|
|
|
03/17/2019, 07:05 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Destin, Fl.
Posts: 479
|
Gsp love-hate relationship
Strange as it may seem there was a time when I could not grow green star polyps. Had thriving sps, lps you name it but failed with star polyps. Well something turned the corner and the last frag of them I got has exploded. Now the question is, how to contain or eliminate. Curious if the kalk solution recommended for aiptsia will work. Anyone ever try that?
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
__________________
Jack "Shellsea" 120 mixed reef, Reef Breeder Photon 48, Apex and a proud owner of a Lifereef Skimmer |
|
|
|
03/17/2019, 07:09 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Westchester, NY
Posts: 439
|
Fluketabs is an antibiotic that will kill gsp also Xenia, maybe a couple other things. Look it up before you use it.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
__________________
80 Gallon Innovative Marine long shallow reef 30 Gallon tank for raising baby clownfish Current Tank Info: Innovative Marine SR-80 |
|
|
|
|
03/18/2019, 07:16 AM
|
#3 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Southeast Pennsylvania
Posts: 488
|
Any idea what changed from back when it would not grow? I am guessing not as I have also had cases where a given coral would just sit there not growing or dying for months or even years and then would decide it was time to grow and grow.
Are your other corals still thriving the way they did before?
__________________
75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair with RBTA Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair |
|
|
|
|
03/18/2019, 08:41 AM
|
#4 | |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Central Nebraska
Posts: 3,190
|
Quote:
It's best left isolated so you don't have to do that.
__________________
Pat Current Tank Info: 125 in-wall , 40b sump. 6 bulb T5. ASM G2 skimmer. LPS and leathers |
|
|
|
|
|
03/18/2019, 12:00 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Glocester, RI
Posts: 3,336
|
I have a rock that is mostly separated from the others to contain it, but as of yet it hasn't been a problem for me. Grew nicely, then oddly died off while other corals looked fine. Now it is coming back. Clowns are happy, they seem to want to live in it sometimes.
__________________
My build thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2548422 Current Tank Info: 65 gallon mixed reef, Eshopps sump and HOB overflow, RO-110int skimmer, Reefbreeder 32" photons V1. |
|
|
|
|
03/18/2019, 12:02 PM
|
#6 |
|
Cloning Around
  
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Valencia, California
Posts: 25,267
|
Yes, isolate the rock(s) it's growing on (surrounded by sand), or, put it up against the tank rear wall. It's pretty mesmerizing to have the entire rear of the tank covered in swaying green (that's not hair algae!). Also, it's pretty easy to remove frags from the rear glass/acrylic to sell to other reefers or return to your local LFS for credit.
  Kevin
__________________
Back in the pool, swimming with the sharks... Current Tank Info: Red Sea 425XL w/Kessil AP700, Vertex 180i Skimmer, 2 x Vortech MP40s |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
