Green Star Polyps

hypermikie · 04/10/2006, 03:35 PM

Not sure if this is the proper forum but...

I'm having problems getting my recently purchased green star polyps to come out. 3-4 will pop out but not the whole colony...

Any ideas. I placed them at the bottom and have moved them a couple of tims trying to pick a good place.

Any thoughts on flow and lighting.

MH 70w HQI in a 24g AquaPod - Many other corals doing nicely.

REEFKEEPA · 04/10/2006, 04:11 PM

I had this colony for about 7yrs.
When I first got it it took about a week before all of the polyps emerged. Medium light and current.

SCR · 04/10/2006, 04:12 PM

Pick a spot and leave them alone for awhile, It just takes them time to settle in. Sometime it takes weeks or more.
Then everyonce in a while they will close up again for a period of time.
I've had mine for a year and right now they have been closed for about 3 days. It kind of make you wonder if something is wrong. But after a while they come back out. Who know what they are doing. LOL

Skatereef · 04/10/2006, 04:14 PM

Mainly just put some current on in thier area about low to medium.When I got mine they only opened up one at a time so have patience. How long have they been in your Aquarium?

REEFKEEPA · 04/10/2006, 04:14 PM

That is not a very good pic.

Sk8r · 04/10/2006, 05:53 PM

Make sure, too, that there's no hair algae obstructing the polyps from opening---They like, indeed, medium light and flow.

Scuba_Dave · 04/10/2006, 06:15 PM

They will come out
They will spread

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odstar · 04/10/2006, 06:37 PM

Hey Scuba_Dave, I'll be glad to take some if you need some space???

Scuba_Dave · 04/10/2006, 06:40 PM

The more you move them, the more they will stay closed up

Pics aren't of my tank
I boiled my rock to get rid of my GSP when I upgraded to a 125g

ste6168 · 04/10/2006, 06:42 PM

will GSP grow onto the sand? Becuase right now i have a frag placed on a rock all alone in between the two rocks island in my tank and i do not want it to spread to the rock piles. The only way to do that however would be to grow accross the sand.

Mike

EDIT* sorry for the hijack

REEFKEEPA · 04/10/2006, 06:55 PM

Good lord Scuba_Dave,
That is a lot of potential$ you boiled off on that rock!

REEFKEEPA · 04/10/2006, 06:58 PM

Sorry, I see it wasn't your rock.

Chad Vossen · 04/10/2006, 07:15 PM

would it grow onto leather corals?
or what about LPS? if it stings, can it keep this stuff away?

i want to have rocks covered in this or even the glass but i also want other coral lol.

REEFKEEPA · 04/10/2006, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by armagedon48
would it grow onto leather corals?
or what about LPS? if it stings, can it keep this stuff away?

i want to have rocks covered in this or even the glass but i also want other coral lol.

Good luck!

Herbie · 04/10/2006, 07:36 PM

Try blowing them off with a turkey baster. I have noticed that when my GSP get a little stressed from a tank cleaning, or larger water changes, it gets a very light mucous type of coating on it and wont fully open for a while. It has helped if i blow it off a little, and it will usally open up within a few hours. Cant hurt to try it.
I learned this technique from my leather corals. This happens quite a bit with leathers as well. They can slime up if stressed.
Good luck.........Herbie

hypermikie · 04/10/2006, 07:59 PM

They must still be stressed. They have only been in the tank a few days and I have moved them twice....

I added about 9 new frags after a frag swap and all others seemed to be doing pretty well, I guess I was expecting too much to soon from them. I will leave them ALONE!

I did blow them off with some light flow from a powerhead.

I have a new Frogspawn that is not looking its best yet either:0

Scuba_Dave · 04/10/2006, 08:43 PM

That's the best bet, let them sit & adjust. When they no longer feel "threatened" they will extend their polyps. I imagine some fish feed on these, hence the retraction when they sense movement

And for those that wonder what will grow & not be affected by GSP

PSP - Pink Star Polyps!!

For the most part they will KILL anything they come in contact with. They will eventually grow over almost any other coral.
They re-grow from slime that you can't even see

Loose polyps can float around your tank
I still have some on my overflow, when they grow onto the glass I trim it back. They can grow across sand by making a matt
But it is easily controlled on sand

marilynrn711 · 04/29/2006, 12:30 AM

ha I just boiled a rock of Xenia as have had it with them. I was considering putting the GSP in the pot too.

I cannot get rid of these pests as I scrape/ peal them off every few weeks and they keep spreading.

04/10/2006, 03:35 PM	#1
hypermikie Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Muncie, IN Posts: 459	Green Star Polyps Not sure if this is the proper forum but... I'm having problems getting my recently purchased green star polyps to come out. 3-4 will pop out but not the whole colony... Any ideas. I placed them at the bottom and have moved them a couple of tims trying to pick a good place. Any thoughts on flow and lighting. MH 70w HQI in a 24g AquaPod - Many other corals doing nicely.

