need help identifying coral
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When he gave it to me it opened up and it kind of did look like a flowerish star.. It was green.. It was similar to a long stem with a flower tip
Thanks so much!
Yea.. Trying to identify another one too lol.. I have one hammer.. One torch.. The green star polyp u said.. I don't know how to add pictures to an already existing post
bmitchell138
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This looks like a zoanthid.
homer1475
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The second is a zooanthid of some variation, the first could be another form of GSP or some type of star polyp(kind of hard to tell from the blurry pic).
GSP is pretty cool, but can be very invasive if not kept under control. Either isolate it to its own rock on the sand bed, or just plain keep it on the sandbed. I started mine that way, and its now climbed up the back wall of my tank. In just over a year my GSP has easily quadrupled in size. It does go through periods of time(couple days to a week at a time) where it stays closed up, and then it will be open for weeks on a time even when lights are out. Pretty hardy coral and nearly impossible to kill.
GSP is pretty cool, but can be very invasive if not kept under control. Either isolate it to its own rock on the sand bed, or just plain keep it on the sandbed. I started mine that way, and its now climbed up the back wall of my tank. In just over a year my GSP has easily quadrupled in size. It does go through periods of time(couple days to a week at a time) where it stays closed up, and then it will be open for weeks on a time even when lights are out. Pretty hardy coral and nearly impossible to kill.
thanks!
Thanks!!! ok so im think of keeping it straight on my sand bed. i wouldn't be able to dedicate a rock solely to it. hows the water flow on it? so i put direct? any special feeding?
homer1475
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No special flow, light, or feeding (photosynthetic coral)required. They thrive in all light conditions as well as all flow conditions. I originally had mine in low flow and it grew, now its in a heavy flow area and it continues to grow.
In the low flow area it was high light, in the high flow area its low light. Theres a reason GSP is called a weed, it grows in almost any circumstance.
In the low flow area it was high light, in the high flow area its low light. Theres a reason GSP is called a weed, it grows in almost any circumstance.
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I've never seen gree star polyps grow like that. It looks like some kind of Acropora starting to branch up and out.
Can your friend give you any insight as to what it is? How big were the polyps when they were out?
OK GREAT! thank you so much for your help and all this info. another question and i'm sorry. are there any supplements to help my corals grow?
1 torch - opening up pretty well on its own. it's on one of the bottom rocks with low current and good lighting
1 hammer - not opening up as well. it's on another of the bottom rocks with low current and good lighting
1 zoanthid which is growing perfectly
1 GSP(going by what you mentioned, it seems right)
1 green star polyp which was opened and now closed and starting to open up again but VERY slowly. it's on the bottom. low current good lighting
when i googled green star polyps, it looks exactly how mine looked when it was open
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Fair enough. That's not a normal growth pattern which is what through me off.
that's why i was worried. it went from fully exposed flowers to nothing at all. now its blossoming very little but def noticeable.
