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08-31-2005, 10:06 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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     |  Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
 Seriatopora hystrix Type: Small-polyped stony (SPS) Origin: Pacific, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
Aquarium Needs - Lighting: Needs intense light. Water Quality: Good to high. Current: Adaptable (IMO) Supplemental Feeding: Not necessary. Growth Rate: Fast Frag Difficulty: Easy
Personal Observations -
Bird's Nest coral has quickly become my favorite coral in my current tank. For SPS, it seems pretty tolerant in my experience as long as the water quality is decent and it is basking in strong light. I have noticed it can live with pretty low alkalinity and calcium doesn't have to be way up there either.
It is a good tell-tale of your aquarium... when my old Remora skimmer stopped from a jammed pump for a few days, it wasn't happy and it's polyps were not extended. Most of the time though it's a happy coral in my aquarium. A recent frag was branching in a matter of days it seemed.
This coral is one easy fragger. You can literally break branches off and plug away. Not that I am recommeding that. Use cutters, gloves, etc. Safety first.  Don't forget to give it some room as it will sting other corals.
I've seen pink, beige, green varieties. I think there is a yellow out there too. I own 2 frags: pink and beige versions of Seriatopora hystrix. The pink is one of the most beautiful corals around in my opinion. I highly recommend this coral. And it's 3reef's first coral of the month.   PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH THIS CORAL.
Last edited by Matt Rogers; 08-31-2005 at 10:23 PM.
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08-31-2005, 10:16 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,447
| Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
i had one and it was doing great...untill it fell into another coral and got stung to death  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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09-01-2005, 07:50 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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 | Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
Birdsnest are fairly easy to keep (for an SPS) but they are horrible shippers. If you can't find a healthy one locally, consider buying something else. Their FedEx mortality rate is well above average, unfortunatly. My wife loves them, but the LFS never have any. _________ -Mickey 175g Bowfront - 75g Refugium - 100g Sump - 3 Phoenix 14k 250W MH - AquaC EV240 Skimmer - 240lbs Haitian Live Rock - 4" DSB - Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse - Azure Damsel - Banggia Cardinal - Firefish Goby - Blackcap Basslet - Purple Tang - Powder Brown Tang - Regal Tang - Green Manderin - 2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - 2 Peppermint Shrimp - 2 Emerald Crabs - Rose BTA - Orange Linkia - Tuxedo Urchin - Spiney Urchin (hitchhiker) | |
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09-01-2005, 03:14 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
Posts: 1,238
| Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
Mine seem to survive every half witted thing I do to it. I am a big fan. If you start with a odd shaped frag will it "ball out" on it own/ | |
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09-03-2005, 04:05 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
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| Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
Mine is pink, It Came complete with a matching coral crab.
When I brought it home it did not do well untill I put it in the strong flow of a power head, now it is loving life Click here to see it
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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09-03-2005, 04:51 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: oakley, CA,California
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| Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
bear that is a nice pink one.  when I got mine I put it in the middle of the rocks and it was dieing and the clown fish pushed it off the rocks,so I just left it there in the sand.about 3 weeks later it took off and doing well.  
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300 tank 2x40gl sumps protein skimmer euro-reef , sea swirl 4 -1700rio with red sea wave maker. mag 9.5 and mag18.lights 20,000k 3 400w mh x 2-196w vho by Hamilton 72in..
Last edited by allaboutfish37; 09-03-2005 at 06:28 PM.
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09-03-2005, 05:59 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
lol leave it to a clown to make things happy (pun intended...i think it was a pun...) | |
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09-03-2005, 06:35 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: oakley, CA,California
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| Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
ya every time I put something new on the rocks near the anemones the 2 clowns push it off.  well matt I like the pink bird's nest that bear has so I just ordered me one online.  | |
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09-07-2005, 05:11 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
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| Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
In my tank it is the  turbos I have to glue everything Down | |
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09-07-2005, 07:02 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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| Re: Seriatopora (Bird's Nest) - Sept '05 Coral of the Month
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Originally Posted by allaboutfish37 well matt I like the pink bird's nest that bear has so I just ordered me one online. | SAweet. Post a pic of that when you get it. | |
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