Lage polyp stars.

[Timanator]

I'm talking about the ones that looks like GSP but much much larger and are normally either brown/pinkish or brown with green inside. Are these easy to keep, and do they grow easily?


This is the type I have and they neer open all the way for long and hardly ever grow.

 

[mrferrit]

there are 2 things that come to mind right now 1 clove polyps which i have heard there kinda hard to keep but i have no experience and the other easy to keep and look like em but i cant think of the name

 

[Landolakes]

anthelia or wood polyp

 

[sir_dudeguy]

Those are clove polyps. Those are the more common ones from everything i've seen. Not hard to keep IMO. I've got some that are completely green..not as bright of a green, but pretty decent color..much less common according to everyone who's seen them in my tank (they all want them i guess lol).

Anywho, not difficult to keep IMO. I started with about..10, and now have over 200 within about 8 months or so.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

If you're having trouble growing them...what are all your params? We got no starting point without any params

 

[natan]

Are there any specific/particular conditions/suplements/care to pay attantion to when keeping these? I am currently doing my homework and considering purchase.
Thanks everyone.

 

[matttaylor]

I had some before, and in my experience they don't like a lot of light. I had to place mine under an overhang to prevent direct light from getting to them in order for them to grow. Also keep them away from any LPS corals, i had a favia send out sweepers and kill the entire colony in 2 days.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

Are there any specific/particular conditions/suplements/care to pay attantion to when keeping these? I am currently doing my homework and considering purchase.
Thanks everyone.

To be honest, i've never done anything special with my tank and its mostly softies...just put them in a regular softy tank and you'll be fine. I basically do nothing to my tank for the last 3 months or so, and i've got about 75-100 new polyps in that time period. They're somewhat taking over the tank actually. As for them not liking bright light... I'm not so sure. I've got 4x39w t5's over a 40b tank, so i've got pretty strong lighting...mine started in the bottom and worked their way all the way up to the top of my rock in a very short time period. So idk...i'd say they like pretty bright lighting, but thats just my experience with them.