GSP - hold the G

[schiavonir]

I have nice sized piece of GSP that I got in January as part of a trade. It looked great for over a month and the green polyps were fully extended after the light came on. It eventually stopped extending fully, so I figured it was time to move it to my nano, which is a slightly healthier tank than the one it was in (a holding tank.)

I put it in the nano, and it took probably about 2 weeks for all the polyps to extend. The problem now is that there's no more green, and polyps have much shorter extensions than before. I can see the white spots which are the middle of the polyps, but they are all purple - no green at all.

Anybody know what happened? Will the green come back? They were under 30W of actinic in a 10 gallon before. Now they are under 54W of 10k and actinic in a 6 gallon. Flow seems adequate - I can see the polyps waving in the breeze.

Roger

 

[natemorriss]

I bleached my GSP to all brown with a couple of high temp days and tank moves (PC to MH). After a while they turned the glowing green again. I think it did take a month or two but was neat to watch as it started with a couple of polyps getting green and then spreading out.

 

[schiavonir]

Cool. Something to look forward to. I was very happy to see allthe polyps come out after a couple weeks. I'll be even happier to see the green again. It completely covers the rock and looks like grass.

 

[schiavonir]

I'd have to say my GSP is looking better. It seems fuller and I can see a lot more of the bright white centers. No green yet, but I can be patient.