what are your experiences with pink birdnest

[rainbow grouper]

Thinking about buying a birdnest coral but want to know your reviews on it ?

 

[bang guy]

Great coral. Did best for me with intense light and intense waterflow.

 

[rainbow grouper]

thanks bang any other opinions welcome

 

[snakeblitz33]

I love birdsnests. Like most SPS corals, they require intense light, intense flow, and great, stable water quality.

 

[spanko]

And are really fast growers under the correct conditions.

 

[rainbow grouper]

Are they hardy and forgiving?

 

[snakeblitz33]

They are about as hardy and forgiving as any other SPS coral. If you can, buy an aquacultured one that's 6 or 7 generations away from being wild captured.

 

[bang guy]

One caution. When they grow rapidly in a less than turbulent waterflow they grow so thick that they shade their center and the middle of the colony can die off. I believe they are meant to be fragged often so even though a huge mother colony looks great, parse it out to several smaller colonies.