Birds nest coral care and tips
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2020
- #birdsnest #candmaquatics #coral #reefaquarium #coralfarm
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Birds nest coral is of the sps variety and can come in several different color variations. When buying birds nest, or also known as Seriatopora it is very important to know what species you are getting. The yellow birds nest is a very popular type that can be found at many local fish stores. This species of birds nest does not require super intense lighting. Usually ranges in the 50 to 100 par range suffice for yellow birds nest. If you blast yellow birds nest with super intense lighting you will more than likely kill it even though it is an sps coral. C&M Aquatics has successfully kept yellow birds nest in medium to low lighting without any issues. There are also other species like the birds of paradise that require more intense lighting so make sure to do your research before purchasing birds nest. Birds nest like high flow areas of the aquarium. This is especially true once the colony gets more dense and compacted. Birds nest is a very fast growing coral when given the proper conditions and is a coral that is very easy to propagate. Birds nest should not be placed in a new aquarium and should be in an aquarium that has had time to mature. Wait untill your aquarium is at least 6 months old and it is even better to wait for that one year mark if you can. We do offer birds nest on our website at www.cmaquaticsky.com. If it is not on there send me an email and I can almost guarantee we have some in stock. Remember to subscribe and hit the notification bell to be updated on new videos. 
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Amazing video! Music is too high compared to the voice over.
Thank you and thank you for watching. I have fixed the audio by purchasing a better microphone. I have not had time to go back and re-record all the videos yet. Thank you for pointing it out to me.
How long will it take for them to grow back into a full colony? Good info on the lighting
birds nest is fairly fast growing as far as coral is concerned. if the correct tank conditions are met you can have significant growth in 6 months to a year.
It looks pinkish more than yellow.
Yeah it can be really challenging when trying to record corals under reef lighting. I just recently tried some colored gel lens on my iPhone to try and cancel out blue light, but the color of my corals still appear different on video.
Lighting my friend
Mine look like the one at 4:40 (yellow birds nest ?) ... I noticed the bottom part of mine started to bleach 😓.. what can I do to save it? I already dipped it.. but I've read its better to cut off the bleached part for it to recoup. Please help.
Hello and I'm sorry to hear that. How long have you had the coral? Yellow birds nest is a fairly hardy species when it comes to sps. Dipping was a good idea. Make sure there is no algea growing on it then make sure your water parameters are good especially alkalinity. Make sure alkalinity is in the correct range but that it is also stable and not jumping around. If that is all good you can try a different area of the aquarium. If it is in high light try slightly lower and if it is in a lower lit area of the aquarium try a slightly higher lit area. As a last resort yes you can frag it to try to save it. Let me know?
@@cmaquatics7428 Thanks for the help.. I did check if it had algae but nothing.. and its only bleaching on the bottom part. The placement I had it in was middle range.. so might move it down to less lighting. The alkalinity is still hard for me to get right.. any videos you have that I can reference to. Thanks again!!
I have not done a video on alkalinity yet. Tidal gardens has a good video that talks about alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium if you want to look it up. Moving it a little lower is good to try just don't over do it still needs light. Give it a little time and watch it too. I have made the mistake of doing to much at once to try and help a coral. Good luck!
@@cmaquatics7428 Yes thank you for the tips👍🏻 I'll keep a close eye on them. Appreciate it.
@@realfunnyha If it was bleaching, you would expect this to happen at the tops which receive most light right? Could also be that the bleached part is not getting enough light because it is shaded out? Just a thought :) Good luck!
I've tried bird nests at least a half dozen times and even a couple were pretty large frags/small colonies and have never had success.
I've definitely burned out some yellows/green ones. Many have just been abused by hermit crabs who keep knocking them down and breaking them enough to kill them off.
This was good info. I'm currently watching a green one die but maybe just maybe we'll save him. Gotta clip some algae and bleached parts off.
I got a mixed reef with all sorts of acros and sps...nothing has been as difficult as birds nest for me. And some say they're a good beginning SPS? The lights on the yellows and algae on the tips were an issue I wasn't totally aware of before. I could certainly see by eye that the lights sas reteacting its polyps and know algae on any coral isnt good but these things are so fragile and the trauma from breaking them again and again is responsible for rhe deaths of many so i try not to touch them.
Yes algae is really hard on birds nest. If it gets on them or attaches it causes tissue damage very quickly. That is one reason why I try to keep them in high flow so that they have a better chance of staying clean. Keep at it and try not to get discouraged.
Still waiting for this yellow one 😆
Sorry to disappoint 😊
@@cmaquatics7428 it's ok I colour blind just geggin in
Lol 😆
Cut them in water... they don't shoot ;)
That is a very true statement 👌
Is this video a joke?
Why do you ask if it is a joke?
@@cmaquatics7428 Because you coral is far from healthy. With all the respect. I'm not here to flame you, but to let you know your corals are perishing, not health at all. Please do your search.. You are following the wrong people, if you think you leaned from someone that your coral is a healthy coral. I'm not here to try to put you down, but to tell you the truth as a friend. A real friend! Please do a careful search and find out what's going on. RUclips is full of things like this... even if it actually became the norm, doesn't mean it should be.
This video was suggested to me, so... sorry for disappointing you.
No disappointment at all. I actually thank you for being honest with me and I wish more people were honest. I am trying to be honest with people as well and not hide anything. When I shot this video I had the birds nest in an aquarium that was not quite ready to house sps. It was just to new of a system. It had algae in it because it was not established yet and the alkalinity was too high. The birds nest was removed from the aquarium shortly after filming and was placed in a different system. Everything recovered and is now back in the original aquarium and doing much better. Coloration is better as well as growth. I have never intentionally harmed a coral for the purpose of shooting a video and would never do that. I have made mistakes though, but I always try to learn from my mistakes and not repeat them. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with me it is appreciated.
@@cmaquatics7428 I wasn't thinking you were harming the coral on purpose. Far from that! My comments were also related to the fact that your title said " care and tip". Normally we would expect a healthy coral in a video willing to share something about the care an tips. Best wishes to you! Take care.
Yes...once again I'd like to argue with you but I agree with you. Thanks again for voicing your opinions and pointing things out to me. I have slowed down over the past year and learned a lot. Both on the coral side and the filming side. So hopefully I can make some videos in the future that are quality and people want to watch and learn from. Have a great weekend.