Green Star Polyps Not Opening :(

[holliek]

Hi everyone,
I have a 110 gallon tank with live rock, live sand, live rock in the sump and a Marineland 300 protein skimmer. I have LED lighting and the cycle is 10 hours on, and the rest off. I have 3 power heads, all located towards the top of the tank. Current water parameters: Ammonia: 0, Phosphate 0.25, Nitrate 20 (although I measured about 30 minutes after a feeding). Water temperature is 80.

I added a green star polyp to the tank on Sunday, and unfortunately it hasn't opened yet. See photos below. Is this normal behavior or should I be worried? All else in the tank including a hammer coral, many zoos, torch coral, pagoda coral are all doing well, including the fish (4 small clowns, 1 fire fish goby, 1 cleaner wrasse, 1 blue damsel, 1 blue reef chromes).

Any suggestions? He is placed mid tank with moderate flow.

 

[jkimball7]

I fragged my green stars last week took them about 5-7 days to actually fully come out, just give them a little time also where you got them were they also under leds because if they were under MH or T5 they will need time to adjust to leds

 

[holliek]

Great Info

Great Info

Thanks- I'm not sure what their lighting is/was but I'll check it out. Phew! I'll wait the 5-7 days (impatiently).

 

[jkimball7]

Ha I was getting a little worried also it was the first time I fragged them and the temp is a little high I usually keep my tanks as close to 76 as possible but that's just me

 

[joshky]

GSP is pretty hard to kill, I wouldn't worry too much. Soft corals can be finicky and not come out for extended periods, sometimes longer than 7 days.