Jade Dragon Bird’s Nest Coral – Aquacultured Frag, Cut to Order

About this coral

Jade Dragon Bird’s Nest is a bird’s nest coral (Seriatopora), the fine-branched SPS that grows into a tight thicket. Ours has olive-green branches, bright green polyps and pale growing tips. The photo shows the colony in our Key West system that your frag is cut from.

What you get

One frag about 3/4 to 1 inch, cut to order from the colony in the photo and mounted on a plug. Pick your timing at checkout:

Fresh cut: cut and shipped on the next Tuesday or Wednesday ship day.
Grow-out: cut now and held about 3 weeks so the base encrusts onto the plug, then shipped.

Same price either way. A new frag will not have the branch density of the colony in the photo. That fills in as it grows.

CARE INFORMATION

Lighting	Medium — PAR 100–200
Flow	Medium, steady and randomized
Placement	Mid rockwork, with room around it to branch
Feeding	Optional; mostly photosynthetic
Water Parameters	Salinity 1.025–1.026 · Temperature 76–78°F · Alkalinity 8–9 dKH · Calcium 420–440 ppm · Magnesium 1300–1400 ppm

What to expect when it arrives

The polyps will be pulled in and the color duller than the photo. That is normal after a night in a bag. Float the sealed bag 15 minutes, drip acclimate 45 minutes, dip the frag, and start it low and out of direct flow for the first week. Handle it by the plug. The branch tips snap if you pinch them.

Where bird’s nest goes wrong

Bird’s nest usually shows trouble before other SPS do. When alkalinity or temperature swings, tissue can start peeling from the base upward, and it moves fast. Hold alkalinity steady instead of chasing a number, and keep water moving through the branches so detritus does not settle inside the thicket.