm
ph low

Keep coral under moderate light and water flow

Temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
nitrate < .5
phos < .04
Ammonia < .03
mG 1300
Alk 8-10
CA 440

thank you...the rest of the coral seems to be happy and when I added it to the tank today, I started it on the frag rack low and plan to move it up 25% a week and in a month, cut the frag plug and glue it to the rock

 

[vetteguy53081]

thank you...the rest of the coral seems to be happy and when I added it to the tank today, I started it on the frag rack low and plan to move it up 25% a week and in a month, cut the frag plug and glue it to the rock

If those tips start to brown. Cut them off and lay the dead portion in tank- It may- MAY revive over time

 

[RIC13]

This is bleaching. Does Not mean it is dead but has lost its tissue due to any of these factors:
Calcium low
alk high
Phosphate high
Low salinity
Temps too warm
ph low

Keep coral under moderate light and water flow

Temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
nitrate < .5
phos < .04
Ammonia < .03
mG 1300
Alk 8-10
CA 440

What PAR constitutes moderate light?