GSP overtaking Ricordea

ari5736

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Any recommendations from stopping GSP that is quickly covering a rock with ricordea on it. So far I have lost a couple of heads of ricordea. I'm thinking maybe a biological weapon (butterfly fish?), or killing the GSP in some other fashion.
 
GSP is one of those corals that looks different to remove but is actually pretty easy. It is just like carpet, feels securely held down but once you break the seems it peels right off without any effort. Just define a point where you want it cut back too, slice the colony along that point, and peel off anything that is past that point.

Then it is just a matter of figuring out what to do with the extra.
 
GSP is one of those corals that looks different to remove but is actually pretty easy. It is just like carpet, feels securely held down but once you break the seems it peels right off without any effort. Just define a point where you want it cut back too, slice the colony along that point, and peel off anything that is past that point.

Then it is just a matter of figuring out what to do with the extra.

agreed it peels up very easily off rocks or glass, just stick a knife under the edge of it and pry it up a bit once started you can pull it off with your fingers or forceps...you may crush a polyp or two...but it is no big deal...i keep mine isolated to the overflow boxes and glass, fragging is much easier that way...
 
What kind of rock do you have it on? Id remove the rock from the tank and take a hammer and chisel to it. Be careful not to hit your rics. This will take care of it permanently and you wont have to worry about the GSP growing back.

If you leave the smallest piece of GSP it will continue to come back. I usually try to keep it on its own island in my aquariums. I am not telling you to kill the GSP only break up the rock its on and put the GSP somewhere else or frag it. Good Luck.
 
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