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Offline SnOwY

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Green Star Polyps
« on: October 12, 2010, 13:34:17 »
For some unknown reason can some tanks not keep this coral?   I got some couple weeks ago and it keeps receding.  I have xenia and Kenya tree growing like crazy but this just seems to die.

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Offline harleyrider

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 13:53:17 »
Yes that can be the case! I know people that have very nice sps lps tanks and cant grow, star polyps or xenias,
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Offline larrynews

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2010, 14:00:09 »
i had mine i very heavy flow and they grew like crazy, until i couldn't get rid of them, now i have a few on the back glass with no flow and they just sit there no growth. try the heavy flow
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Offline kattz

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 14:35:41 »
I got some from Lonnie and it didn't like the flow in my tank and died.  The same stuff in Lonnie's tank is just beautiful.

Kevin
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Various thriving montipora, acropora, stylopora, wellsophyllia, blastomussa, hammer, anchor, and frogspawn, lobophyllia, rhizotrychus, pavona, scroll, and pagoda SPS and LPS corals, but no fish because I was too stupid to QT...

Offline HUNGER

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2010, 15:22:32 »
i cant keep recodia and xeina ether there r just some thing people cant keep
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Offline Kenn

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2010, 16:20:03 »
IMO if you feed your tank lightly they dont do as well. I feed more cyclops and marine snow in my tanks then some others on here do and I have to make sure they dont grow all over everything  :)

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Offline SnOwY

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2010, 16:30:51 »
i have them in very low flow now so i'll have to try moving where there is more and see what happends.  There is about 2 inches of it left.
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Offline TechGuy

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2010, 18:28:27 »
Add me to the list. I can't keep them either.
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Offline Blown76mav

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2010, 19:40:00 »
Quote from: kattz on October 12, 2010, 14:35:41
I got some from Lonnie and it didn't like the flow in my tank and died.  The same stuff in Lonnie's tank is just beautiful.

Kevin

Kevin,

Whenever you want more I have plenty I can give you.
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Offline harleyrider

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2010, 20:25:40 »
I wish i couldnt grow them, they are like the plaque in my tank, always scrapping and scraping the rock, xenia and star polyps...worse than kenya trees, :angry4:
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Offline Blown76mav

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2010, 20:34:19 »
Quote from: harleyrider on October 12, 2010, 20:25:40
I wish i couldnt grow them, they are like the plaque in my tank, always scrapping and scraping the rock, xenia and star polyps...worse than kenya trees, :angry4:

+1  the only thing close to as much of a pain as GSP is yellow polyps :angry4:
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Offline SnOwY

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2010, 21:12:07 »
Lol
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Offline kattz

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2010, 21:57:48 »
Quote from: Blown76mav on October 12, 2010, 19:40:00
Kevin,

Whenever you want more I have plenty I can give you.

Lonnie, I appreciate it, but I'd probably kill it again...  Maybe I'll take you up on that.
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Various thriving montipora, acropora, stylopora, wellsophyllia, blastomussa, hammer, anchor, and frogspawn, lobophyllia, rhizotrychus, pavona, scroll, and pagoda SPS and LPS corals, but no fish because I was too stupid to QT...

Offline HUNGER

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2010, 22:57:02 »
Quote from: Blown76mav on October 12, 2010, 20:34:19
+1  the only thing close to as much of a pain as GSP is yellow polyps :angry4:
very true
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Offline SnOwY

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2010, 10:19:29 »
well i moved it where there was alot more flow, and it stopped receding but hasn't spread any either.
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Offline HUNGER

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2010, 10:27:20 »
give it a little time
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Offline starfishprime

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2010, 11:04:32 »
Mine used to look like this, then a portion of it crumbled away and it may pull through but idk.. all others never went through this. Its not in so low flow that algae would build up. stumped.

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Offline HUNGER

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Re: Green Star Polyps
« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2010, 11:45:50 »
nice piece  i hope it comes back for u
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