Do all birdsnests have polyps?

tableforglasses · 01/17/2019, 07:28 PM

So I bought a birdsnest frag so I am truly sure what kind it is. Since I bought it has grown a ton but it has never had polyps. I was just curious if that was something that every birdsnest had or if I got one that will never have polyps?
Thanks

Uncle99 · 01/17/2019, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by tableforglasses

So I bought a birdsnest frag so I am truly sure what kind it is. Since I bought it has grown a ton but it has never had polyps. I was just curious if that was something that every birdsnest had or if I got one that will never have polyps?
Thanks

Mine has polyps, just very very tiny ones.

mcgyvr · 01/17/2019, 07:51 PM

Yes they all do.. And I see tons in that picture you posted

Ironic that part of your screen name is glasses...it might be time for some

Crooked Reef · 01/17/2019, 07:51 PM

The brown you are seeing are it’s polyps. Tiny ones. If something started eating it like an angelfish, you would see pure white skeleton. May need a magnifying glass to make out the individual polyps, but they are there.

Anemone · 01/17/2019, 08:07 PM

Yeah, that "fuzziness" you're seeing are polyps.

Kevin

tableforglasses · 01/17/2019, 08:35 PM

haha mcgyvr. You are probably right. I guess when I looked at all the pictures online of birdsnest corals the polyps were much more defined so that is what I was looking for. Thanks for the heads up.

ChronicReefH2o · 01/20/2019, 04:16 PM

All birds ness have polyps, I believe they are used to grab food in the water column.

gargoylenest · 01/21/2019, 10:53 AM

all corals have polyps. bigs ones, small ones, colored ones, ugly ones, but polyps.

01/17/2019, 07:51 PM	#3
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01/17/2019, 07:51 PM	#4
Crooked Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,765	The brown you are seeing are it’s polyps. Tiny ones. If something started eating it like an angelfish, you would see pure white skeleton. May need a magnifying glass to make out the individual polyps, but they are there. __________________ “In wine there is wisdom; in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef. Biocube 29 lionfish tank. Mantis tank.

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01/17/2019, 08:35 PM	#6
tableforglasses Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 29	haha mcgyvr. You are probably right. I guess when I looked at all the pictures online of birdsnest corals the polyps were much more defined so that is what I was looking for. Thanks for the heads up.

01/20/2019, 04:16 PM	#7
ChronicReefH2o Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: South SoCal Posts: 61	All birds ness have polyps, I believe they are used to grab food in the water column.

01/21/2019, 10:53 AM	#8
gargoylenest Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: montreal,canada Posts: 135	all corals have polyps. bigs ones, small ones, colored ones, ugly ones, but polyps.