Bird Nest & a HitchHiker

[Cibo]

I receive My birdnest in the mail today I thought somthing was up when the fedex guy handed me the box verry easy well the bottom of the box was wet not a good signe I opened the box and the bag it came in was empty a few branches were broken all the water was in the box. I call the seller and they gave me a prompt refund I put it in the tank and crossed my fingers.... It is a pink birds nest the outter part was brown inside was pink Hope it lives is it normal for the ends to be brown. Well just got home a few min ago went to check somthing I looked a the birds nest and to my suprize there was a small pink crab living in the birds nest any one know anything about a small pink crab that host in a bird nest if so is it reef safe It will be hard to get a pic since he is all the way in and about 1", this would explain why my clown gobie did not sit on it!!

thanks

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Most acro colonies have those crabs.They're safe.The brown is mostly due to stress and will color up in the right conditions and light.

 

[Cibo]

My water is good I have it up to I have 150 mh 50wt t-5 is that good enought??

 

[ZANYMASTER]

On what size tank?Strong flow is important too.

 

[ming]

a birdsnest is not an acro

and wholesalers almost always ship acro's and other SPS mostly just damp in a sealed box, so no reason why it shouldn't make it unless it was subject to extreme temps. This allows the box to be a lot more lighter and cheaper to ship.

 

[Cibo]

24hrs

Here is a pic 24hrs later

let me know what u think you can see the brown on the ends....

 

[ming]

polyps are still there on the tips
given the right conditions, it should fully recover

you made it sound like you got a bunch of rubble.. it just has a few small broken branches.. but otherwise fine

 

[Cibo]

the back part is broken but it fits nice the way it is.....