Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

Does anyone have experience keeping these corals ?How difficult are they - any problems in keeping them alive ?

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

they are not very easy and require a lot of light
and a well established tank

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

I had one(frag) and it was doing fine under 560w of flourescent light but I had a tempreture incident and the frag of birdsnest and purple tipped acro both didnt make it. :(

Take the plunge if you have proper lighting.

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

Take the plunge if you have proper lighting.[/QB][/quote]

I have 2-175W 55K MH's and 2-VHO actinics over a 20" deep tank - would you call this "proper lighting " ?

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

put it just under the MH and it will be good begin by the bottom and get it up slowly

good luck!

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

Will work.
Do what Stepane said you you should be on your way.
Are you getting a frag or a whole colony?

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Waas looking at the one at J & L, but that's probably not a good way to start - too much of a loss if I'm not successful - although I am keeping other corals with the same rating according to Julian Sprung - Hydnophora, etc.

Thanks for advice, Stephane.

fishnut

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

yes sometime it's hard not go at first whit those beautifull piece but it's better just go slowly that way you will enjoy reefing only longer

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

Bringing up hydnophora is funny cause every one that knows anything about the coral kinda smirks when they see my hydno doing so well under my current lighting setup. I actually considered it one of my hardiest corals along with my leathers.

Hydno has survived all my accidents and my starpolyps and colt are still in reccesion after 2 to 3 weeks now. :confused:

Any way a little off topic but yea I hate the idea of paying full pop for a big sps colony and having it die. Even the thought of it makes me cringe

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

I've got a colony that has doubled in size in the last year. It's about the size of a softball now and has 2 crabs living in it.
My lighting is the Aqualine Spacelight 3 x 250w DE and I have a CA reactor supplying the 204g tank.
I agree - they have a high light requirement.

Jonathan, sorry to hear the frag didn't work out.

Mitch

Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora)
 

Thanks Mitch,
Yea I feel pretty bad when it happend, Had a tear in my eye. :(