Help!! Green star polyps - Page 2

Webmanny · 08/27/2015, 10:43 AM

Awesome news. Thanks for the update.

nate21088 · 08/27/2015, 11:41 AM

Could anyone tell me if gsp have palytoxin like zoanthids?

mmittlesteadt · 08/27/2015, 08:30 PM

No, they don't.

Here's my GSP, right next to some zoas...

saf1 · 09/02/2015, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Webmanny

It looks kind of white on this picture. Does it also look white in real life? If so, not a good sign, but if it has a purple tint to it, they will bounce back.

Just wondering why that would be a issue? You have me wondering why now - lol. It is like the cliff hanger of a movie!!!

I recall a few years back having a couple patches two of which went poof that I tied to a water change. The one patch on the sand made it through and recovered. Only thing I recall of the patches that disappeared is that they went from bright green to a shade of lighter green, then white before even the base was gone.

Webmanny · 09/03/2015, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by saf1

Just wondering why that would be a issue? You have me wondering why now - lol. It is like the cliff hanger of a movie!!!

I recall a few years back having a couple patches two of which went poof that I tied to a water change. The one patch on the sand made it through and recovered. Only thing I recall of the patches that disappeared is that they went from bright green to a shade of lighter green, then white before even the base was gone.

LOL sorry did not mean to leave you hanging. Corals get their color from an algae officially called zooxanthellae. When a coral starts loosing its zooxanthellae, it is normally a sign of bad things to come. That is why I asked if your coral looked more white than purple in person.

hotelbravo · 09/10/2015, 07:17 PM

Glad to hear I love GSP and I recently cut up some major pieces of GSP to glue in various places and I had a few extra pieces and threw them in the sump. They have been there for about a month and with no flow and hardly any light they are still alive. They are unbelievably resilient

Webmanny · 09/14/2015, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by hotelbravo

Glad to hear I love GSP and I recently cut up some major pieces of GSP to glue in various places and I had a few extra pieces and threw them in the sump. They have been there for about a month and with no flow and hardly any light they are still alive. They are unbelievably resilient

I hope you are ready for a tank full of this stuff. I do agree that they are beautiful, but they can drown everything else in your tank. Please be sure to place it in areas where you can quickly remove them or trim them if they become a "space bully".

08/27/2015, 10:43 AM	#26
Webmanny Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: 33612 Posts: 2,461	Awesome news. Thanks for the update. __________________ 32 gallon Biocube, DIY LEDs and Triton Method. My N=1 study of me, validated by me, and supported by completely anecdotal evidence, states that my advice is 100% correct, most of the time.

08/27/2015, 08:30 PM	#28
mmittlesteadt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Rothschild, WI Posts: 1,209	No, they don't. Here's my GSP, right next to some zoas... __________________ Every life on this planet deserve respect, no matter how small or insignificant it may appear at first glance. 40 Gallon Build Thread - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2486801 Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder, Eshopps PSK-100, Kessil A160WE, 70 lbs. rock, 65 gallon sump, 27 gallon refugium

09/10/2015, 07:17 PM	#31
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	Glad to hear I love GSP and I recently cut up some major pieces of GSP to glue in various places and I had a few extra pieces and threw them in the sump. They have been there for about a month and with no flow and hardly any light they are still alive. They are unbelievably resilient __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

08/27/2015, 11:41 AM	#27
nate21088 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 3	Could anyone tell me if gsp have palytoxin like zoanthids?