Does this look like bleaching?

[austintylerl]

Its getting a little white on some of the branches towards the center. What do you think?

 

[jaxredsoxfan]

That doesnt look like bleaching to me maybe just some branches shading others. Nice colony!

 

[Jettareefer223]

Its getting a little white on some of the branches towards the center. What do you think?

Hey there! Looking at both pictures I don’t think you have anything worry about at all, and it appears both the tissue and polyps are intact. I’ve had plenty of different birdsnest in the past 18 years all of them as the grow into colonies gradually whiten torwads the center eventually depending how large there’s skeleton due to the lack flow and shading stylo’s/pocillopora’s share similar characteristics. When they bleach it’s very uniform, and they grow fast but die even faster usually before anything else does. IME a good coral to keep around as the “canary” to warn you of a problem lol!

 

[austintylerl]

Thanks!

 

[Jettareefer223]

No problem, and it’s looking good!!