⚫️ Black tip / polyp on birds nest, is it time to write farewell letters to my tank?

[mzlskink]

My expertise on sps probably go as far as only knowing what sps means, or do I…

I digress, I picked up this beautiful birds nest coral from LFS and noticed there are those dark spots on some tips of coral, where the tips are usually white. Upon closer look it looks a bit of flesh is falling off and polyp is turning black.

What are those? Should I clip those tips?
#s#savemytank

 

[fishguy242]

Yep, clip them off , preferably out of tank ,looks like algae on dead tips.

 

[mzlskink]

Yep, clip them off , preferably out of tank ,looks like algae on dead tips.

It isn’t infectious to other corals right? Just will spread on current coral?

 

[fishguy242]

frag and observe ,gets worse ,come back here ...

 

[Dburr1014]

Try blowing it with a turkey baster. If it comes off easy, it's cyano/algae.

Might need more flow in the branches.

 

[djf91]

Looks like a brand new tank

 

[mzlskink]

Try blowing it with a turkey baster. If it comes off easy, it's cyano/algae.

Might need more flow in the branches.

Thanks I’ll try that, if not I can clip it off like the other person suggested

 

[mzlskink]

Looks like a brand new tank

It’s not exactly brand new but how does that relate to what the black tips are?

 

[crazyfishmom]

Brand new tanks tend to be unstable which may or may not be indicative of experience. It’s not important tot he black tips at this time.

The black tips look like dead tips covered in algae to me. This colony is also a good size and flow becomes critical at this stage as well as appropriate lighting and nutrients.

Can you share parameters, flow, and lighting? It’ll help the group understand what kind of advice to offer.

 

[Dburr1014]

How did you make out?