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Offline jayare

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As the title suggests, see the attached photo. I have a few large birdsnests corals, and the bottom parts, that don't get any light, have some dye-off and bleaching. The corals continue to grow really well, just wondering if this typically happens to the bases of these type of corals?

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Re: Large Birdsnest: is it typical to see dye-off/bleaching at base?
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2020, 16:40:11 »
Without flash.

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Re: Large Birdsnest: is it typical to see dye-off/bleaching at base?
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2020, 19:15:18 »
I have experienced the same thing with several different BN colonies.

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Re: Large Birdsnest: is it typical to see dye-off/bleaching at base?
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2020, 19:27:22 »
Ok thanks, it doesn't really seam to be progressing.

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Re: Large Birdsnest: is it typical to see dye-off/bleaching at base?
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2020, 20:55:28 »
I also have that issue when they get large. I used to cut a nice healthy chunck and restart the colony each 1.5 ish years to keep it looking. Nice

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Re: Large Birdsnest: is it typical to see dye-off/bleaching at base?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2020, 15:24:49 »
the same thing happens here, just no enough light id imagine.

 

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