Pink birdsnest - color question

[potatocouch]

I just received a frag of pink birdsnest last week.

But with pink birdsnest, I hardly ever see them being colored up to bright pink or pastel pink. They look sort of brown to me.

I understand some people will say too much No3, which probably not wrong.

So small tiny feathery polyps are all out but I can't see any pinky to it.

No3: 5 ppm
Temp: 26c
Ca: 440
Mg: 1,350
Alk: 8.5
Salinity 1.026.

Flow is moderate high.

Light is 1x Kessil A360WE.
9 hours duration, ramping up to 75% intensity and 70% colour then ramp down.

55 gallons cube, mounted approx. 30 cm from water surface.

Frag is located half way the tank.

 

[rossco]

In my experience you need lower nutrients plus high light to get the bright pink color. And of course a birdsnest that has the genetics to be pink.

 

[potatocouch]

@rossco so with my light setting at the moment and low nutrients, i might as well forget keeping SPS corals hey as it will not happen?

 

[njtiger aquariums]

@rossco so with my light setting at the moment and low nutrients, i might as well forget keeping SPS corals hey as it will not happen?

I have a 54g corner tank mix reef tank. I have 1 Kessil A360we Tuna and 2 Kessil A150w Deep Ocean Blue (when I can I might switch one A150 for another A360we). I have not had luck with either of my Birdnest (green and pink) but I have a blue voodoo that is doing great and an acro that seems to be doing well.

Did you do the acclimation when you added your birdnest? I didn't and I think that cause mine to bleach. I done it for my other corals and they seem to be doing well.