Green birdsnest what to do?

[brownsalt92]

I have a green birdsnest bout about 4 weeks ago. Colored up nice then. Its bleaching at its base. But 3/4 is still all colored nice. I fought red slime algea amd beat it early. Knocked my lights down to 10 percent white and 50 percent blue. Well I ramped up the lightin when I noticed that. To 3 hrs of white at 20% and blues ramped it from 50 to 75% I think it was a bad idea:/
I took the whites down to 15% for 4 hours a day my whites run for 8 hrs ramping up and back down to 0
Am I goin in the right direction? I also moved it to a frag rack.
Ill post a picture of it tommaro any imput will be appreciated !!

Thanks Bryan

 

[brownsalt92]

Here is a picture it. its green when lights are on

 

[Joeganja]

Try putting it lower and indirect medium to low flow

 

[Shep]

Could be STN, [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] might know more. Also you could always try dipping it

 

[kschweer]

Looks to be STN. Any shifts in parameters, especially Alk lately?

 

[ReefBum]

Can you tell us more about your setup and whether you have other SPS and how they are doing?

 

[kireek]

I would definitely look into your water parameters before making more adjustments.Every time you change the placement or lighting the coral will need to adapt.I would dip to check for parasites, cut off the dead base and re-mount the pieces.

 

[brownsalt92]

My tank is a 29 gal has been going since march.
Has about 40 lbs live rock
A tetra whisper 75 gal filter system with chemmpurr a filter pad changed weekly their version of bio ball
A h.o.b. protein skimmer that i run 24/7
A power head in the top right corner

Fish
Yellow tang
Blue fairy wrasse
2 snowflake clowns
Royal gamma
Lawn mower Blenny
2 other fish also I forgot the names of
Lots of snails turbo, porcline, margarit, Sierra
2 emerald crabs
Sand sifting star



Lots of corals:
Green birds nest
Acans
War paint Scilly
Torch
Hammer coral
Frogspawn
Lots of zoos
Feather duster
Jumbo cloves
2 clams
Showrooms
ricordias
Red monti has white rim and is doing great
Blue smurf monti
Ornge lepto has tripled in size since I bought it
Most corals are growing multipling

Can take more pictures of coral if need be

 

[brownsalt92]

If I dont cut off the bleached out bas will it keep traveling or it might entrust over it again

 

[kenzo]

If I dont cut off the bleached out bas will it keep traveling or it might entrust over it again

This happened to me once. I had a hyacinth birdsnest and it was bleaching from bottom and I was scared and I fragged few of its branches and left it alone and reduced my light cycle. Did you change your bulbs or anything? Gladly all of it's frags survived and even the original bleached coral survived and grew fine until recently my tank crashed when I moved into a new apartment. If you could invest in a phosphate reactor it would be nice. I bought one for about $60 when there was a sale and also what kind of salt do you use? When I changed from using instant ocean regular salt to reef crystals my corals grew faster! Here are few pics.

 

[brownsalt92]

My lighting is a coral composion 120p
We use reef crystals for all 3 tanks in my dads house.
My bother hasn't tested my water in my tank for probably a month... calc was down. Ph was a 7.8 mag was down... so that should help fix that problem

Go figure I scratch his back on working on building his car and he doesn't check my tank...
Im learning to test my tank myself so I dont lose any corals.

 

[elagui]

testing is very important its the only way you know how your tank is doing.

 

[brownsalt92]

Yea im testing it now I keep a close eye . On my corals and fish to make sure none go missing but my big clam hasn't been opening up since last Thursday thats when I knew there was something wrong.
Im a big dummy but im learning.

 

[Tomisue]

Looks to be STN. Any shifts in parameters, especially Alk lately?

WHat is STN? Everyone uses this and I'm clueless

 

[Harris3005]

WHat is STN? Everyone uses this and I'm clueless

It stands for Slow Tissue Necrosis, when the corals are slowly losing their tissue and turning white.

 

[Husker]

My ORA green birdsnest started off really beautifully green and now it is very light teal. Maybe too much light?

 

[shortrob]

I have a green birdnest that has a purple protrusion growing out of the top. It is about 3/8 of an inch in height. Can anyone tell me what this is? It showed up over night.

 

[Flippers4pups]

I have a green birdnest that has a purple protrusion growing out of the top. It is about 3/8 of an inch in height. Can anyone tell me what this is? It showed up over night.

Can you give us a picture of it?

 

[shortrob]

Can you give us a picture of it?

Can you give us a picture of it?

 

[Flippers4pups]

Not sure. Really looks like a snail, but could be a coral that's hitched hiked on the colony.