Green galaxea coral and green star polyp difference?

[Makubex]

Whats their difference?? I got a gsps but it is apparently a green galaxea and is growing FAST, what do i do? No doser, just cheap full spectrum leds with low water movement

 

[Lightspeed]

Galaxea grow from a calcium skeleton with tightly packed polyps and in my exp polyps are much smaller than gsp, gsp grow on anything like a weed and not necessarily tightly packed.

Sorry bout pics, gsp in first pic mid foreground, galaxea second pic far right

 

[Makubex]

How do i take care of a green galaxea? Its growing SO FAST i mean like every 4 hours

 

[User1]

It doesn't grow that fast. Can you post an image?

If it is a galaxia coral then what you may be seeing are their sweepers. They are notorious for having very long, and very powerful sweepers. It will not grow in 4 hours as the base is made up of calcium as noted above.

 

[ca1ore]

Galexea does grow fast .... but not that fast.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not that galaxea grows fast but rather. . . It Grows Steadily. Mine is over a year and in same area- not out of control. It only requires Moderate light and water flow with good water parameters as necessary for most coral.

 

[Alexopora]

Like others have said, would be helpful if you do share some pictures of the coral. An easy way to find out is when the coral retracts its polyps once the light is out. GSPs will look rubbery or like bubblegum but galaxeas will look like star-shaped teeth.