Birds nest coral bleached

[johnnycamp5]

Hi all

I purchased this Birdsnest (I think that’s what it’s called) coral about a month ago
.
Color has gone from it except for remote pink at the tips and some light green.

You can’t really see it in the pics.
All The other coral seem fine for the time being.

wondering if I should keep this thing for a while longer or is it time to 86 it?

 

[PotatoPig]

Can you post a zoomed photo?

From the pics you’ve posted it doesn’t look bleached, it looks well and truly dead.

Based on the pointy ends at the branches it looks like a coral skeleton - no polyps or branches.

 

[johnnycamp5]

How’s this-

 

[johnnycamp5]

Well, and truly dead lol

A contradiction in terms!

 

[johnnycamp5]

Maybe mostly dead like in princess bride lol

 

[PotatoPig]

Maybe mostly dead like in princess bride lol

Maybe.

Hard to tell for sure if you’re looking at the skeleton here or just very thin skin and fully retracted polyps. Have you seen the polyps out?

Zoomed in the polyps should look like this when out, even if bleached - they’d just be white:

 

[johnnycamp5]

Thank you

Even on a birds nest?

I have one of those corals in your pic (looks like a finger with some bumps on it) It looks just like that.

 

[PotatoPig]

Thank you

Even on a birds nest?

I have one of those corals in your pic (looks like a finger with some bumps on it) It looks just like that.

Yep. Thats a photo of a birds nest

 

[johnnycamp5]

Then I’d say she’s dead…

Thanks again I guess I’ll 86 it

 

[PotatoPig]

Then I’d say she’s dead…

Thanks again I guess I’ll 86 it

Get a second opinion before flushing…

If it is, for the next one IMO try acclimating it to the tank in relatively low light - down on the sand and then move it up to stress it less while getting used to the tank.

 

[Dburr1014]

If it fluorescence in the blue light, keep it in.

 

[19Mateo83]

I don’t think it’s dead. You can still see polyps. Yours is a ponape birdsnest and it has less polyp extension naturally than the one given as an example. It’s stressed…. Not dead

 

[PotatoPig]

I don’t think it’s dead. You can still see polyps. Yours is a ponap birdsnest and it has less polyp extension naturally than the one given as an example. It’s stressed…. Not dead

!!

Ah - I’ve only ever seen the ones like I posted. Hmmm.. good to get second opinions then.

 

[19Mateo83]

normal ponape birdsnest

Ora birdsnest

Yours is the top one.

 

[johnnycamp5]

normal ponape birdsnest

Ora birdsnest

Yours is the top one.

It looked more like this top picture when I got it

 

[johnnycamp5]

I’ll leave it for a bit longer

 

[19Mateo83]

It looked more like this top picture when I got it

I still see green flesh in your pictures. It’s alive. Let it settle in and it should pull through. Birds nests are tough corals. I would remove the single bubble algae underneath it though.

 

[johnnycamp5]

@PotatoPig
here’s one I have that I thought looked more like the picture you posted-

I honestly don’t know almost any of the names of my coral lololol

 

[johnnycamp5]

I still see green flesh in your pictures. It’s alive. Let it settle in and it should pull through. Birds nests are tough corals. I would remove the single bubble algae underneath it though.

Thank you…good eye!

I’ll do it… should I flick it off and let it hit bottom or use the tweezers and get it out?

 

[tobster]

Maybe lower it down to lower light. It will probably recover.
Looks like there is still some color on it.