GSP growing on glass

[customanimalart]

the extention on mine aree about 1/8-1/4", but very fluorescent withpurple centers.

I think I will post a pic of a frag since the mother colony doesn't look so hot.

 

[customanimalart]

Heres my GSP frags and a pitiful shot of the pitiful mother colony. I have no idea what is going on with that thing. Hasn't been right since before I fragged from it.

Bad photos, sorry.

Bad photos of the mother colony

Any help is appreciated

 

[deelucky]

i had mine growing on my corner overflow,looks awsome swaying in the current

 

[Der_Iron_Chef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10419299#post10419299 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by customanimalart
Heres my GSP frags and a pitiful shot of the pitiful mother colony. I have no idea what is going on with that thing. Hasn't been right since before I fragged from it.


Any help is appreciated

I can't really tell from the pics, but it looks like some cyanobacteria is plaguing those GSPs. Try directing a little more flow toward them?

 

[customanimalart]

I have pointed the flow more towards the polyps annd I have some koralias coming soon, so I hope that helps.
Thanks for the reply as I am totally stumped by the way they look. The frags are coming along great and this is the mother colony. ???

Should I give it another scrub to get that cyano off?

 

[aquarius77]

I would do something, they dont look good? I cant say i have ever seen star polyps suffer like that?? That is really odd, have they always been like that or did they go downhill since you got them?

 

[customanimalart]

They looked good for a long time and then they just closed up. I fraged while they were closed, then it took a turn for the worst.

I dipped them before I fragged, could this have hurt them in any way? I used "reef dip."

 

[customanimalart]

I'm going to try to get another pic. This one is just terrible.

Polyps are coming back out (very thinly spaced), but still looks brittle. ???

 

[aquarius77]

I have never dipped stars so i dont know how they react to it. Mine close up sometimes for a week at a time but they never look alge covered and bad like that.

 

[customanimalart]

i will get another pic

 

[aquarius77]

My GSP that i glued to my back glass fell off!

I dropped the water level down and took a razor to the area and removed the coraline and then i dried it with a towel, dried the frag off and glued again. I really like the look of the op's patch, im not giving up that easy. The frag was still good and healthy laying on top of my rockwork, i think maybe a snail knocked it off. It might sound silly but i cant wait till it spreads out, i love the look of it.

 

[mjoener]

I love GSP! I just started my RedSea Max and got everything setup on Saturday, I purchased a bunch of LR and at the time didn't even notice it but i had gotten away with some GSP on one of my new rocks! It is already spreading and opening so nice! I treated the tank with some PurpleUp, to add some needed iodine, and i have already seen some growth since Saturday, we started with about 15-17 polyps open to now about 25-30 open!

 

[mjoener]

 

[customanimalart]

Cool. It is always nice to get "free stuff."