First SPS - Neon Birdnest but two tips are white?

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I visited a new LFS store today and I bought my first SPS - Neon Birdnest. The frag is maybe 2.5" across but two of the tips are 1/4" white. I did my acclimate and dip and hit in the frag rack. Are the white tips something to be concerned about? Should I cut the tips back to the soft covering?
 

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Can be many things, even growth
Pics under white lights will be helpful with assessment
 

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I visited a new LFS store today and I bought my first SPS - Neon Birdnest. The frag is maybe 2.5" across but two of the tips are 1/4" white. I did my acclimate and dip and hit in the frag rack. Are the white tips something to be concerned about? Should I cut the tips back to the soft covering?
Sounds like growth buds
 
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This is what I am looking at.
Thank you
 

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White Tips Birdnest.jpg


This is what I am looking at.
Thank you
This is bleaching. Does Not mean it is dead but has lost its tissue due to any of these factors:
Calcium low
alk high
Phosphate high
Low salinity
Temps too warm
ph low

Keep coral under moderate light and water flow

Temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
nitrate < .5
phos < .04
Ammonia < .03
mG 1300
Alk 8-10
CA 440
 
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This is bleaching. Does Not mean it is dead but has lost its tissue due to any of these factors:
Calcium low
alk high
Phosphate high
Low salinity
Temps too warm
ph low

Keep coral under moderate light and water flow

Temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
nitrate < .5
phos < .04
Ammonia < .03
mG 1300
Alk 8-10
CA 440
thank you...the rest of the coral seems to be happy and when I added it to the tank today, I started it on the frag rack low and plan to move it up 25% a week and in a month, cut the frag plug and glue it to the rock
 

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thank you...the rest of the coral seems to be happy and when I added it to the tank today, I started it on the frag rack low and plan to move it up 25% a week and in a month, cut the frag plug and glue it to the rock
If those tips start to brown. Cut them off and lay the dead portion in tank- It may- MAY revive over time
 

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This is bleaching. Does Not mean it is dead but has lost its tissue due to any of these factors:
Calcium low
alk high
Phosphate high
Low salinity
Temps too warm
ph low

Keep coral under moderate light and water flow

Temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
nitrate < .5
phos < .04
Ammonia < .03
mG 1300
Alk 8-10
CA 440
What PAR constitutes moderate light?
 

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