Birdsnest or Digi?

[llebcire]

I "acquired" this speciman as a pink birdsnest, sight unseen and it wasn't what I expected (was looking for the thinner/sharper edged variety).

I've since found that birdsnest can be both thin and fat, and in several different colors...with the same specimen having different colors under different lighting...but typically have growth that's very pointed.

In the past, I had purple digi (years ago) and this reminds me of it as the tips seem to be a little flatter/blunter than what I believe birdsnest should be. Unfortunately, I've re-arranged this tank enough (and created accidental frags) that I can't tell how tightly the colony will grow.

Pics are under T5's (10k, 420, ATI Blue & 75.25) and it appears very blueish/purple in person.

Thanks!

-Eric

 

[dvanacker]

digitata

 

[llebcire]

Thanks!

The person I got it from was convinced it was birdsnest, to the extent that when he tore his tank down he wanted a small ransom for a colony the size of a baseball...

-Eric

 

[dvanacker]

is the first picture the frags you bought and the second a purple digi you had?

If so there is a chance that those frags are purple birdnest. Hard to tell by the way they are growing though.....they do look more like digitata to me.

 

[llebcire]

is the first picture the frags you bought and the second a purple digi you had?

If so there is a chance that those frags are purple birdnest. Hard to tell by the way they are growing though.....they do look more like digitata to me.

Thanks for the reply!

Both pics are of the same specimen...first pics are of the accidental frags that I'm looking to trade locally.

-Eric

 

[pisces4u]

German Blue Digitata.