Why does gsp do this

[Crazyfingerz]

I wonder... my gsp seems to grow out like icecream sticks....i noticed the one that shoots up the highest does not always have good polyp extension. I wonder if gsp will grow into light that is too high or because this sticks out so much (3 inches) from the main colony that it is unstable and the polyps dont like it...

As I mentioned before you should move it around to see what kind of response you get from it. When i had that issue I moved my own away from the light and closer to my Mp40. So im not sure if it was the light or the water movement was the problem.

 

[GratefulReef]

i have a small colony of GSP and i've never noticed it do anything like that. Its open in the morning before the lights come on(tank is in front of 3 windows) and stays open all day, is there anything youre dosing once every 7-10 days that maybe causing this strange behavior?

 

[SushiGirl]

There is a branching type of GSP. This isn't the original link I found a couple weeks ago, but it's the only one I can find right now. The one I originally found the branches were thinner. http://www.aquaticartinc.com/item.php/40

I've been watching mine for months because it reached the top of the rock (it won't grow down, only sideways/up) & started branching up. I took this pic last month. I keep waiting for it to collapse but it hasn't yet. I'm going to keep watching to see what it does. The entire top piece of the 3 sections of the branching rock is not touching the rock except at the very bottom.

 

[insanefishguy]

That is very interesting, Sushigirl. I have never seen gsp do that. I have an interesting battle going on in my tank ATM. A lone zoa wound up in my mat of gsp and as time goes on the zoa gets pushed higher and higher. I need to get a picture of it

 

[SushiGirl]

This is my first GSP LOL. It didn't grow for a year until I moved it one rock over for a little more light.

I had zoas stretch like that to grow above a sponge that took over a rock. They're doing great & the sponge is still under them!

 

[Khemul]

Green Star Polyp is a common named applied to a bunch of different corals. Sympodium even gets the name even though it is rather easy to tell them apart.

I'm not sure on the scientific names between them, but there are different growth patterns depending on the exact species of what is being called GSP.