Green Star Polyp Question

[jayblock]

Hey guys you may feel this is a silly question but i am trying to figure out what the problem is. I have a large rock of mature green star polyp and for some reason it recently wont open up. do they sometimes take a brake like leathers sometimes do? I checked all my water parameters and they are fine. the purple flesh on the GSP seem fine but i am just a little concerned. If anyone can tell me what i may look for or what i can do let me know. All responses will be greatly appreciated.

 

[teen]

ive had GSP close for 2 weeks, then open up only to be a little faded. its just sorta a phase they go through. dont worry about 'em. they're next to impossible to kill.

 

[cthedaytrader]

I second that they really dont die, mine would close up for a few days here and there, you can always try and blow them off with a turkey baster, sometimes sand or detirs can build up on them.

 

[seldin]

Does this coral sometimes have a growth spurt. Mine had been a seemingly slow grower and recently it just exploded and start spreading very nicely.

None of my parms have changed, except I have been doing trimming of other corals.

 

[teen]

IMO, GSP are one of the fastest growing corals. right behind xenia. they've always grown fast for me, to the point where i was throwing handfuls in the garbage. just be careful, because their growth can be problematic.

 

[seldin]

Constantine,

Interesting that you mentioned Xenia. Mine has been growing so fast, that I too am tempted to just get rid of all of it.

- Larry

 

[greggnyce]

Trimming your xenia will help export nutrients, so they are good for that.

 

[teen]

be lucky there doing good now. they normally take a turn for the worse out of nowhere. mine used to take off, take over, then just randomly die off completley. a lot of people seem to have this problem.

 

[jayblock]

my xenia too have overgrown 2 time snow and died off to half of what it was. but they are still pumpin away now. Xenia are great to let you know there is a problem with your water quality since they are so sensitive.

 

[cthedaytrader]

I dont have gsp anymore, but when I did they used to grow like crazy so I would usually try and keep them on a rock that wasnt touching other ones. My xenia used to grow fast too, and some people use it in there fuges or sumps as a means of nutirent export.

On a side note, xenia is usallly very hardy, and the main reason for their decline is usually idiodine, when I kept my pom pom I used to dose iodine and it used to keep them very healthy.
Of course other parameters can affect it, but usually when its sudden its a decrease in iodine.

 

[teen]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13334968#post13334968 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jayblock
my xenia too have overgrown 2 time snow and died off to half of what it was. but they are still pumpin away now. Xenia are great to let you know there is a problem with your water quality since they are so sensitive.

not really. ive seen xenia die off in numerous systems where nothing was changed everything else was thriving. i had a full blown sps tank and the only thing that i couldn't keep was xenia. water was always spot on.

we couldn't keep it at SCFR either and our water was always great there too.

 

[cthedaytrader]

usually iodine in those situations teen, when I would dose a little iodine you would watch the xenia just come back to life.

 

[teen]

ive always been weary of dosing iodine. IMO, its not worth it to overdose the whole tank in hopes to keep some xenia alive. especially when i had a good amount of shrimp in my tank as well.