[gnatp2]

I bought a Pink birdsnest colony about a year ago and it has looked worse and worse every day. I don't have a recent picture of it, but here's a pic of it close to when i first got it. (middle-right)




I'd like to find a successful sps keeper who would like to take this off my hands and take a shot at restoring it. This piece has significant amounts of hair algae in it and is pretty brown. The bottom half of it is dead. I'd ask that if you do have sucess with it, that I could grab a frag of it from you once it has recovered nicely so I can give it another shot.


Please PM me if you are an experienced sps keeper and interested.
Nate

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

[tosiek]

From the looks of your tank you got a bad Po4 problem. You using RO/DI?

[NYreefNoob]

if you was closer i would try to help you, but as stated it does look like you got water quality problems, thats alot of green algea on the side of the tank, how often are you doing water changes ? you use a rodi ? phosban remover ?

	RODI High quality filtration systems used to purify tap water before it is mixed with salt or added to the aquarium for evaporative top off. Most municipal water supplies contain unacceptable levels of Nitrate, Phosphate, Lead, Chlorine, Copper etc. It is critical that these impurities are removed as some are toxic to reef organisms and others fuel algal blooms that can quickly overtake a reef display. Again, there are many brands and many configurations to fit most applications.

[gnatp2]

Quote: Originally Posted by tosiek From the looks of your tank you got a bad Po4 problem. You using RO/DI?

Yes I did have a phosphate prob. That shot was about 1 year old.

[NYreefNoob]

id test all parameters, check to see if temp is fluxing alot also, but id say it's your p04 thats the problem

[Bob 1000]

Nurse Bob...

[Chiefmcfuz]

If you can get it up to spa ha tonite I'll give it a shot. I get to work around 11.

[noodleman]

you can always frag it up (since the bottom half is already dead) and spread it around and hope atleast 1 of those frags survives in somebody's tank

[NYreefNoob]

id be happy to take a frag if someone gets it hint hint chief