johnd651
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Hey
so i was wondering if to much flow will cause a Star polyp to close up?
I got a frag from a friend that was supposed to be purple encrusting monti, but when i actually got it i found out it was a Star polyp. I have not seen the original colony, but I do not think it is Green Star polyp. The mat has since turned purple in my tank, and they open every day and wave an eat and do all the normal stuff. They are brown in color. I have had them for two months.
There is a small corner on the back of the rock that is directly in line with the K2 I have at about middle of the tank, height wise. Only that corner has seemed to completely closed up and just looks like brown mat with white dots. Is it to much flow? is it dying? Should I take out the rock and cut that corner out and see if i can get a frag out of it? (the mat has extended off the original rock and onto the rock work in the tank, can i just cut around the edges to get the rock out?)
I have a 10 gallon, with T5HO (Coralife 10000k and 460nm actinic...i will be upgrading the bulbs to Ati's soon). I K2 and an HOB fuge putting out about 70 turnover/hr. The tank parameters are in check (1.025 sg, 0 amm, 0 nitri, 0-2 nitrate, 8.2 ph). I target feed 2x a week with phyto and zooplankton. i have one yellowtail damsel. Everything else looks fine (SPS, LPS, zoas and softies).
so i was wondering if to much flow will cause a Star polyp to close up?
I got a frag from a friend that was supposed to be purple encrusting monti, but when i actually got it i found out it was a Star polyp. I have not seen the original colony, but I do not think it is Green Star polyp. The mat has since turned purple in my tank, and they open every day and wave an eat and do all the normal stuff. They are brown in color. I have had them for two months.
There is a small corner on the back of the rock that is directly in line with the K2 I have at about middle of the tank, height wise. Only that corner has seemed to completely closed up and just looks like brown mat with white dots. Is it to much flow? is it dying? Should I take out the rock and cut that corner out and see if i can get a frag out of it? (the mat has extended off the original rock and onto the rock work in the tank, can i just cut around the edges to get the rock out?)
I have a 10 gallon, with T5HO (Coralife 10000k and 460nm actinic...i will be upgrading the bulbs to Ati's soon). I K2 and an HOB fuge putting out about 70 turnover/hr. The tank parameters are in check (1.025 sg, 0 amm, 0 nitri, 0-2 nitrate, 8.2 ph). I target feed 2x a week with phyto and zooplankton. i have one yellowtail damsel. Everything else looks fine (SPS, LPS, zoas and softies).
