GSP closed for 4-5 days now.

blennymower · 11/24/2009, 10:36 PM

My green star polyps have been closed for 4-5 days now, is this normal? They do this; they're open for a period of days and then they're closed for another amount of time. They don't look like they're dying, they still have their very dark purple color.

Water parameters are good, running carbon, timely WCs, what do you think?

gpask · 11/24/2009, 10:49 PM

I haven't had mine closed for that long, but last week they were closed for a couple of days after I moved my rocks arounds and disturbed them. All of them were closed for about 24 hours. On day #2 about half of them were open and by the end of day #3 all of them had completely opened again.

JonnyD91 · 11/24/2009, 10:52 PM

ive had them close for 2.5 weeks, but this was due to a bad acclimation from my old tank to my new. either way they are still alive

Mariner · 11/24/2009, 10:55 PM

They can pout a lot when they're first put in a tank until they get totally acclimated, which can take weeks/months. Pristine water quality does not seem to be a real necessity for GSP (IME), and they don't seem to need the best lighting either.
FWIW,
Mariner

blennymower · 11/24/2009, 11:09 PM

Yeah, they seem to be easy corals to keep. They don't seem to be dying and my water quality is not that bad, I think.

kevantheman35 · 11/24/2009, 11:38 PM

ive had mine for a year now, they spread like crazy, then all of the sudden they've been shut for about 3 weeks now? go figure

abell · 11/25/2009, 12:01 AM

I had a spaghetti worm grow right through a large patch i have and figured that was the issue with it just not opening up at all for over a month. I added 2 vortechs to my tank and bam It woke up and started to spread massively. Can't even see the worm now lol. Make sure you have some decent flow around the gsp.

11/24/2009, 10:36 PM	#1
blennymower Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 1,477	GSP closed for 4-5 days now. My green star polyps have been closed for 4-5 days now, is this normal? They do this; they're open for a period of days and then they're closed for another amount of time. They don't look like they're dying, they still have their very dark purple color. Water parameters are good, running carbon, timely WCs, what do you think? __________________ Check out my tank. Current Tank Info: 30G Nano Rimless

11/24/2009, 10:55 PM	#4
Mariner Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: North Alabama Posts: 3,952	They can pout a lot when they're first put in a tank until they get totally acclimated, which can take weeks/months. Pristine water quality does not seem to be a real necessity for GSP (IME), and they don't seem to need the best lighting either. FWIW, Mariner __________________ DESIGN DEMANDS A DESIGNER. ~The perception is that perception is reality, but the reality is that it isn't. Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef; 135g mixed reef

11/24/2009, 11:09 PM	#5
blennymower Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 1,477	Yeah, they seem to be easy corals to keep. They don't seem to be dying and my water quality is not that bad, I think. __________________ Check out my tank. Current Tank Info: 30G Nano Rimless

11/24/2009, 11:38 PM	#6
kevantheman35 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fort wayne, IN Posts: 823	ive had mine for a year now, they spread like crazy, then all of the sudden they've been shut for about 3 weeks now? go figure __________________ -Kevan Current Tank Info: 34g Mixed Reef Solana (2 years old). 12g jbj nanocube dx (retired at 2 years old)

11/24/2009, 10:49 PM	#2
gpask Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Morro Bay, CA Posts: 52	I haven't had mine closed for that long, but last week they were closed for a couple of days after I moved my rocks arounds and disturbed them. All of them were closed for about 24 hours. On day #2 about half of them were open and by the end of day #3 all of them had completely opened again.

11/24/2009, 10:52 PM	#3
JonnyD91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Manalapan NJ Posts: 1,444	ive had them close for 2.5 weeks, but this was due to a bad acclimation from my old tank to my new. either way they are still alive __________________ Click my super cool username dropdown menu to see my new 90 Gallon In wall Build on my user home page :) Current Tank Info: 90G Reef - 2 MP40's - Apex Controlled - Reef Octopus PRO-SSS-DC1 Skimmer - 6 Bulb ATI Sunpower

11/25/2009, 12:01 AM	#7
abell Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pevely MO Posts: 242	I had a spaghetti worm grow right through a large patch i have and figured that was the issue with it just not opening up at all for over a month. I added 2 vortechs to my tank and bam It woke up and started to spread massively. Can't even see the worm now lol. Make sure you have some decent flow around the gsp.