This is the first piece of coral ive ever had, put him in last night and hes opened a bit but not like he was when i bought it. Is he okay? I have LED lights so i lowered the intensity and put him at the bottom and will periodically raise intensity and bring him closer to the top.
its a green star polyp
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I would give him a little time being a new addition. Gsp has been pretty much indestructible in my experience. May just take time to adapt to new conditions. Any parameters of water currently available? How old is tank? What is the current stocking in the tank? What type of light?
ChiCity
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I personally hate gsp, and think of it as being invasive once it gets going.
That being said, gsp imo is not a great beginner coral.
They're usually the 1st ones to react to a swing in parameters and that could be the culprit in your situation
That being said, gsp imo is not a great beginner coral.
They're usually the 1st ones to react to a swing in parameters and that could be the culprit in your situation
Salinity is 1.025, 15 nitrates, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, alkalinity and ph is in the "ideal" color on my test strips. 2 percula clowns, engineer goby that i bought with the star, some coral banded shrimp, and a scooter blenny
jsker
Reefing is all about the adventure
Give it a couple of days to get used to the system and lights. When I had mine I kept it in the mid part of the tank under a power head/pump to and have flow blasting on it.
Have you check you
Ca
Mg
Alk
PO4
NO3's to see where you system levels are at. If you have a newer system the levels are going to swing around a bit while the system matures. My suggestion on the levels would be and stay around
Ca 420 to 450
Mg 1300 to 1380 I use a rule of thumb of 3 x my Ca to keep the Mg at
Alk 8.0 to 8.7
PO4 trace to .03 ppm
NO3 3 to 8 ish I run mine around 12 ppm
If you do not test acquire decent test kits. Test kits are not exact but will give you a idea of where things are at to make adjustment.
Have you check you
Ca
Mg
Alk
PO4
NO3's to see where you system levels are at. If you have a newer system the levels are going to swing around a bit while the system matures. My suggestion on the levels would be and stay around
Ca 420 to 450
Mg 1300 to 1380 I use a rule of thumb of 3 x my Ca to keep the Mg at
Alk 8.0 to 8.7
PO4 trace to .03 ppm
NO3 3 to 8 ish I run mine around 12 ppm
If you do not test acquire decent test kits. Test kits are not exact but will give you a idea of where things are at to make adjustment.
jsker
Reefing is all about the adventure
I was lectured about using test strips by my LFS 
jsker
Reefing is all about the adventure
I went on line and found some great deals on kits
seems like most use seilfets or Red Sea just a FYI
GSP is hardy. It'll open. I have some GSP in a tank that I pretty much shut down. The tank looks like garbage but the GSP is growing still. Trying to see how long it will grow.
I agree with an earlier poster though. GSP is invasive. If you can seclude it I would. I put GSP up there with Xenia. Once that mat grows into the rock it's hard to get rid of it and it starts to shade other, lower coral.
I agree with an earlier poster though. GSP is invasive. If you can seclude it I would. I put GSP up there with Xenia. Once that mat grows into the rock it's hard to get rid of it and it starts to shade other, lower coral.
SantaMonicaHelp
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Hi !
Congratulations with your purchase
How is the coral now?
Zhenya
Congratulations with your purchase
How is the coral now?
Zhenya
