Help me save this birdnest

[SomeHappyFish]

I was informed that the reason the algae was developing was because my light was not strong enough, but ever since I raised the intensity, the polyps have closed up and more algae is visible.

What can I do? The polyps open but not much.

 

[Reeferbadness]

A couple of things. If you raised the light intensity very quickly, corals can easily bleach out. Also, if you are seeing algae on your birdsnest, then that branch is already a gonner. I would cut back any dead branches, lower the light intensity a bit and see how the coral responds. Best of luck.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

I raised it 5% each each week for 5 week. It had a tiny amount of algae when I bought it dang it... Know I will know.

I will cut the intensity by 5% and cut the branches that have any amount of algae on it.

 

[Dburr1014]

FLOW, how is it? You may have light but flow is really important with finicky birdsnests.

BTW, I'm not seeing dead branches. I see polyps on all of them branches.

One more thing, the pointy BN have short polyps... Been a while since I had a pointy one. I may be mistaken.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

Its about 12" in front of a gyre on pulse mode 50%.

Polyps on all branches but very tiny compared to july 15.

Algae was very minimal, until it wasn't then I increased the light and it got worse.

 

[Dburr1014]

Its about 12" in front of a gyre on pulse mode 50%.

Polyps on all branches but very tiny compared to july 15.

Algae was very minimal, until it wasn't then I increased the light and it got worse.

This pic has growth tips. A little browned out though.

I think your going to have to lower light intensity by 10 or 20%

This may keep fading, sadly.

They are really not for beginners even though they are often sold as one.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

This pic has growth tips. A little browned out though.

I think your going to have to lower light intensity by 10 or 20%

This may keep fading, sadly.

They are really not for beginners even though they are often sold as one.

Lower lights, remove branches with algae. Got it thanks.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

I lowered the light a 5% and remove the dead algae spot and it looks a tiny bit better but its still hard to tell if it will make a full comeback.