04/10/2006, 04:11 PM	#2
REEFKEEPA Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 494	I had this colony for about 7yrs. When I first got it it took about a week before all of the polyps emerged. Medium light and current. __________________ WE ROCK!!!!!! Current Tank Info: 70 Gallon tub drilled, 120Lbs LR, 140Lbs LS, CPR CY194 Sump w/LR trickle, Mag Drive 9.5 return, 2 x Tunze6025 for flow, 2 x Ice Cap 660 running 6 x 95 W lamps

04/10/2006, 04:14 PM	#4
Skatereef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: mars Posts: 673	Mainly just put some current on in thier area about low to medium.When I got mine they only opened up one at a time so have patience. How long have they been in your Aquarium? __________________ Im not obssesed Im overly addicted. "What do you feed that live rock?"-That one guy Power Compacts to VHO and loving it!!!! Current Tank Info: 75 soft coral reef(zoos,shrooms,leathers,polyps of all sorts) 4X110 VHO

04/10/2006, 04:14 PM	#5
REEFKEEPA Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 494	That is not a very good pic. __________________ WE ROCK!!!!!! Current Tank Info: 70 Gallon tub drilled, 120Lbs LR, 140Lbs LS, CPR CY194 Sump w/LR trickle, Mag Drive 9.5 return, 2 x Tunze6025 for flow, 2 x Ice Cap 660 running 6 x 95 W lamps

04/10/2006, 05:53 PM	#6
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Make sure, too, that there's no hair algae obstructing the polyps from opening---They like, indeed, medium light and flow. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

04/10/2006, 04:12 PM	#3
SCR Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central, Fl Posts: 708	Pick a spot and leave them alone for awhile, It just takes them time to settle in. Sometime it takes weeks or more. Then everyonce in a while they will close up again for a period of time. I've had mine for a year and right now they have been closed for about 3 days. It kind of make you wonder if something is wrong. But after a while they come back out. Who know what they are doing. LOL

04/10/2006, 06:15 PM	#7
Scuba_Dave EMERTXE YID Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Asylum, South of Boston, MA Posts: 10,362	They will come out They will spread [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

04/10/2006, 06:37 PM	#8
odstar Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 415	Hey Scuba_Dave, I'll be glad to take some if you need some space???

04/10/2006, 06:40 PM	#9
Scuba_Dave EMERTXE YID Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Asylum, South of Boston, MA Posts: 10,362	The more you move them, the more they will stay closed up Pics aren't of my tank I boiled my rock to get rid of my GSP when I upgraded to a 125g

04/10/2006, 06:42 PM	#10
ste6168 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,066	will GSP grow onto the sand? Becuase right now i have a frag placed on a rock all alone in between the two rocks island in my tank and i do not want it to spread to the rock piles. The only way to do that however would be to grow accross the sand. Mike EDIT* sorry for the hijack

04/10/2006, 06:55 PM	#11
REEFKEEPA Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 494	Good lord Scuba_Dave, That is a lot of potential$ you boiled off on that rock! __________________ WE ROCK!!!!!! Current Tank Info: 70 Gallon tub drilled, 120Lbs LR, 140Lbs LS, CPR CY194 Sump w/LR trickle, Mag Drive 9.5 return, 2 x Tunze6025 for flow, 2 x Ice Cap 660 running 6 x 95 W lamps

04/10/2006, 06:58 PM	#12
REEFKEEPA Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 494	Sorry, I see it wasn't your rock. __________________ WE ROCK!!!!!! Current Tank Info: 70 Gallon tub drilled, 120Lbs LR, 140Lbs LS, CPR CY194 Sump w/LR trickle, Mag Drive 9.5 return, 2 x Tunze6025 for flow, 2 x Ice Cap 660 running 6 x 95 W lamps

04/10/2006, 07:15 PM	#13
Chad Vossen Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Posts: 1,313	would it grow onto leather corals? or what about LPS? if it stings, can it keep this stuff away? i want to have rocks covered in this or even the glass but i also want other coral lol.

04/10/2006, 07:36 PM	#15
Herbie Yep,that one Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Central PA Posts: 694	Try blowing them off with a turkey baster. I have noticed that when my GSP get a little stressed from a tank cleaning, or larger water changes, it gets a very light mucous type of coating on it and wont fully open for a while. It has helped if i blow it off a little, and it will usally open up within a few hours. Cant hurt to try it. I learned this technique from my leather corals. This happens quite a bit with leathers as well. They can slime up if stressed. Good luck.........Herbie

04/10/2006, 07:59 PM	#16
hypermikie Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Muncie, IN Posts: 459	They must still be stressed. They have only been in the tank a few days and I have moved them twice.... I added about 9 new frags after a frag swap and all others seemed to be doing pretty well, I guess I was expecting too much to soon from them. I will leave them ALONE! I did blow them off with some light flow from a powerhead. I have a new Frogspawn that is not looking its best yet either:0 __________________ "Everything is a miracle. And if there is anything that is not a miracle, the fact that it works without a miracle is miraculous." - Chris Rice

04/10/2006, 08:43 PM	#17
Scuba_Dave EMERTXE YID Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Asylum, South of Boston, MA Posts: 10,362	That's the best bet, let them sit & adjust. When they no longer feel "threatened" they will extend their polyps. I imagine some fish feed on these, hence the retraction when they sense movement And for those that wonder what will grow & not be affected by GSP PSP - Pink Star Polyps!! For the most part they will KILL anything they come in contact with. They will eventually grow over almost any other coral. They re-grow from slime that you can't even see Loose polyps can float around your tank I still have some on my overflow, when they grow onto the glass I trim it back. They can grow across sand by making a matt But it is easily controlled on sand

04/29/2006, 12:30 AM	#18
marilynrn711 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plainfield, IL Posts: 880	ha I just boiled a rock of Xenia as have had it with them. I was considering putting the GSP in the pot too. I cannot get rid of these pests as I scrape/ peal them off every few weeks and they keep spreading. __________________ Go Sox! Current Tank Info: 90G, 30G sump 120 # LR, 3" SB G2 ASM, Genx 40, 250s MHs 110s act VHOS, tunze 6000