Star Polyp Growth

FragMan07 · 07/23/2007, 02:07 PM

Hey all,

I have a small patch of Star Polyp spreading like wildfire in my tank. The white "creep" that settles before the polyps grow just started touching the outside ring of my Radioactive Dragoneye patch of Zoa's.

Should I move the Zoas? Should I kill the star polyp? Is the white creep touching the Zoa's enough to do something immediately about it?

Thanks.

cdangel0 · 07/23/2007, 02:29 PM

The white ring is new growth. The GSP and Zoos will compete for resources ie.e light. The GSP is gowing to be the faster growing - as you've seen ' which will end up somthering out the zoos.

You can either move the zoos, trim back the GSP or better yet - m ove the GSP to their own rock away from everything else.

MalHavoc · 07/23/2007, 02:29 PM

star polyp will overgrow everything in a tank unless kept separate. I'm speaking from experience - I lost a nice colony ofprotopalythoa vestitus (a nice zoanthid) when some green star polyp marched right over the colony in a matter of weeks. I made the mistake of thinking that I could keep the growth in check. I was wrong.

FragMan07 · 07/23/2007, 02:56 PM

Well, within 15 minutes of posting this thread I watch as the white base literally began to move onto one of my Zoa's. Needless to say I have sinced moved the Dragoneye Zoa's to safety while this Star Polyp Wildfire spreads unchecked.

Think the Zoa's are still in any danger because it touched the star polyp?

MalHavoc · 07/23/2007, 06:20 PM

It should be fine as long as there's no star polyp on the Zoa coral rock.

07/23/2007, 02:07 PM	#1
FragMan07 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Coconut Creek, FL Posts: 261	Star Polyp Growth Hey all, I have a small patch of Star Polyp spreading like wildfire in my tank. The white "creep" that settles before the polyps grow just started touching the outside ring of my Radioactive Dragoneye patch of Zoa's. Should I move the Zoas? Should I kill the star polyp? Is the white creep touching the Zoa's enough to do something immediately about it? Thanks. __________________ *Fine Grade Aragonite Sand Added on 12/15/07, Powerheads & Protein Skimmer Cleaned on 12/15/07, All Light Bulbs changed on 12/10/07, 10g Water Change on 3/27/08* Current Tank Info: 30 gal, 3-Inch Sandbed, Aqua C Remora HOT Skimmer, Coralife 2x65 Power Compact w/LED Lunar, 45lbs Fiji Live-Rock, 2-tank raised/mated Percula Clownfish, Green Star Polyps, Zoanthids, Ricordia,Yellow-Bellied Damsel Fish, 6-Line Wrasse, 2 Emerald Crabs

07/23/2007, 02:29 PM	#3
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	star polyp will overgrow everything in a tank unless kept separate. I'm speaking from experience - I lost a nice colony ofprotopalythoa vestitus (a nice zoanthid) when some green star polyp marched right over the colony in a matter of weeks. I made the mistake of thinking that I could keep the growth in check. I was wrong. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

07/23/2007, 02:56 PM	#4
FragMan07 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Coconut Creek, FL Posts: 261	Well, within 15 minutes of posting this thread I watch as the white base literally began to move onto one of my Zoa's. Needless to say I have sinced moved the Dragoneye Zoa's to safety while this Star Polyp Wildfire spreads unchecked. Think the Zoa's are still in any danger because it touched the star polyp? __________________ *Fine Grade Aragonite Sand Added on 12/15/07, Powerheads & Protein Skimmer Cleaned on 12/15/07, All Light Bulbs changed on 12/10/07, 10g Water Change on 3/27/08* Current Tank Info: 30 gal, 3-Inch Sandbed, Aqua C Remora HOT Skimmer, Coralife 2x65 Power Compact w/LED Lunar, 45lbs Fiji Live-Rock, 2-tank raised/mated Percula Clownfish, Green Star Polyps, Zoanthids, Ricordia,Yellow-Bellied Damsel Fish, 6-Line Wrasse, 2 Emerald Crabs

07/23/2007, 06:20 PM	#5
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	It should be fine as long as there's no star polyp on the Zoa coral rock. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

07/23/2007, 02:29 PM	#2
cdangel0 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Delaware Posts: 905	The white ring is new growth. The GSP and Zoos will compete for resources ie.e light. The GSP is gowing to be the faster growing - as you've seen ' which will end up somthering out the zoos. You can either move the zoos, trim back the GSP or better yet - m ove the GSP to their own rock away from everything else.